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Tornado Warning 62, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Apr 26, 2011, 12:41 AM CDT for 6 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 19 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, 12:41 AM CDT (05:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 26, 2011, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 19 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Chickasaw County, MS, Itawamba County, MS, Lee County, MS, Monroe County, MS, Pontotoc County, MS, Union County, MS
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:43 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, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 131 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.
738
WFUS54 KMEG 260541
TORMEG
MSC017-057-081-095-115-145-260615-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0062.110426T0541Z-110426T0615Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1241 AM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN CHICKASAW COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
NORTHWESTERN ITAWAMBA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
LEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
NORTHWESTERN MONROE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
SOUTHEASTERN PONTOTOC COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
SOUTHEASTERN UNION COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 115 AM CDT
* AT 1241 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING A TORNADO ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM BLAIR TO TRACE STATE PARK TO 7 MILES SOUTH OF
PONTOTOC...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF
TUPELO TO TRACE STATE PARK TO 7 MILES SOUTH OF PONTOTOC...MOVING
EAST AT 50 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BALDWYN...
BLAIR...FURRS...GUNTOWN...MANTACHIE...OKOLONA...PLANTERSVILLE...
PONTOTOC...PRATTS FRIENDSHIP...SALTILLO...SANDY SPRINGS...
SHANNON...TROY AND TUPELO.
THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES AREAS NEAR DAVIS LAKE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
.IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
.TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3420 8850 3398 8872 3409 8923 3429 8899
3453 8876 3452 8872 3449 8853 3447 8853
3447 8840 3446 8833
TIME...MOT...LOC 0541Z 284DEG 42KT 3439 8876 3426 8886
3415 8900
$$2 follow-up statements
419
WWUS54 KMEG 260553
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1253 AM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
MSC145-260604-
/O.CAN.KMEG.TO.W.0062.000000T0000Z-110426T0615Z/
UNION MS-
1253 AM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN UNION COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
AT 1254 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA
AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING IS CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3420 8850 3398 8872 3410 8920 3428 8890
3450 8865 3449 8853 3447 8853 3447 8840
3446 8833
TIME...MOT...LOC 0554Z 284DEG 42KT 3437 8862 3424 8872
3413 8885
$$
MSC017-057-081-095-115-260615-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0062.000000T0000Z-110426T0615Z/
LEE MS-ITAWAMBA MS-PONTOTOC MS-MONROE MS-CHICKASAW MS-
1253 AM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 AM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN CHICKASAW...NORTHWESTERN MONROE...SOUTHEASTERN
PONTOTOC...NORTHWESTERN ITAWAMBA AND LEE COUNTIES...
AT 1254 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS. THESE TORNADO PRODUCING
STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM SALTILLO TO BISSELL
TO CHIWAPA...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES NORTH OF TUPELO
TO TUPELO TO 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PONTOTOC...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ALGOMA...
FURRS...GUNTOWN...MANTACHIE...NETTLETON...OAKLAND...OKOLONA...
PLANTERSVILLE...PRATTS FRIENDSHIP...SALTILLO...SANDY SPRINGS...
SHANNON...TROY AND TUPELO.
THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES AREAS NEAR DAVIS LAKE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
.TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3420 8850 3398 8872 3410 8920 3428 8890
3450 8865 3449 8853 3447 8853 3447 8840
3446 8833
TIME...MOT...LOC 0554Z 284DEG 42KT 3437 8862 3424 8872
3413 8885
$$983
WWUS54 KMEG 260600
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
100 AM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
MSC017-057-081-095-115-260610-
/O.CAN.KMEG.TO.W.0062.000000T0000Z-110426T0615Z/
LEE MS-ITAWAMBA MS-PONTOTOC MS-MONROE MS-CHICKASAW MS-
100 AM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CHICKASAW...NORTHWESTERN
MONROE...SOUTHEASTERN PONTOTOC...NORTHWESTERN ITAWAMBA AND LEE
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
AT 100 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED AND NO LONGER
POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE
TORNADO WARNING IS CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3420 8850 3398 8872 3410 8920 3428 8890
3450 8865 3449 8853 3447 8853 3447 8840
3446 8833
TIME...MOT...LOC 0600Z 284DEG 42KT 3435 8854 3422 8864
3411 8877
$$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, 12:09 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Tippah, Tishomingo | 36 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, 12:58 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 |
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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.