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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Memphis, TN
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 1:10 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Sardis, MS | 4 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 6:52 AM 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, 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.
- 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 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 8:42 AM CST | Wind Advisory | MEG | Alcorn, Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Coahoma, DeSoto and 16 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 9, 12:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Quitman, Tallahatchie | 45 min |
| Mar 9, 12:17 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Tunica | 118 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, 12:42 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, 1:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Marshall | 47 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, 2:07 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Alcorn | 38 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 |
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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.