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Tornado Warning 71, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Apr 7, 2006, 5:33 PM CDT for Itawamba County, Mississippi. It was in force for 42 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 7, 2006, 5:33 PM CDT (22:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 7, 2006, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Itawamba County, MS
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 11:34 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 150 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
- 1512 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 637 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 80 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 253 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 276 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.5
- Supercell composite
- 9.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KMEG 072233 TORMEG MSC057-072315- /O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0071.060407T2233Z-060407T2315Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 533 PM CDT FRI APR 7 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... ITAWAMBA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI * UNTIL 615 PM CDT * AT 530 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF MANTACHIE...OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTH OF BALDWYN...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SANDY SPRINGS AND FAIRVIEW. .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 3446 8854 3428 8855 3433 8817 3448 8816 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS54 KMEG 072314 RRA SVSMEG SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 615 PM CDT FRI APR 7 2006 MSC057-072325- /O.EXP.KMEG.TO.W.0071.000000T0000Z-060407T2315Z/ ITAWAMBA MS- 615 PM CDT FRI APR 7 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR ITAWAMBA COUNTY EXPIRES AT 615 PM CDT... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 3446 8854 3428 8855 3433 8817 3448 8816 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 7:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tunica | 24 min |
| Apr 7, 8:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto | 29 min |
| Apr 7, 11:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Tunica | 41 min |
| Apr 7, 4:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tallahatchie | 29 min |
| Apr 7, 4:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lafayette | 43 min |
| Apr 7, 4:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lafayette, Union | 33 min |
| Apr 7, 4:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Marshall | 12 min |
| Apr 7, 4:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Yalobusha | 35 min |
| Apr 7, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Pontotoc | 45 min |
| Apr 7, 4:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tippah | 38 min |
| Apr 7, 4:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Tallahatchie | 38 min |
| Apr 7, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Union | 47 min |
| Apr 7, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lafayette | 45 min |
| Apr 7, 4:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Pontotoc | 29 min |
| Apr 7, 4:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Union | 41 min |
| Apr 7, 4:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Prentiss, Tishomingo | 52 min |
| Apr 7, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Yalobusha | 17 min |
| Apr 7, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Calhoun | 26 min |
| Apr 7, 5:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Quitman | 23 min |
| Apr 7, 5:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Prentiss | 52 min |
| Apr 7, 5:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Tishomingo | 36 min |
| Apr 7, 5:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lee | 34 min |
| Apr 7, 5:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Panola | 35 min |
| Apr 7, 5:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Pontotoc | 16 min |
| Apr 7, 5:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Lafayette | 27 min |
| Apr 7, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Coahoma | 19 min |
| Apr 7, 5:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Pontotoc | 48 min |
| Apr 7, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Marshall | 32 min |
| Apr 7, 5:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Benton, Marshall | 35 min |
| Apr 7, 5:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Tishomingo | 49 min |
| Apr 7, 5:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Calhoun | 44 min |
| Apr 7, 6:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lee, Union | 30 min |
| Apr 7, 6:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Marshall | 26 min |
| Apr 7, 6:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Quitman | 28 min |
| Apr 7, 6:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Chickasaw | 42 min |
| Apr 7, 6:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Union | 24 min |
| Apr 7, 6:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Prentiss | 45 min |
| Apr 7, 6:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Union | 32 min |
| Apr 7, 6:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lee, Pontotoc | 43 min |
| Apr 7, 6:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tishomingo | 25 min |
| Apr 7, 6:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tallahatchie | 20 min |
| Apr 7, 6:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Calhoun | 34 min |
| Apr 7, 6:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lee | 31 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.