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Tornado Warning 113, NWS Memphis, TN

September 22, 2006Dunklin County, Missouri

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Sep 22, 2006, 8:12 PM CDT for Dunklin County, Missouri. It was in force for 33 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Sep 22, 2006, 8:12 PM CDT (01:12 UTC)
Expired: Sep 22, 2006, 8:45 PM CDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Dunklin County, MO

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Sep 22, 8:22 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Qulin, MO	DIME SIZED HAIL WAS ALSO REPORTED WITH THIS STORM.
Sep 22, 8:38 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	1 S Qulin, MO	FUNNEL CLOUD SIGHTED JUST OFF HWY 53... 1 MILE SOUTH OF QULIN

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Sep 22, 6:29 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 198 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 2310 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -47 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1432 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 233 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 342 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.9
Supercell composite: 14.9

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS54 KMEG 230113
TORMEG
MOC069-230145-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0113.060923T0112Z-060923T0145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
812 PM CDT FRI SEP 22 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN DUNKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MALDEN

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT

* AT 810 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 9 MILES WEST OF GLENNONVILLE...OR ABOUT 12 MILES NORTHWEST
  OF PIGGOTT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE COUNTY
  NORTHWEST OF MALDEN.

IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE
BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE
BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

LAT...LON 3660 9041 3643 9034 3659 8968 3680 8977

$$
JEB

The office that day

Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 22, 9:18 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Dunklin	6 hr
Sep 22, 10:06 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Dunklin	54 min
Sep 22, 10:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Pemiscot	26 min
Sep 23, 2:23 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Dunklin	5 hr
Sep 23, 3:11 AM CDT	Flood Watch	MEG	Dunklin, Pemiscot	11 hr
Sep 23, 3:59 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Pemiscot	4 hr
Sep 23, 7:00 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Dunklin	6 hr
Sep 23, 7:38 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Pemiscot	5 hr
Sep 23, 12:52 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Dunklin	3 hr

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.