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Tornado Warning 27, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Apr 4, 2011, 1:19 PM CDT for Hardin County, McNairy County, Tennessee; Alcorn County, Tishomingo County, Mississippi. It was in force for 29 min. 1 report 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
- Apr 4, 2011, 1:19 PM CDT (18:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 4, 2011, 1:48 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 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), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 1:45 PM CDT | TORNADO | 5 W J P Coleman State P, MS | TORNADO REPORTED BY A STATE TROOPER ON THE GROUND MS HWY 25 NORTH NEAR THE TENN/TOMM WATERWAY. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 7:22 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 156 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
- 1771 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 636 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 2.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
820
WFUS54 KMEG 041819
TORMEG
MSC003-141-TNC071-109-041900-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0027.110404T1819Z-110404T1900Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
119 PM CDT MON APR 4 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN ALCORN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
NORTHERN TISHOMINGO COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
SOUTHWESTERN HARDIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...
SOUTHEASTERN MCNAIRY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 200 PM CDT
* AT 119 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR CORINTH...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 70 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CORINTH...
PICKWICK LANDING STATE PARK AND JCOLEMAN 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 3501 8819 3496 8815 3493 8813 3492 8813
3483 8854 3496 8865 3519 8821 3501 8805
TIME...MOT...LOC 1819Z 236DEG 61KT 3492 8852
$$2 follow-up statements
329
WWUS54 KMEG 041835
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
135 PM CDT MON APR 4 2011
TNC109-041845-
/O.CAN.KMEG.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-110404T1900Z/
MCNAIRY TN-
135 PM CDT MON APR 4 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MCNAIRY COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
AT 135 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA
...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING IS CANCELLED.
.A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ALERT AREA.
LAT...LON 3501 8819 3496 8815 3493 8813 3492 8813
3486 8840 3501 8838 3519 8821 3501 8805
TIME...MOT...LOC 1835Z 236DEG 61KT 3507 8824
$$
MSC003-141-TNC071-041900-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-110404T1900Z/
ALCORN MS-TISHOMINGO MS-HARDIN TN-
135 PM CDT MON APR 4 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN HARDIN...NORTHERN TISHOMINGO AND NORTHEASTERN ALCORN
COUNTIES...
AT 135 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR DAMON...OR NEAR
PICKWICK LANDING STATE PARK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 70 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MADDOX...
POLLARDS MILL...BRUTON BRANCH...WINN SPRINGS...RED SULPHUR SPRINGS...
COUNCE...DAMON...DOSKIE...PICKWICK LANDING STATE PARK AND JCOLEMAN
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.
.A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ALERT AREA.
&&
LAT...LON 3501 8819 3496 8815 3493 8813 3492 8813
3486 8840 3501 8838 3519 8821 3501 8805
TIME...MOT...LOC 1835Z 236DEG 61KT 3507 8824
$$079
WWUS54 KMEG 041848
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
148 PM CDT MON APR 4 2011
MSC003-141-TNC071-041858-
/O.CAN.KMEG.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-110404T1900Z/
ALCORN MS-TISHOMINGO MS-HARDIN TN-
148 PM CDT MON APR 4 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN HARDIN...NORTHERN TISHOMINGO
AND NORTHEASTERN ALCORN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
AT 148 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA
...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING IS CANCELLED.
.A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ALERT AREA.
LAT...LON 3501 8819 3496 8815 3493 8813 3492 8813
3486 8840 3501 8838 3519 8821 3501 8805
TIME...MOT...LOC 1848Z 236DEG 61KT 3519 8801
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 9:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Chester, Decatur, Hardeman, McNairy, Madison | 30 min |
| Apr 4, 9:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lake, Obion | 51 min |
| Apr 4, 9:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll, Crockett, Gibson, Henderson, Madison | 47 min |
| Apr 4, 10:25 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | MEG | Lauderdale, Tipton | 68 hr |
| Apr 4, 10:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Decatur, Hardin, Henderson, McNairy | 26 min |
| Apr 4, 10:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lauderdale, Shelby, Tipton | 52 min |
| Apr 4, 10:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardeman | 34 min |
| Apr 4, 11:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Dyer, Haywood, Lauderdale, Tipton | 27 min |
| Apr 4, 11:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 46 min |
| Apr 4, 11:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Haywood, Lauderdale, Shelby, Tipton | 51 min |
| Apr 4, 11:49 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Shelby | 20 min |
| Apr 4, 12:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Hardeman, Shelby | 43 min |
| Apr 4, 12:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Fayette, Shelby | 28 min |
| Apr 4, 12:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll, Crockett, Gibson, Haywood, Henderson, Henry and 2 more | 38 min |
| Apr 4, 12:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Fayette, Hardeman, Haywood, McNairy, Madison | 45 min |
| Apr 4, 12:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Chester, Fayette, Hardeman, Haywood, McNairy, Madison | 25 min |
| Apr 4, 12:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Chester, Fayette, Hardeman, McNairy | 37 min |
| Apr 4, 12:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardin, McNairy | 41 min |
| Apr 4, 12:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll, Decatur, Henderson, Henry, Madison, Weakley | 35 min |
| Apr 4, 12:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Chester, Decatur, Hardeman, Hardin, Henderson, McNairy and 1 more | 47 min |
| Apr 4, 12:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Decatur, Hardeman, Hardin, McNairy | 42 min |
| Apr 4, 12:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Chester, Hardin, McNairy | 33 min |
| Apr 4, 1:08 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Decatur, Hardin | 77 min |
| Apr 4, 1:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Decatur, Hardin, McNairy | 37 min |
| Apr 4, 3:51 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | MEG | Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer, Fayette and 14 more | 12 hr |
| Apr 3, 8:42 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Monroe | 48 hr |
| Apr 3, 8:42 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Monroe | 46 hr |
| Apr 4, 8:50 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Marshall | 25 min |
| Apr 4, 10:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Benton, Marshall, Tippah, Union | 53 min |
| Apr 4, 10:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Tunica | 48 min |
| Apr 4, 12:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Benton, Itawamba, Lafayette, Lee, Marshall and 6 more | 50 min |
| Apr 4, 1:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Itawamba, Lee, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Tippah and 2 more | 51 min |
| Apr 4, 2:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Calhoun, Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc | 29 min |
| Apr 4, 2:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Chickasaw, Monroe | 33 min |
| Apr 4, 3:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Monroe | 32 min |
| Apr 4, 4:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Itawamba, Monroe | 45 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.