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Tornado Warning 142, NWS Memphis, TN

September 2, 2008Tate County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Sep 2, 2008, 4:38 PM CDT for Tate County, Mississippi. It was in force for 22 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: Sep 2, 2008, 4:38 PM CDT (21:38 UTC)
Expired: Sep 2, 2008, 5:00 PM CDT
In force: 22 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Tate County, MS

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:39 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
Sep 2, 4:38 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	3 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 21 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: 409 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 483 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 258 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 226 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.3

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KMEG 022138
TORMEG
MSC137-022200-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0142.080902T2138Z-080902T2200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
438 PM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN TATE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT

* AT 437 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR BARR...OR 12 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF SENATOBIA...MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH.

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

.THESE STORMS HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING A TORNADOES AND ARE 
MOVING INTO AN AREA FAVORABLE FOR ADDITIONAL TORNADOES.

.THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS A STORM SHELTER. IF NO
STORM SHELTER 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 3472 8999 3478 8973 3472 8972 3470 8972
      3470 8971 3457 8968 3457 8991
TIME...MOT...LOC 2137Z 163DEG 31KT 3457 8979

$$

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KMEG 022151
SVSMEG

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
451 PM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008

MSC137-022200-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0142.000000T0000Z-080902T2200Z/
TATE MS-
451 PM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR EASTERN
TATE COUNTY...

AT 451 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BARR...OR 9 MILES 
EAST OF SENATOBIA...MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH. THESE STORMS HAVE HAD A 
HISTORY OF PRODUCING FUNNEL CLOUDS AND POSSIBLE TORNADO TOUCHDOWNS.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
INDEPENDENCE AND COLDWATER.

.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.

.THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS A STORM SHELTER. IF NO
STORM SHELTER 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 3472 8999 3478 8973 3472 8972 3470 8972
      3470 8971 3457 8968 3457 8991
TIME...MOT...LOC 2151Z 163DEG 27KT 3467 8983

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 2, 3:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Calhoun, Lafayette, Yalobusha	34 min
Sep 2, 4:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Lafayette, Panola	34 min
Sep 2, 4:23 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Lafayette	52 min
Sep 2, 5:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Lafayette, Marshall, Tate	23 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.