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Tornado Warning 140, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at May 13, 2011, 5:24 PM CDT for Alcorn County, Prentiss County, Tippah County, Mississippi. It was in force for 51 min. 3 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
- May 13, 2011, 5:24 PM CDT (22:24 UTC)
- Expired
- May 13, 2011, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Alcorn County, MS, Prentiss County, MS, Tippah County, MS
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 6:02 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 3 S Corinth, MS | POSSIBLE TORNADO ON THE GROUND. |
| May 13, 6:12 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 7 Ssw Corinth, MS | POWER LINES DOWN NEAR HIGHWAY 514 AND 515. |
| May 13, 6:17 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Corinth, MS | POSSIBLE TORNADO. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 12:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 117 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
- 1232 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 494 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 154 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 3.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
595 WFUS54 KMEG 132224 TORMEG MSC003-117-139-132315- /O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0140.110513T2224Z-110513T2315Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 524 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WESTERN ALCORN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... NORTHWESTERN PRENTISS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... CENTRAL TIPPAH COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... * UNTIL 615 PM CDT * AT 524 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THEO...OR NEAR RIPLEY...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CORINTH. 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 3500 8851 3477 8850 3471 8893 3489 8891 TIME...MOT...LOC 2224Z 255DEG 24KT 3479 8892 $$ JAB/TLSJR
1 follow-up statement
996 WWUS54 KMEG 132300 SVSMEG SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 600 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 2011 MSC117-139-132310- /O.CAN.KMEG.TO.W.0140.000000T0000Z-110513T2315Z/ TIPPAH MS-PRENTISS MS- 600 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN PRENTISS AND CENTRAL TIPPAH COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... AT 600 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING IS CANCELLED. LAT...LON 3476 8874 3491 8874 3500 8851 3477 8850 TIME...MOT...LOC 2300Z 255DEG 24KT 3485 8864 $$ MSC003-132315- /O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0140.000000T0000Z-110513T2315Z/ ALCORN MS- 600 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL ALCORN COUNTY... AT 600 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HIGHTOWN...OR 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CORINTH...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CORINTH... KOSSUTH...GIFT...ALLENTOWN...BIGGERSVILLE...HIGHTOWN...CRUMTOWN AND COLLINSTOWN. 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 3476 8874 3491 8874 3500 8851 3477 8850 TIME...MOT...LOC 2300Z 255DEG 24KT 3485 8864 $$ JAB/TLSJR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 1:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tunica | 53 min |
| May 13, 2:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tunica | 41 min |
| May 13, 2:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Tate, Tunica | 53 min |
| May 13, 3:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Marshall, Tate | 52 min |
| May 13, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Panola, Tate, Tunica | 47 min |
| May 13, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, Marshall | 60 min |
| May 13, 4:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Benton, Marshall | 24 min |
| May 13, 4:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Benton, Marshall | 33 min |
| May 13, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Chickasaw, Lafayette, Lee, Pontotoc | 61 min |
| May 13, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Marshall, Tate | 44 min |
| May 13, 4:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Benton, Tippah | 39 min |
| May 13, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, Lafayette, Marshall, Union | 55 min |
| May 13, 5:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Tate, Union | 63 min |
| May 13, 6:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Tishomingo | 40 min |
| May 13, 6:06 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Benton, Lafayette, Marshall, Pontotoc, Prentiss and 2 more | 3 hr |
| May 13, 6:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lafayette, Lee, Pontotoc, Union | 53 min |
| May 13, 6:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Prentiss, Tippah, Tishomingo | 58 min |
| May 13, 6:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Tishomingo | 41 min |
| May 13, 6:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Tishomingo | 32 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.