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Tornado Warning 67, NWS Memphis, TN

February 6, 2008Monroe County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Feb 6, 2008, 1:29 AM CST for Monroe 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: Feb 6, 2008, 1:29 AM CST (07:29 UTC)
Expired: Feb 6, 2008, 1:51 AM CST
In force: 22 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Monroe County, MS

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:30 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Feb 5, 10:01 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 160 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: 771 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -36 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 947 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 223 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 320 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.3
Supercell composite: 4.9

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KMEG 060728
TORMEG
MSC095-060815-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0067.080206T0729Z-080206T0815Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
129 AM CST WED FEB 6 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN MONROE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 215 AM CST

* AT 129 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  GATTMAN...OR ABOUT NEAR COLUMBUS AFB...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE
  INDICATED COUNTY..

.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 3368 8856 3369 8856 3392 8822 3382 8821
      3376 8823 3373 8826 3374 8829 3369 8834
      3366 8845
TIME...MOT...LOC 0729Z 228DEG 45KT 3371 8841

$$

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KMEG 060751
SVSMEG

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
151 AM CST WED FEB 6 2008

MSC095-060801-
/O.CAN.KMEG.TO.W.0067.000000T0000Z-080206T0815Z/
MONROE MS-
151 AM CST WED FEB 6 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN MONROE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

AT 151 AM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE 
AREA...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. 
THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING IS CANCELLED.

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

LAT...LON 3368 8856 3369 8856 3392 8822 3382 8821
      3376 8823 3373 8826 3374 8829 3369 8834
      3366 8845
TIME...MOT...LOC 0751Z 228DEG 45KT 3389 8816

$$

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, 6:28 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Alcorn, Benton, Marshall, Tippah	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, 10:42 AM CST	River Flood Warning	MEG	Lowndes, Monroe	4 days

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.