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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Mar 9, 2006, 2:07 PM CST for McNairy County, Tennessee; Alcorn County, Mississippi. It was in force for 38 min. 4 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
- Mar 9, 2006, 2:07 PM CST (20:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 9, 2006, 2:45 PM CST
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Alcorn County, MS, McNairy County, TN
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:09 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 2:20 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Corinth, MS | AT CR 301 OFF HWY 72...BIG SHED BLOWN OVER...STAKES DRIVEN INTO SHOP ROOF...NUMEROUS TREE LIMBS DOWN |
| Mar 9, 2:28 PM CST | HAIL 0.88 | W Corinth, MS | DIME TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL REPORTED ON HWY 72 WEST OF CORINTH |
| Mar 9, 2:30 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Bethel Springs, TN | POSSIBLE TORNADO...2 LARGE BARNS TOTALLY DESTROYED...2 HOUSES DAMAGED |
| Mar 9, 2:39 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Sse Corinth, MS | TREE BRANCHES FALLING ON ROAD...REPORT FROM MOTORIST ON CR 400 BETWEEN CORINTH AND RIENZI |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 12:55 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Mar 9, 11:29 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 121 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -160 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1010 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 70 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KMEG 092007
TORMEG
MSC003-TNC109-092045-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0013.060309T2007Z-060309T2045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
207 PM CST THU MAR 9 2006
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
ALCORN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
MCNAIRY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE
* UNTIL 245 PM CST
* AT 205 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO 11 MILES WEST OF THEO...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTH OF
RIPLEY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HINKLE...
GLEN...LEEDY...CORINTH...WENASOGA...ACTON...SELMER...MCNAIRY AND
ADAMSVILLE.
.IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
LARGE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
.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.
.STAY TUNED TO THIS BROADCAST FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND INFORMATION.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY...CALL 1 800 4 3 2 0 8 7 5.
LAT...LON 3476 8874 3476 8836 3538 8837 3539 8855
3525 8877 3486 8882 3486 8874
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 7:31 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lake, Obion | 44 min |
| Mar 9, 8:41 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Dyer, Lake, Obion | 49 min |
| Mar 9, 8:42 AM CST | Wind Advisory | MEG | Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer, Fayette and 14 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 9, 9:01 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Obion | 29 min |
| Mar 9, 9:32 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Obion | 28 min |
| Mar 9, 9:42 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Weakley | 33 min |
| Mar 9, 9:56 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Obion | 25 min |
| Mar 9, 12:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby, Tipton | 45 min |
| Mar 9, 12:17 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Shelby | 118 min |
| Mar 9, 12:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Dyer, Lauderdale | 36 min |
| Mar 9, 12:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lake | 43 min |
| Mar 9, 12:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Dyer, Lauderdale, Shelby, Tipton | 46 min |
| Mar 9, 1:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Haywood | 40 min |
| Mar 9, 1:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Obion | 38 min |
| Mar 9, 1:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crockett | 40 min |
| Mar 9, 1:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Gibson | 40 min |
| Mar 9, 1:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Fayette, Hardeman | 47 min |
| Mar 9, 2:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crockett, Haywood | 39 min |
| Mar 9, 2:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Henry, Weakley | 41 min |
| Mar 9, 2:28 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Hardin | 47 min |
| Mar 9, 2:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Madison | 24 min |
| Mar 9, 3:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardin | 16 min |
| Mar 9, 12:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Quitman, Tallahatchie | 45 min |
| Mar 9, 12:20 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Quitman, Tallahatchie | 25 min |
| Mar 9, 12:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Panola | 46 min |
| Mar 9, 12:36 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Panola | 39 min |
| Mar 9, 12:42 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Tallahatchie, Yalobusha | 48 min |
| Mar 9, 1:03 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lafayette, Marshall, Tate | 42 min |
| Mar 9, 1:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Calhoun | 49 min |
| Mar 9, 1:32 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Benton, Union | 43 min |
| Mar 9, 1:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Pontotoc | 51 min |
| Mar 9, 1:46 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Tippah | 44 min |
| Mar 9, 1:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chickasaw | 42 min |
| Mar 9, 2:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lee, Prentiss | 51 min |
| Mar 9, 2:24 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Pontotoc | 27 min |
| Mar 9, 2:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tishomingo | 45 min |
| Mar 9, 2:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chickasaw | 38 min |
| Mar 9, 2:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Monroe | 43 min |
| Mar 9, 2:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Alcorn | 23 min |
| Mar 9, 2:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lee, Prentiss | 36 min |
| Mar 9, 3:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tishomingo | 35 min |
| Mar 9, 3:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Monroe | 36 min |
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.