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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Apr 27, 2013, 7:38 PM CDT for Phillips County, Arkansas; Coahoma County, Mississippi. It was in force for 37 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 27, 2013, 7:38 PM CDT (00:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 27, 2013, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Phillips County, AR, Coahoma County, MS
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 7:58 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 13 Sw West Helena, AR | DIME TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL OCCURED IN LAKEVIEW. |
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 27, 3:47 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 75 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
- 111 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -233 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 434 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
492
WFUS54 KMEG 280038
TORMEG
ARC107-MSC027-280115-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0013.130428T0038Z-130428T0115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
738 PM CDT SAT APR 27 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL PHILLIPS COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
NORTHERN COAHOMA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 815 PM CDT
* AT 738 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF
FRIARS POINT...OR 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MARVELL...MOVING EAST AT 35
MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO RURAL AREAS
OF CENTRAL PHILLIPS AND NORTHERN COAHOMA COUNTIES.
THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES AREAS NEAR BEAVERDAM LAKE...FLOWER LAKE
AND TUNICA LAKE.
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 3451 9054 3442 9040 3426 9040 3426 9044
3437 9095 3455 9090
TIME...MOT...LOC 0038Z 289DEG 31KT 3446 9081
$$1 follow-up statement
211
WWUS54 KMEG 280101
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
801 PM CDT SAT APR 27 2013
ARC107-MSC027-280115-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-130428T0115Z/
PHILLIPS AR-COAHOMA MS-
801 PM CDT SAT APR 27 2013
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
COAHOMA AND CENTRAL PHILLIPS COUNTIES...
AT 800 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR
DELTA...OR 9 MILES SOUTH OF HELENA...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. STORM
SPOTTERS ARE TRACKING A WALL CLOUD WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LAKE VIEW...
COAHOMA...LULA...WESTOVER...EWAL...WABASH...ONEIDA...PRESTON PLACE...
HELENA CROSSING...JEFFRIES...POWELL...DANFORTH...RICH AND MOON.
THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES AREAS NEAR BEAVERDAM LAKE...FLOWER LAKE
AND TUNICA LAKE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A STORM SHELTER. IF NO
STORM SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE
BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE
BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
.TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3437 9095 3453 9071 3451 9054 3442 9040
3426 9040 3426 9044
TIME...MOT...LOC 0100Z 289DEG 31KT 3440 9059
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Cross, Poinsett | 45 min |
| Apr 27, 7:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Craighead, Poinsett | 52 min |
| Apr 27, 7:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Mississippi, Poinsett | 40 min |
| Apr 27, 7:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Phillips | 65 min |
| Apr 27, 8:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Phillips | 30 min |
| Apr 27, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Quitman | 59 min |
| Apr 27, 9:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie | 52 min |
| Apr 27, 9:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lafayette, Panola, Tallahatchie, Yalobusha | 51 min |
| Apr 27, 10:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Chickasaw, Lafayette, Pontotoc, Yalobusha | 46 min |
| Apr 27, 11:08 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Lafayette, Panola, Yalobusha | 3 hr |
| Apr 27, 11:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Chickasaw, Lafayette, Pontotoc | 67 min |
| Apr 27, 11:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Chickasaw | 40 min |
| Apr 28, 12:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc | 67 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.