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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Memphis, TN

March 1, 2007Lee County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Mar 1, 2007, 10:07 AM CST for Lee County, Mississippi. It was in force for 23 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
Mar 1, 2007, 10:07 AM CST (16:07 UTC)
Expired
Mar 1, 2007, 10:30 AM CST
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Lee County, MS

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:08 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.

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 1, 7:28 AM CSTTornado Watch PDSSPC12 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 128 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 2007-03-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1164 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 2007-03-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 244 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
1164 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
619 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
244 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
241 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.4
Supercell composite
6.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KMEG 011607
TORMEG
MSC081-011630-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0005.070301T1607Z-070301T1630Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1007 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  LEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 1030 AM CST

* AT 1004 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO NEAR TUPELO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PRATTS
  FRIENDSHIP

.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 3428 8882 3419 8877 3427 8856 3450 8854

$$
3 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS54 KMEG 011612
SVSMEG

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1012 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007

MSC081-011630-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-070301T1630Z/
LEE MS-
1012 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 AM CST FOR LEE
COUNTY...

AT 1008 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR TUPELO...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PRATTS
FRIENDSHIP

.IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY 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 3428 8882 3419 8877 3427 8856 3450 8854

$$
000 
WWUS54 KMEG 011619
SVSMEG

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1019 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007

MSC081-011630-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-070301T1630Z/
LEE MS-
1019 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 AM CST FOR LEE
COUNTY...

AT 1016 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF
TUPELO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PRATTS
FRIENDSHIP

.IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY 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 3428 8882 3419 8877 3427 8854 3450 8854

$$
000 
WWUS54 KMEG 011629
SVSMEG

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1030 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007

MSC081-011640-
/O.EXP.KMEG.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-070301T1630Z/
LEE MS-
1030 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR LEE COUNTY EXPIRED AT 1030 AM CST...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE STORM WHICH
PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAD MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.

.A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.

LAT...LON 3428 8882 3419 8877 3427 8854 3450 8854

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 1, 12:22 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGItawamba, Lee23 min
Mar 1, 12:59 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGBenton, Marshall31 min
Mar 1, 1:19 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLee, Prentiss26 min
Mar 1, 1:29 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGBenton, Tippah31 min
Mar 1, 2:58 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLee32 min
Mar 1, 3:11 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGPrentiss34 min
Mar 1, 9:58 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLee, Pontotoc32 min
Mar 1, 10:23 AM CSTTornado WarningMEGItawamba, Prentiss37 min
Mar 1, 10:45 AM CSTTornado WarningMEGTishomingo24 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.