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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Memphis, TN

January 10, 2008Pontotoc County, Union County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Jan 10, 2008, 12:41 PM CST for Pontotoc County, Union County, Mississippi. It was in force for 49 min. 2 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: Jan 10, 2008, 12:41 PM CST (18:41 UTC)
Expired: Jan 10, 2008, 1:30 PM CST
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Pontotoc County, MS, Union County, MS

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:42 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
Jan 10, 1:15 PM CST	TSTM WND GST 60	3 S New Albany, MS	BROKEN TREE LIMBS
Jan 10, 1:28 PM CST	TORNADO	1 N New Harmony, MS	REPORTED BY 911 DISPATCH

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
Jan 10, 7:46 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 101 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 535 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 67 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 213 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 279 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KMEG 101841
TORMEG
MSC115-145-101930-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0013.080110T1841Z-080110T1930Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1241 PM CST THU JAN 10 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN PONTOTOC COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  UNION COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 130 PM CST

* AT 1241 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES SOUTH OF
  PINEDALE...OR ABOUT 14 MILES WEST OF PONTOTOC...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  55 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  ECRU...NEW ALBANY...NEW HARMONY AND KEOWNVILLE.

.IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 
70 MPH.

.HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.

.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 3426 8926 3443 8924 3461 8901 3459 8875
      3449 8876 3448 8878 3440 8878 3439 8881
      3437 8881 3421 8921
TIME...MOT...LOC 1841Z 230DEG 48KT 3434 8919

$$

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KMEG 101907
SVSMEG

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
107 PM CST THU JAN 10 2008

MSC115-101917-
/O.CAN.KMEG.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-080110T1930Z/
PONTOTOC MS-
107 PM CST THU JAN 10 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN PONTOTOC COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

AT 107 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE 
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA 
...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. 
THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING IS CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3446 8909 3460 8901 3460 8880 3459 8879
      3458 8875 3451 8875 3448 8878 3440 8878
      3438 8897
TIME...MOT...LOC 1907Z 248DEG 42KT 3446 8889

$$

MSC145-101930-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-080110T1930Z/
UNION MS-
107 PM CST THU JAN 10 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 PM CST FOR EASTERN
UNION COUNTY...

AT 107 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR NEW HARMONY...OR
ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NEW ALBANY...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
KEOWNVILLE.

.IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
BASEBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 
80 MPH.

.HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.

.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 8909 3460 8901 3460 8880 3459 8879
      3458 8875 3451 8875 3448 8878 3440 8878
      3438 8897
TIME...MOT...LOC 1907Z 248DEG 42KT 3446 8889

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 10, 8:39 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lafayette, Panola	28 min
Jan 10, 8:58 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Benton, Marshall	47 min
Jan 10, 9:24 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	DeSoto, Marshall	51 min
Jan 10, 11:02 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Panola, Quitman	43 min
Jan 10, 11:55 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Marshall	29 min
Jan 10, 12:22 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Alcorn	38 min
Jan 10, 12:26 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lafayette, Pontotoc, Union	49 min
Jan 10, 1:04 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Alcorn, Prentiss, Tippah	41 min
Jan 10, 1:08 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Alcorn	2 hr
Jan 10, 1:20 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Prentiss	25 min
Jan 10, 1:22 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Lee, Pontotoc, Union	23 min
Jan 10, 1:25 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Alcorn, Prentiss, Tippah, Union	2 hr
Jan 10, 1:39 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Prentiss, Tishomingo	51 min
Jan 10, 1:43 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Lee, Prentiss, Union	41 min
Jan 10, 1:48 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Monroe	42 min
Jan 10, 2:12 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Itawamba, Monroe	2 hr
Jan 10, 2:17 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Tishomingo	118 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.