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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Memphis, TN

April 4, 2014Panola County, Tate County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Apr 4, 2014, 2:31 AM CDT for Panola County, Tate 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, 2014, 2:31 AM CDT (07:31 UTC)
Expired: Apr 4, 2014, 3:00 AM CDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Panola County, MS, Tate County, MS

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:33 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, 3:05 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Como, MS	A FEW TREES AND SEVERAL LARGE LIMBS DOWN AND POWER LINES DOWN IN COMO.

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, 12:40 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KBYH), launched 00:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 28 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 993 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -136 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1599 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 233 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 192 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 6.5

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

934 
WFUS54 KMEG 040731
TORMEG
MSC107-137-040800-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0013.140404T0731Z-140404T0800Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
231 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN PANOLA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
  SOUTHERN TATE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 300 AM CDT

* AT 232 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR PLEASANT GROVE...OR 12
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF SENATOBIA...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SENATOBIA
  AND JOHN W KYLE STATE PARK.

 THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES AREAS NEAR ARKABUTLA LAKE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

.HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

.TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 3462 9014 3470 8972 3468 8972 3442 8972
      3442 9018
TIME...MOT...LOC 0732Z 258DEG 53KT 3449 9006

$$

1 follow-up statement

287 
WWUS54 KMEG 040751
SVSMEG

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
251 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2014

MSC107-137-040801-
/O.CAN.KMEG.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140404T0800Z/
TATE MS-PANOLA MS-
251 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN PANOLA AND SOUTHERN TATE COUNTIES
IS CANCELLED...

AT 251 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.

.CONTINUE TO MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS AS FUTURE WARNINGS ARE
POSSIBLE FOR YOUR AREA.

LAT...LON 3462 9014 3470 8972 3468 8972 3442 8972
      3442 9018
TIME...MOT...LOC 0751Z 258DEG 53KT 3454 8973

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 4, 1:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Coahoma, Tunica	39 min
Apr 4, 1:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Coahoma, DeSoto, Panola, Quitman, Tate, Tunica	42 min
Apr 4, 2:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Coahoma, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Yalobusha	44 min
Apr 4, 2:20 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Coahoma, Panola, Quitman, Tate, Tunica	25 min
Apr 4, 2:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	DeSoto, Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Quitman, Tate and 1 more	50 min
Apr 4, 2:38 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Yalobusha	37 min
Apr 4, 2:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Benton, Calhoun, Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Pontotoc and 3 more	48 min
Apr 4, 2:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Benton, DeSoto, Marshall, Tate	42 min
Apr 4, 2:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Panola, Tallahatchie, Yalobusha	19 min
Apr 4, 3:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Alcorn, Benton, Marshall, Tippah	39 min
Apr 4, 3:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Calhoun, Chickasaw, Lafayette, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc and 2 more	45 min
Apr 4, 3:17 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Calhoun, Lafayette, Lee, Pontotoc	28 min
Apr 4, 3:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Alcorn, Itawamba, Lee, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Tippah and 2 more	53 min
Apr 4, 3:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Calhoun, Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc	53 min
Apr 4, 4:13 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Itawamba, Monroe	32 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.