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Tornado Warning 58, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Apr 26, 2011, 12:09 AM CDT for Alcorn County, Tippah County, Tishomingo County, Mississippi; Hardin County, McNairy County, Tennessee. It was in force for 36 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 26, 2011, 12:09 AM CDT (05:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 26, 2011, 12:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Alcorn County, MS, Tippah County, MS, Tishomingo County, MS, Hardin County, TN, McNairy County, TN
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:12 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 25, 11:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 122 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
- 1507 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 914 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 388 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 511 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 4.0
- Supercell composite
- 19.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WFUS54 KMEG 260509
TORMEG
MSC003-139-141-TNC071-109-260545-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0058.110426T0509Z-110426T0545Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1209 AM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN ALCORN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
NORTH CENTRAL TIPPAH COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
NORTHWESTERN TISHOMINGO COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
SOUTHWESTERN HARDIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...
SOUTHERN MCNAIRY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 1245 AM CDT
* AT 1209 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES WEST OF THEO...OR 9
MILES SOUTHWEST OF BIG HILL POND STATE PARK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
70 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CORINTH...
PINEFLAT...THEO...SHILOH AND BIG HILL POND 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 3499 8823 3485 8884 3496 8891 3500 8885
3500 8879 3504 8878 3527 8842
TIME...MOT...LOC 0509Z 241DEG 59KT 3495 8878
$$3 follow-up statements
765
WWUS54 KMEG 260520
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1220 AM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
MSC139-260530-
/O.CAN.KMEG.TO.W.0058.000000T0000Z-110426T0545Z/
TIPPAH MS-
1220 AM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL TIPPAH COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
AT 1220 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA
AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING IS CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3500 8872 3509 8870 3527 8842 3499 8823
3486 8879
TIME...MOT...LOC 0520Z 241DEG 59KT 3504 8858
$$
MSC003-141-TNC071-109-260545-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0058.000000T0000Z-110426T0545Z/
ALCORN MS-TISHOMINGO MS-HARDIN TN-MCNAIRY TN-
1220 AM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 AM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
MCNAIRY...SOUTHWESTERN HARDIN...NORTHWESTERN TISHOMINGO AND NORTHERN
ALCORN COUNTIES...
AT 1220 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CHEWALLA...OR NEAR
BIG HILL POND STATE PARK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 70 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CORINTH...
PINEFLAT...THEO...WENASOGA...ACTON...EASTVIEW...GUYS...MICHIE...
RAMER...SHILOH...STANTONVILLE...PITTSBURG LANDING...HURLEY AND
HAMBURG.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
.TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3500 8872 3509 8870 3527 8842 3499 8823
3486 8879
TIME...MOT...LOC 0520Z 241DEG 59KT 3504 8858
$$693
WWUS54 KMEG 260534
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1234 AM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
MSC003-141-260544-
/O.CAN.KMEG.TO.W.0058.000000T0000Z-110426T0545Z/
ALCORN MS-TISHOMINGO MS-
1234 AM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN TISHOMINGO AND NORTHERN
ALCORN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
AT 1234 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE
AREA...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING IS CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3503 8856 3505 8860 3512 8860 3527 8842
3502 8825
TIME...MOT...LOC 0534Z 241DEG 59KT 3515 8833
$$
TNC071-109-260545-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0058.000000T0000Z-110426T0545Z/
HARDIN TN-MCNAIRY TN-
1234 AM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 AM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN MCNAIRY AND SOUTHWESTERN HARDIN COUNTIES...
AT 1234 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED
NEAR PEBBLE HILL...OR 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF PICKWICK LANDING STATE
PARK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO EASTVIEW...
MICHIE...STANTONVILLE...PITTSBURG LANDING...HURLEY...HAMBURG...
CHILDERS HILL...SOUTHSIDE...COUNCE...HICKORY FLATS...MARTIN CAMP...
OLD LAWTON...NEW LAWTON AND GILCHRIST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
.TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3503 8856 3505 8860 3512 8860 3527 8842
3502 8825
TIME...MOT...LOC 0534Z 241DEG 59KT 3515 8833
$$325
WWUS54 KMEG 260541
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1241 AM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
TNC071-109-260551-
/O.EXP.KMEG.TO.W.0058.000000T0000Z-110426T0545Z/
HARDIN TN-MCNAIRY TN-
1241 AM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MCNAIRY AND SOUTHWESTERN
HARDIN COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1245 AM CDT...
AT 1241 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA
AND WEAKENED. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 3503 8856 3505 8860 3512 8860 3527 8842
3502 8825
TIME...MOT...LOC 0541Z 241DEG 59KT 3520 8820
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 8:15 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Lowndes, Monroe | 7 days |
| Apr 25, 9:33 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Tunica | 3 hr |
| Apr 25, 9:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Tunica | 55 min |
| Apr 25, 9:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Tunica | 61 min |
| Apr 25, 10:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Marshall, Tate, Tunica | 59 min |
| Apr 25, 10:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Tate, Tunica | 57 min |
| Apr 25, 10:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, Marshall, Tate, Tippah, Union | 62 min |
| Apr 25, 11:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Lafayette, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Union and 1 more | 59 min |
| Apr 25, 11:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Benton, Itawamba, Lafayette, Lee, Prentiss and 3 more | 76 min |
| Apr 26, 12:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Chickasaw, Lafayette, Lee, Pontotoc, Union and 1 more | 59 min |
| Apr 26, 12:14 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Lee, Prentiss, Tippah, Union | 31 min |
| Apr 26, 12:16 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lafayette, Pontotoc, Union | 29 min |
| Apr 26, 12:24 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Lafayette, Pontotoc | 36 min |
| Apr 26, 12:41 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc, Union | 19 min |
| Apr 26, 12:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc and 2 more | 64 min |
| Apr 26, 3:18 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Panola, Quitman, Tate, Tunica | 3 hr |
| Apr 26, 6:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Quitman, Tunica | 30 min |
| Apr 26, 1:30 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Lafayette | 43 hr |
| Apr 26, 4:13 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | MEG | Alcorn, Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Coahoma, DeSoto and 16 more | 13 hr |
| Apr 26, 5:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Coahoma | 54 min |
| Apr 26, 5:26 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Tunica | 6 hr |
| Apr 26, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Marshall | 43 min |
| Apr 26, 5:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Quitman, Tunica | 53 min |
| Apr 26, 6:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Tunica | 58 min |
| Apr 26, 6:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie | 60 min |
| Apr 26, 6:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Coahoma, DeSoto, Panola, Quitman, Tate, Tunica | 56 min |
| Apr 26, 6:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Marshall | 59 min |
| Apr 26, 6:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Tunica | 38 min |
| Apr 26, 6:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Coahoma, DeSoto, Panola, Quitman, Tate, Tunica | 6 hr |
| Apr 25, 9:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lauderdale, Shelby, Tipton | 45 min |
| Apr 25, 10:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Hardeman, Haywood, Madison, Shelby, Tipton | 39 min |
| Apr 25, 10:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Haywood, Lauderdale, Madison and 1 more | 47 min |
| Apr 25, 10:38 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Dyer, Lake, Obion | 3 hr |
| Apr 25, 10:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Dyer, Gibson, Lake, Obion | 43 min |
| Apr 25, 10:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Fayette, Hardeman, Haywood, McNairy, Madison and 2 more | 50 min |
| Apr 25, 11:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll, Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Haywood, Henderson and 2 more | 49 min |
| Apr 25, 11:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Gibson, Henry, Obion, Weakley | 38 min |
| Apr 25, 11:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll, Chester, Decatur, Gibson, Hardin, Henderson and 1 more | 40 min |
| Apr 25, 11:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Decatur, Fayette, Hardeman, Hardin, McNairy and 1 more | 45 min |
| Apr 25, 11:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll, Henry, Weakley | 35 min |
| Apr 26, 12:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll, Chester, Decatur, Henderson | 47 min |
| Apr 26, 12:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Decatur, Hardin, McNairy | 33 min |
| Apr 26, 1:32 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MEG | Lake, Obion | 10 hr |
| Apr 26, 9:53 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Hardin | 14 days |
| Apr 26, 1:41 PM CDT | River Flood Advisory | MEG | Decatur, Perry | 26 hr |
| Apr 26, 3:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Obion, Weakley | 41 min |
| Apr 26, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lake | 45 min |
| Apr 26, 4:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lake, Obion | 24 min |
| Apr 26, 6:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Shelby, Tipton | 38 min |
| Apr 26, 6:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Shelby | 50 min |
| Apr 26, 6:31 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Shelby, Tipton | 6 hr |
| Apr 26, 6:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lauderdale, Shelby, Tipton | 42 min |
| Apr 26, 6:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Fayette, Shelby, Tipton | 41 min |
| Apr 26, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crockett, Haywood, Lauderdale, Tipton | 47 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.