Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Apr 2, 2009, 7:30 PM CDT for Itawamba County, Mississippi. It was in force for 30 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
- Apr 2, 2009, 7:30 PM CDT (00:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 2, 2009, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Itawamba County, MS
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:33 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 6:21 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 3 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 170 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 682 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -36 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KMEG 030030
TORMEG
MSC057-030100-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0002.090403T0030Z-090403T0100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
730 PM CDT THU APR 2 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
ITAWAMBA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
* UNTIL 800 PM CDT
* AT 730 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO NEAR NEW SALEM...OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTH OF AMORY...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
CARDSVILLE...TURON...TILDEN AND CADAMY.
.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 3409 8819 3409 8849 3415 8854 3425 8818
3423 8817
TIME...MOT...LOC 0031Z 244DEG 44KT 3411 8841
$$
JAB2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KMEG 030039
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
739 PM CDT THU APR 2 2009
MSC057-030100-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090403T0100Z/
ITAWAMBA MS-
739 PM CDT THU APR 2 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN ITAWAMBA COUNTY...
AT 739 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR NEW SALEM...OR 10
MILES SOUTHEAST OF FULTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CADAMY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FRIDAY MORNING
FOR EASTERN ARKANSAS AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI
AND WESTERN TENNESSEE.
&&
LAT...LON 3409 8819 3409 8834 3416 8839 3425 8818
3423 8817
TIME...MOT...LOC 0039Z 244DEG 44KT 3415 8830
$$
JAB000
WWUS54 KMEG 030052
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
752 PM CDT THU APR 2 2009
MSC057-030103-
/O.EXP.KMEG.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090403T0100Z/
ITAWAMBA MS-
752 PM CDT THU APR 2 2009
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ITAWAMBA COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 800 PM CDT...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FRIDAY MORNING
FOR EASTERN ARKANSAS AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI
AND WESTERN TENNESSEE.
LAT...LON 3409 8819 3409 8834 3416 8839 3425 8818
3423 8817
TIME...MOT...LOC 0053Z 244DEG 44KT 3422 8811
$$
JABThe office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 7:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Lee, Prentiss, Tishomingo | 46 min |
| Apr 2, 7:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Lee | 25 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.