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Tornado Warning 165, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2011, 7:17 PM CDT for Coahoma County, Quitman County, Mississippi; Phillips County, Arkansas. It was in force for 43 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
- May 25, 2011, 7:17 PM CDT (00:17 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2011, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Phillips County, AR, Coahoma County, MS, Quitman County, MS
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 12:28 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 92 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2470 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 163 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
374 WFUS54 KMEG 260017 TORMEG ARC107-MSC027-119-260100- /O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0165.110526T0017Z-110526T0100Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 717 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTH CENTRAL PHILLIPS COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS... CENTRAL COAHOMA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... EXTREME WEST CENTRAL QUITMAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... * UNTIL 800 PM CDT * AT 716 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SHERARD...OR 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WHITE RIVER NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CLARKSDALE. THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES AREAS NEAR DESOTO LAKE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... .IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM MAY PRODUCE PING PONG SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. .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 3434 9044 3414 9044 3413 9095 3420 9091 TIME...MOT...LOC 0016Z 254DEG 38KT 3411 9087 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Panola, Quitman, Tate, Tunica | 44 min |
| May 25, 7:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Tate, Tunica | 40 min |
| May 25, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Marshall, Tunica | 47 min |
| May 25, 7:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Tate, Tunica | 43 min |
| May 25, 7:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Quitman, Tallahatchie | 42 min |
| May 25, 8:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Marshall, Tate | 32 min |
| May 25, 8:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Yalobusha | 40 min |
| May 25, 8:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie | 34 min |
| May 25, 8:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Quitman, Tallahatchie | 51 min |
| May 25, 8:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lafayette, Panola, Tallahatchie, Yalobusha | 53 min |
| May 25, 9:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Benton, Lafayette, Marshall, Tippah, Union | 32 min |
| May 25, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lafayette, Lee, Pontotoc, Union | 45 min |
| May 25, 9:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Chickasaw, Lafayette, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc | 54 min |
| May 25, 9:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Prentiss, Tippah, Union | 52 min |
| May 25, 10:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Lee, Prentiss, Tishomingo, Union | 53 min |
| May 25, 10:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Prentiss, Tishomingo | 41 min |
| May 25, 10:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Tishomingo | 26 min |
| May 25, 10:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc | 53 min |
| May 25, 10:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Lee, Prentiss, Tishomingo | 37 min |
| May 25, 11:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Monroe | 38 min |
| May 26, 2:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Lafayette, Lee, Pontotoc, Union, Yalobusha | 43 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.