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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Memphis, TN

January 8, 2008Lauderdale County, Tipton County, Tennessee; Mississippi County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Jan 8, 2008, 2:10 PM CST for Lauderdale County, Tipton County, Tennessee; Mississippi County, Arkansas. It was in force for 50 min. 4 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 8, 2008, 2:10 PM CST (20:10 UTC)
Expired: Jan 8, 2008, 3:00 PM CST
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Mississippi County, AR, Lauderdale County, TN, Tipton County, TN

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:11 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 8, 2:11 PM CST	HAIL 0.75	Joiner, AR	PENNY SIZE HAIL IN JOINER
Jan 8, 2:14 PM CST	HAIL 1.75	1 S Osceola, AR	GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL JUST SOUTH OF OSCEOLA
Jan 8, 2:20 PM CST	HAIL 1.25	Osceola, AR	HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL IN OSCEOLA.
Jan 8, 2:20 PM CST	TORNADO	5 S Osceola, AR	SEVERAL HOMES DAMAGED...SEMI TRUCKS OVERTURNED ON HIGHWAY 61...PERSONS INITIALLY TRAPPED IN HOME BUT NOW FREED...NO KNOWN INURIES AT TIME OF REPORT.

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 8, 1:26 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 98 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: 181 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -66 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 709 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 466 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 474 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.5
Supercell composite: 5.1

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KMEG 082010
TORMEG
ARC093-TNC097-167-082100-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0005.080108T2010Z-080108T2100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
210 PM CST TUE JAN 8 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
  WESTERN LAUDERDALE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...
  NORTH CENTRAL TIPTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 300 PM CST

* AT 210 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR WILSON...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  OSCEOLA...FULTON...LUXORA...FT PILLOW...ASHPORT AND COVINGTON.

.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 3590 8964 3558 8960 3547 9016 3567 9025
TIME...MOT...LOC 2010Z 242DEG 47KT 3558 9004

$$

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KMEG 082029
SVSMEG

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
226 PM CST TUE JAN 8 2008

TNC167-082036-
/O.CAN.KMEG.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-080108T2100Z/
TIPTON TN-
226 PM CST TUE JAN 8 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL TIPTON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

AT 226 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 3590 8964 3564 8962 3564 8978 3562 8982
      3561 8998 3579 8994 3583 8986 3582 8983
      3585 8979
TIME...MOT...LOC 2026Z 231DEG 53KT 3570 8983

$$

ARC093-TNC097-082100-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-080108T2100Z/
MISSISSIPPI AR-LAUDERDALE TN-
226 PM CST TUE JAN 8 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CST FOR WESTERN
LAUDERDALE AND EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES...

AT 226 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR FULTON...OR ABOUT
6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LUXORA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO FT
PILLOW AND ASHPORT.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL. A TORNADO HAS BEEN 
REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. AT OSCEOLA HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL HAS BEEN 
REPORTED.

.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 3590 8964 3564 8962 3564 8978 3562 8982
      3561 8998 3579 8994 3583 8986 3582 8983
      3585 8979
TIME...MOT...LOC 2026Z 231DEG 53KT 3570 8983

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 7, 9:18 PM CST	Wind Advisory	MEG	Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer, Fayette and 14 more	25 hr
Jan 8, 2:10 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Shelby	65 min
Jan 8, 2:47 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Dyer, Lauderdale	43 min
Jan 8, 3:09 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Fayette, Haywood, Shelby, Tipton	51 min
Jan 8, 3:21 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Dyer, Gibson, Obion, Weakley	24 min
Jan 8, 3:33 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Shelby	3 hr
Jan 8, 3:46 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Gibson, Obion, Weakley	44 min
Jan 8, 4:07 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chester, Haywood, Madison	38 min
Jan 8, 4:23 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Henry, Weakley	22 min
Jan 8, 4:42 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Carroll, Henderson, Madison	48 min
Jan 8, 10:32 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Lawrence, Randolph	43 min
Jan 8, 12:51 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Cross, Poinsett, St. Francis	54 min
Jan 8, 1:02 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Cross	43 min
Jan 8, 1:15 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Crittenden, Lee, St. Francis	60 min
Jan 8, 1:28 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Crittenden, Mississippi, Poinsett	47 min
Jan 8, 2:02 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lee, Phillips	58 min
Jan 8, 2:19 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Crittenden, St. Francis	41 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Tennessee, 2008 Tornado Warnings in Arkansas, 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.