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Tornado Warning 36, NWS Memphis, TN

February 5, 20084 counties in Mississippi; Hardeman County, McNairy County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Feb 5, 2008, 6:28 PM CST for 4 counties in Mississippi; Hardeman County, McNairy County, Tennessee. It was in force for 32 min. 7 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: Feb 5, 2008, 6:28 PM CST (00:28 UTC)
Expired: Feb 5, 2008, 7:00 PM CST
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Alcorn County, MS, Benton County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Tippah County, MS, Hardeman County, TN, McNairy County, TN

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:32 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
Feb 5, 6:40 PM CST	HAIL 2.75	3 S Walnut, MS	BASEBALL HAIL REPORTED.
Feb 5, 6:50 PM CST	TORNADO 0	4 Sse Walnut, MS	THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST SOUTH OF CHALYBEATE NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROAD 225 AND COUNTY ROAD 222. MANY TREES WERE KNOCKED DOWN IN THE AREA. ONE TREE KNOCKED DOWN HALF OF A BRICK CHIMNEY ON A HOUSE LOCATED ON COUNTY ROAD 222-A. A COUPLE OF MOBILE
Feb 5, 6:52 PM CST	HAIL 0.88	Walnut, MS	NICKEL HAIL REPORTED.
Feb 5, 6:55 PM CST	HAIL 1.75	Walnut, MS	GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL IN WALNUT.
Feb 5, 6:59 PM CST	TORNADO 1	1 W Theo, MS	THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN AGAIN IN THE COMMUNITY OF UNION CENTER WHICH IS ABOUT ONE MILE WEST OF THE TOWN OF THEO. AT LEAST ONE MOBILE HOME WAS DESTROYED AND SEVERAL OTHER NEARBY MOBILE HOMES WERE ALSO DAMAGED. NUMEROUS TREES WERE KNOCKED DOWN IN THE VICINITY.
Feb 5, 7:00 PM CST	HAIL 0.75	5 W Pocahontas, TN
Feb 5, 7:00 PM CST	HAIL 1	3 Sw Pocahontas, TN	QUARTER HAIL REPORTED IN THE OVERLAND HILL COMMUNITY.

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
Feb 5, 3:09 PM CST	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 71 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: 1569 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 804 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 309 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 365 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 3.5
Supercell composite: 12.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KMEG 060028
TORMEG
MSC003-009-093-139-TNC069-109-060100-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0036.080206T0028Z-080206T0100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
628 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN ALCORN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  BENTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  NORTHERN TIPPAH COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  EAST CENTRAL MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
  SOUTHERN HARDEMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...
  SOUTHWESTERN MCNAIRY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 700 PM CST

* AT 628 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR GRAVESTOWN...OR ABOUT
  12 MILES WEST OF RIPLEY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  MICHIGAN CITY...CANAAN...THEO...POCAHONTAS...WENASOGA AND ACTON.

.THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. THIS
STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG TO VIOLENT TORNADOES. IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY

.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 3473 8946 3501 8926 3501 8919 3510 8919
      3521 8911 3503 8842 3459 8920 3460 8926
TIME...MOT...LOC 0028Z 226DEG 60KT 3475 8915

$$

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS54 KMEG 060031
SVSMEG

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
631 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008

MSC003-009-093-139-TNC069-109-060100-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0036.000000T0000Z-080206T0100Z/
ALCORN MS-TIPPAH MS-BENTON MS-MARSHALL MS-HARDEMAN TN-MCNAIRY TN-
631 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CST FOR
SOUTHWESTERN MCNAIRY...SOUTHERN HARDEMAN...EAST CENTRAL MARSHALL...
BENTON...NORTHERN TIPPAH AND NORTHWESTERN ALCORN COUNTIES...

AT 631 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6
MILES SOUTHWEST OF GRAVESTOWN...OR ABOUT 13 MILES WEST OF RIPLEY...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
ASHLAND...MICHIGAN CITY...CANAAN...GRAND JUNCTION...FALKNER...
SAULSBURY...HICKORY VALLEY...WALNUT...RAMER...POCAHONTAS...
MIDDLETON...GUYS...ACTON...WENASOGA AND THEO.

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

.THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. THIS
STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG TO VIOLENT TORNADOES. IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY

LAT...LON 3473 8946 3501 8926 3501 8919 3510 8919
      3521 8911 3503 8842 3459 8920 3460 8926
TIME...MOT...LOC 0031Z 229DEG 42KT 3473 8913

$$

000 
WWUS54 KMEG 060044
SVSMEG

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
643 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008

MSC003-009-093-139-TNC069-109-060100-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0036.000000T0000Z-080206T0100Z/
ALCORN MS-TIPPAH MS-BENTON MS-MARSHALL MS-HARDEMAN TN-MCNAIRY TN-
643 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CST FOR
SOUTHWESTERN MCNAIRY...SOUTHERN HARDEMAN...EAST CENTRAL MARSHALL...
BENTON...NORTHERN TIPPAH AND NORTHWESTERN ALCORN COUNTIES...

AT 643 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED
NEAR FALKNER...OR ABOUT 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF RIPLEY...MOVING 
NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH. SILVER DOLLAR SIZE HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED 5 
MILES SOUTH OF ASHLAND.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO GRAND
JUNCTION...SAULSBURY...WALNUT...HICKORY VALLEY...MIDDLETON...THEO...
POCAHONTAS...RAMER...GUYS...ACTON AND WENASOGA.

.THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. THIS
STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG TO VIOLENT TORNADOES. IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY

LAT...LON 3473 8946 3501 8926 3501 8919 3510 8919
      3521 8911 3503 8842 3467 8907
TIME...MOT...LOC 0043Z 224DEG 56KT 3483 8896

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 5, 6:03 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Benton, Lafayette, Marshall, Tippah, Union	27 min
Feb 5, 6:13 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	DeSoto, Marshall, Tate	32 min
Feb 5, 6:39 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Marshall	36 min
Feb 5, 6:55 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Alcorn, Tippah	35 min
Feb 5, 8:34 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Coahoma	41 min
Feb 5, 9:12 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Coahoma, DeSoto, Panola, Quitman, Tate, Tunica	33 min
Feb 5, 9:41 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	DeSoto, Tate, Tunica	34 min
Feb 5, 9:53 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Coahoma, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Tunica	37 min
Feb 5, 10:08 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lafayette, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Yalobusha	37 min
Feb 5, 10:13 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Benton, DeSoto, Marshall, Tate	62 min
Feb 5, 10:57 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Alcorn, Tishomingo	48 min
Feb 5, 11:13 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Benton, Lafayette, Marshall, Pontotoc, Tippah, Union	47 min
Feb 5, 11:28 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Alcorn, Prentiss, Tippah, Tishomingo	62 min
Feb 6, 1:29 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Monroe	22 min
Feb 6, 10:42 AM CST	River Flood Warning	MEG	Lowndes, Monroe	4 days
Feb 5, 6:01 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Fayette, Hardeman, Haywood, Shelby	44 min
Feb 5, 6:02 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Henry	20 min
Feb 5, 6:35 PM CST	Tornado Warning Emergency	MEG	Crockett, Gibson, Haywood, Madison	40 min
Feb 5, 7:07 PM CST	Tornado Warning Emergency	MEG	Carroll, Gibson, Henderson, Madison	38 min
Feb 5, 7:14 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Fayette, Hardeman, Madison	31 min
Feb 5, 7:25 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Decatur, Hardin, Henderson, McNairy	35 min
Feb 5, 7:27 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	McNairy	63 min
Feb 5, 7:39 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chester, Hardeman, Henderson, Madison	36 min
Feb 5, 7:42 PM CST	Tornado Warning Emergency	MEG	Carroll, Henry	33 min
Feb 5, 7:58 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Hardin	17 min
Feb 5, 8:05 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Carroll, Henderson, Madison	25 min
Feb 5, 8:11 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Chester	8 min
Feb 5, 8:27 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Decatur, Henderson	33 min
Feb 5, 8:30 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Hardin	60 min
Feb 5, 9:03 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Dyer	42 min
Feb 5, 9:07 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lake, Obion	53 min
Feb 5, 9:17 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Shelby	28 min
Feb 5, 9:20 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lauderdale, Tipton	40 min
Feb 5, 9:26 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Dyer, Obion	49 min
Feb 5, 9:31 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Dyer, Lauderdale, Tipton	44 min
Feb 5, 9:46 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Dyer	44 min
Feb 5, 10:01 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Crockett, Gibson	44 min
Feb 5, 10:05 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Crockett, Haywood, Tipton	40 min
Feb 5, 10:09 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Obion, Weakley	51 min
Feb 5, 10:20 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Hardeman, McNairy	25 min
Feb 5, 10:29 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Carroll, Henry	61 min
Feb 5, 10:39 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Carroll	18 min
Feb 5, 10:40 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chester, McNairy	50 min
Feb 5, 10:45 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Carroll, Crockett, Gibson, Haywood, Madison	45 min
Feb 5, 10:49 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Chester, Decatur, Hardin, Henderson, McNairy	41 min
Feb 5, 11:04 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Carroll, Decatur, Henderson	56 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Mississippi, 2008 Tornado Warnings in Tennessee, 2008 Every tornado warning in 2008 Tornadoes in 2008

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.