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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Memphis, TN

March 9, 2006Panola County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Mar 9, 2006, 12:36 PM CST for Panola County, Mississippi. It was in force for 39 min. 1 report 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, 12:36 PM CST (18:36 UTC)
Expired
Mar 9, 2006, 1:15 PM CST
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Panola County, MS

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 9, 1:10 PM CSTTSTM WND DMGSardis, MS4 HOMES DAMAGED...APARTMENT DAMAGED

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 9, 6:52 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr
Mar 9, 11:29 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 59 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2006-03-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2006-03-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 26 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KMEG 091836
TORMEG
MSC107-091915-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0007.060309T1836Z-060309T1915Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1236 PM CST THU MAR 9 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  PANOLA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 115 PM CST

* AT 1232 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 12 MILES SOUTH OF CURTIS STATION...OR ABOUT 14 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF CHARLESTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO POPE...
  BATESVILLE...PLEASANT GROVE...ENDVILLE...SARDIS...COMO AND
  GLENVILLE.

.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 3416 9013 3416 8994 3418 8972 3457 8971
      3455 9020

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS54 KMEG 091848
SVSMEG

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1248 PM CST THU MAR 9 2006

MSC107-091915-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-060309T1915Z/
PANOLA MS-
1248 PM CST THU MAR 9 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 PM CST FOR PANOLA
COUNTY...

AT 1245 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO IS NOW LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF
BATESVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
PLEASANT GROVE...ENDVILLE...SARDIS...COMO AND GLENVILLE.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

LAT...LON 3416 9007 3416 8992 3418 8972 3457 8971
      3455 9020

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 9, 8:42 AM CSTWind AdvisoryMEGAlcorn, Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Coahoma, DeSoto and 16 more7 hr
Mar 9, 12:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCoahoma, Quitman, Tallahatchie45 min
Mar 9, 12:17 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningMEGDeSoto, Tunica118 min
Mar 9, 12:20 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGQuitman, Tallahatchie25 min
Mar 9, 12:29 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGPanola46 min
Mar 9, 12:42 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGTallahatchie, Yalobusha48 min
Mar 9, 1:03 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGLafayette, Marshall, Tate42 min
Mar 9, 1:11 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCalhoun49 min
Mar 9, 1:32 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGBenton, Union43 min
Mar 9, 1:39 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGPontotoc51 min
Mar 9, 1:43 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGMarshall47 min
Mar 9, 1:46 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGTippah44 min
Mar 9, 1:48 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGChickasaw42 min
Mar 9, 2:07 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGAlcorn38 min
Mar 9, 2:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLee, Prentiss51 min
Mar 9, 2:24 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGPontotoc27 min
Mar 9, 2:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGTishomingo45 min
Mar 9, 2:37 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGChickasaw38 min
Mar 9, 2:47 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGItawamba, Monroe43 min
Mar 9, 2:52 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGAlcorn23 min
Mar 9, 2:54 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLee, Prentiss36 min
Mar 9, 3:10 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGTishomingo35 min
Mar 9, 3:24 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGItawamba, Monroe36 min

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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.