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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Memphis, TN

April 24, 2010Hardin County, McNairy County, Tennessee; Alcorn County, Tishomingo County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Apr 24, 2010, 10:51 AM CDT for Hardin County, McNairy County, Tennessee; Alcorn County, Tishomingo County, Mississippi. It was in force for 39 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 24, 2010, 10:51 AM CDT (15:51 UTC)
Expired
Apr 24, 2010, 11:30 AM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Alcorn County, MS, Tishomingo County, MS, Hardin County, TN, McNairy County, TN

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:52 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 24, 6:00 AM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 166 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2010-04-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2010-04-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -254 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
855 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
71 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-254 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-1 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.7

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The text

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

615 
WFUS54 KMEG 241551
TORMEG
MSC003-141-TNC071-109-241630-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0013.100424T1551Z-100424T1630Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1051 AM CDT SAT APR 24 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN ALCORN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  EXTREME NORTHWESTERN TISHOMINGO COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  SOUTHERN HARDIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...
  SOUTHEASTERN MCNAIRY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 1130 AM CDT

* AT 1051 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF      
  SHILOH...JUST NORTH OF NEAR CORINTH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO OLIVE
  HILL...PICKWICK DAM...SHILOH AND PICKWICK LANDING STATE PARK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

.THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3492 8850 3501 8857 3534 8801 3533 8801
      3531 8801 3531 8798 3530 8798 3510 8798
TIME...MOT...LOC 1551Z 241DEG 48KT 3500 8846

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 24, 1:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGShelby49 min
Apr 24, 8:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGFayette, Shelby43 min
Apr 24, 8:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGFayette55 min
Apr 24, 8:33 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGFayette, Shelby94 min
Apr 24, 8:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCrockett, Fayette, Haywood, Lauderdale, Shelby, Tipton39 min
Apr 24, 8:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGChester, Hardeman, McNairy, Madison47 min
Apr 24, 9:20 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGFayette, Hardeman, McNairy2 hr
Apr 24, 9:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGChester, Decatur, Hardeman, Hardin, Henderson, McNairy65 min
Apr 24, 9:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHardeman, Hardin, McNairy61 min
Apr 24, 10:19 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGMcNairy41 min
Apr 24, 10:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHardin, McNairy61 min
Apr 24, 10:46 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGHardin, McNairy108 min
Apr 24, 11:11 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGHardin, McNairy49 min
Apr 24, 11:29 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGDecatur, Hardin, McNairy2 hr
Apr 24, 11:32 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGHardin, McNairy58 min
Apr 24, 12:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGShelby52 min
Apr 24, 12:56 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGHardin28 min
Apr 24, 12:57 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMEGLake93 min
Apr 24, 1:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGFayette, Haywood, Lauderdale, Shelby, Tipton49 min
Apr 24, 1:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGFayette, Shelby, Tipton49 min
Apr 24, 1:27 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGShelby93 min
Apr 24, 1:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLake, Obion36 min
Apr 24, 1:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGChester, Crockett, Dyer, Fayette, Gibson, Hardeman and 5 more55 min
Apr 24, 1:52 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGFayette, Haywood, Lauderdale, Tipton65 min
Apr 24, 1:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGFayette, Shelby62 min
Apr 24, 2:01 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGDyer24 min
Apr 24, 2:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCarroll, Chester, Decatur, Gibson, Henderson, Henry and 2 more55 min
Apr 24, 2:36 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGCrockett, Dyer, Gibson, Haywood, Madison87 min
Apr 24, 2:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGChester, Fayette, Hardeman, Haywood, Henderson, McNairy and 1 more62 min
Apr 24, 3:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCarroll, Gibson, Henderson, Henry, Madison, Weakley45 min
Apr 24, 3:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGChester, Decatur, Hardeman, Hardin, Henderson, McNairy and 1 more53 min
Apr 24, 3:40 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGCarroll, Gibson, Henderson, Henry, Madison, Weakley106 min
Apr 24, 3:48 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGCarroll, Chester, Decatur, Henderson, McNairy, Madison42 min
Apr 24, 4:11 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGCarroll, Decatur, Henderson, Henry19 min
Apr 24, 4:21 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGDecatur, Henderson39 min
Apr 24, 4:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGChester, Decatur, Hardin, Henderson, McNairy49 min
Apr 23, 7:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCoahoma, DeSoto, Tate, Tunica33 min
Apr 23, 8:50 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMEGMonroe22 hr
Apr 23, 8:50 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMEGMonroe22 hr
Apr 23, 9:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGDeSoto, Marshall, Panola, Quitman, Tate, Tunica35 min
Apr 23, 9:36 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGDeSoto, Tate24 min
Apr 23, 11:12 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGMarshall48 min
Apr 24, 6:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCalhoun, Chickasaw, Lafayette, Panola, Pontotoc, Tallahatchie and 1 more51 min
Apr 24, 6:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCoahoma, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Tunica46 min
Apr 24, 7:16 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGCoahoma3 hr
Apr 24, 7:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLee, Pontotoc, Union36 min
Apr 24, 7:30 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGCoahoma, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie45 min
Apr 24, 7:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCoahoma, DeSoto, Marshall, Panola, Quitman, Tate and 1 more47 min
Apr 24, 7:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGAlcorn, Lee, Prentiss, Tippah, Union41 min
Apr 24, 8:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGBenton, Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie and 1 more50 min
Apr 24, 8:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCoahoma, Quitman45 min
Apr 24, 8:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGAlcorn, Itawamba, Prentiss, Tishomingo42 min
Apr 24, 8:23 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGLafayette, Marshall, Panola, Tate15 min
Apr 24, 8:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGDeSoto, Panola, Tate17 min
Apr 24, 8:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCoahoma, Panola, Quitman, Tunica47 min
Apr 24, 9:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGDeSoto, Panola, Tate23 min
Apr 24, 9:54 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGBenton, Tippah, Union51 min
Apr 24, 10:58 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGBenton, Lafayette, Pontotoc, Tippah, Union47 min
Apr 24, 11:08 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGPontotoc, Prentiss, Tippah, Union52 min
Apr 24, 12:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCoahoma, Tate, Tunica38 min
Apr 24, 12:35 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGLee, Prentiss, Union34 min
Apr 24, 12:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCoahoma, DeSoto, Panola, Quitman, Tate, Tunica48 min
Apr 24, 12:45 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGAlcorn, Prentiss, Tishomingo40 min
Apr 24, 12:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGChickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe25 min
Apr 24, 2:19 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGMonroe41 min
Apr 24, 4:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMonroe14 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.