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Tornado Warning 95, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Apr 26, 2011, 9:53 PM CDT for Hardeman County, McNairy County, Tennessee; Tippah County, Mississippi. It was in force for 35 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, 9:53 PM CDT (02:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 26, 2011, 10:28 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Tippah County, MS, Hardeman County, TN, McNairy County, TN
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:56 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.
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 26, 3:02 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Apr 26, 9:33 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 102 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
- 468 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -130 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 966 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 77 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 334 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 505 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 17.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
831
WFUS54 KMEG 270253
TORMEG
MSC139-TNC069-109-270345-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0095.110427T0253Z-110427T0345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
953 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL TIPPAH COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
SOUTHEASTERN HARDEMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...
SOUTHWESTERN MCNAIRY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT
* AT 953 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
POCAHONTAS...OR 15 MILES WEST OF BIG HILL POND STATE PARK...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO POCAHONTAS
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 3500 8877 3500 8881 3498 8881 3491 8893
3497 8901 3500 8901 3500 8905 3531 8887
3510 8859
TIME...MOT...LOC 0253Z 219DEG 31KT 3498 8896
$$2 follow-up statements
331 WWUS54 KMEG 270311 SVSMEG SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1011 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011 MSC139-270321- /O.CAN.KMEG.TO.W.0095.000000T0000Z-110427T0345Z/ TIPPAH MS- 1011 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL TIPPAH COUNTY IS CANCELLED... AT 1011 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING IS CANCELLED. LAT...LON 3515 8865 3503 8881 3508 8897 3527 8882 TIME...MOT...LOC 0311Z 219DEG 31KT 3509 8885 $$ TNC069-109-270345- /O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0095.000000T0000Z-110427T0345Z/ HARDEMAN TN-MCNAIRY TN- 1011 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CDT FOR WEST CENTRAL MCNAIRY AND EAST CENTRAL HARDEMAN COUNTIES... AT 1011 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MIDDLETON...OR 8 MILES WEST OF BIG HILL POND STATE PARK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HORNSBY... MIDDLETON...POCAHONTAS...LISBON...HEBRON AND LACY. 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 3515 8865 3503 8881 3508 8897 3527 8882 TIME...MOT...LOC 0311Z 219DEG 31KT 3509 8885 $$
171 WWUS54 KMEG 270328 SVSMEG SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1028 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011 TNC069-109-270338- /O.CAN.KMEG.TO.W.0095.000000T0000Z-110427T0345Z/ HARDEMAN TN-MCNAIRY TN- 1028 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL MCNAIRY AND EAST CENTRAL HARDEMAN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... AT 1028 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING IS CANCELLED. .A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ALERT AREA. LAT...LON 3515 8865 3503 8881 3508 8897 3527 8882 TIME...MOT...LOC 0328Z 219DEG 31KT 3520 8874 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 7:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Fayette, Haywood, Tipton | 54 min |
| Apr 26, 7:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Fayette, Shelby | 43 min |
| Apr 26, 7:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Shelby, Tipton | 37 min |
| Apr 26, 7:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Fayette, Hardeman, Haywood | 53 min |
| Apr 26, 7:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Fayette, Haywood, Shelby, Tipton | 3 hr |
| Apr 26, 7:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Hardeman, Shelby | 56 min |
| Apr 26, 7:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Crockett, Haywood | 34 min |
| Apr 26, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Fayette, Hardeman, McNairy | 68 min |
| Apr 26, 8:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Chester, Hardeman, Madison | 50 min |
| Apr 26, 8:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby, Tipton | 39 min |
| Apr 26, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Decatur, Hardin, Henderson, McNairy, Madison | 48 min |
| Apr 26, 8:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Chester, Hardeman, McNairy | 43 min |
| Apr 26, 8:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Chester, Decatur, Henderson, McNairy, Madison | 58 min |
| Apr 26, 8:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | McNairy | 65 min |
| Apr 26, 8:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Fayette, Hardeman | 6 hr |
| Apr 26, 9:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardeman, McNairy | 51 min |
| Apr 26, 9:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Chester, Decatur, Hardin, Henderson, McNairy | 43 min |
| Apr 26, 9:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | McNairy | 20 min |
| Apr 26, 9:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Chester, Decatur, Hardeman, Hardin, Henderson, McNairy and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 26, 9:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Decatur, Hardin, Henderson | 38 min |
| Apr 26, 10:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 56 min |
| Apr 26, 10:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Decatur, Hardin | 28 min |
| Apr 26, 10:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Fayette, Hardeman, Haywood, Madison, Tipton | 4 hr |
| Apr 26, 10:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Hardeman, McNairy | 16 min |
| Apr 26, 10:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette | 48 min |
| Apr 26, 10:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Decatur | 22 min |
| Apr 26, 11:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Hardeman, Haywood | 52 min |
| Apr 26, 11:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Shelby | 6 hr |
| Apr 26, 11:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Hardeman | 49 min |
| Apr 27, 12:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Crockett, Hardeman, Henderson, McNairy, Madison | 42 min |
| Apr 27, 12:28 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Hardeman, McNairy | 32 min |
| Apr 27, 12:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Hardeman, McNairy | 24 min |
| Apr 27, 2:24 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | McNairy | 31 min |
| Apr 27, 2:26 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Chester, Decatur, Fayette, Hardeman, Hardin, Henderson and 3 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 27, 3:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | McNairy | 47 min |
| Apr 27, 3:14 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Hardin, McNairy | 46 min |
| Apr 27, 3:48 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Hardin | 18 min |
| Apr 27, 6:33 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Shelby | 4 hr |
| Apr 27, 7:14 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Fayette, Hardeman, McNairy, Shelby | 4 hr |
| Apr 27, 7:43 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Lauderdale, Shelby, Tipton | 6 hr |
| Apr 27, 7:46 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Fayette, Hardeman, Hardin and 7 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 27, 10:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 37 min |
| Apr 27, 10:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Shelby, Tipton | 35 min |
| Apr 27, 10:32 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Shelby | 4 hr |
| Apr 27, 10:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crockett, Fayette, Gibson, Haywood, Lauderdale, Madison and 1 more | 14 min |
| Apr 27, 10:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Hardeman, Haywood, McNairy, Madison, Shelby | 50 min |
| Apr 27, 11:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Carroll, Gibson, Henry, Weakley | 6 hr |
| Apr 27, 11:10 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Fayette, Shelby | 50 min |
| Apr 27, 11:18 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Fayette, Hardeman, McNairy, Shelby | 6 hr |
| Apr 27, 11:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Fayette, Hardeman, Haywood, Henderson, Madison | 28 min |
| Apr 27, 11:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Fayette, Hardeman, Henderson, McNairy | 31 min |
| Apr 27, 11:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll, Chester, Decatur, Henderson, Madison | 34 min |
| Apr 27, 12:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Decatur, Hardeman, Henderson, Madison | 17 min |
| Apr 27, 12:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Tipton | 35 min |
| Apr 27, 12:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Shelby | 42 min |
| Apr 27, 1:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Hardeman | 28 min |
| Apr 27, 1:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Lauderdale, Shelby, Tipton | 63 min |
| Apr 27, 1:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Fayette, Hardeman, McNairy | 12 min |
| Apr 27, 1:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Fayette, Hardeman, Hardin and 7 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 27, 2:32 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MEG | Shelby | 3 days |
| Apr 27, 2:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Hardin | 40 min |
| Apr 27, 2:58 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MEG | Lauderdale, Shelby, Tipton | 5 days |
| Apr 27, 2:58 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | MEG | Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer, Fayette and 14 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 27, 3:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Decatur, Hardin, McNairy | 38 min |
| Apr 27, 3:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Dyer | 34 min |
| Apr 27, 3:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Decatur, Hardin | 33 min |
| Apr 27, 3:29 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Decatur, Perry | 17 days |
| Apr 27, 4:59 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MEG | Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Fayette, Gibson and 11 more | 66 hr |
| Apr 27, 5:05 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | McNairy | 85 min |
| Apr 27, 5:08 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MEG | Fayette, Hardeman, McNairy, Shelby | 66 hr |
| Apr 27, 5:27 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Lauderdale, Tipton | 19 hr |
| Apr 27, 6:27 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MEG | McNairy | 36 hr |
| Apr 26, 7:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Panola, Quitman, Tate, Tunica | 30 min |
| Apr 26, 7:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Lafayette, Panola, Quitman | 54 min |
| Apr 26, 7:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Marshall, Panola, Quitman, Tate, Tunica | 56 min |
| Apr 26, 7:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Benton, Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Quitman, Tate and 2 more | 54 min |
| Apr 26, 7:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Tate | 51 min |
| Apr 26, 8:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Benton, Lafayette, Marshall, Tate, Tippah, Union | 56 min |
| Apr 26, 8:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Marshall, Panola, Tate | 35 min |
| Apr 26, 8:26 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Quitman | 13 days |
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.