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Tornado Warning 37, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Apr 28, 2014, 4:11 PM CDT for Chickasaw County, 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 28, 2014, 4:11 PM CDT (21:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 28, 2014, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 19 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Chickasaw County, MS
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:14 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 28, 12:39 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KBYH), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1801 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 82 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
132
WFUS54 KMEG 282111
TORMEG
MSC017-282130-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0037.140428T2111Z-140428T2130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
411 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN CHICKASAW COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 430 PM CDT
* AT 411 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR TREBLOC...OR 10 MILES
EAST OF HOUSTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO OKOLONA.
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 3374 8919 3378 8919 3406 8872 3381 8872
3381 8892 3376 8892 3375 8893 3375 8903
3374 8904 3375 8905 3373 8907
TIME...MOT...LOC 2111Z 237DEG 38KT 3388 8880
$$2 follow-up statements
587
WWUS54 KMEG 282115
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
415 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014
MSC017-282130-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0037.000000T0000Z-140428T2130Z/
CHICKASAW MS-
415 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN CHICKASAW COUNTY...
AT 414 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BUENA VISTA...OR 10 MILES SOUTH OF
OKOLONA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO OKOLONA...MC
CONDY...EGYPT AND BUENA VISTA.
AT 410 PM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND
NEAR BUENA VISTA. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE
COVER NOW.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A STORM SHELTER. IF NO
STORM SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE
BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE
BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
&&
LAT...LON 3384 8896 3386 8895 3389 8896 3406 8872
3381 8872 3381 8892
TIME...MOT...LOC 2114Z 237DEG 38KT 3389 8876
$$646
WWUS54 KMEG 282125
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
425 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014
MSC017-282135-
/O.EXP.KMEG.TO.W.0037.000000T0000Z-140428T2130Z/
CHICKASAW MS-
425 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CHICKASAW COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 430 PM CDT...
AT 425 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 3384 8896 3386 8895 3389 8896 3406 8872
3381 8872 3381 8892
TIME...MOT...LOC 2125Z 237DEG 38KT 3383 8855
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 5:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Quitman, Tunica | 44 min |
| Apr 28, 6:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Coahoma, DeSoto, Panola, Quitman, Tate, Tunica | 38 min |
| Apr 28, 6:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto | 42 min |
| Apr 28, 7:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, DeSoto, Marshall, Tate | 43 min |
| Apr 28, 7:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Pontotoc, Prentiss, Tippah, Union | 42 min |
| Apr 28, 9:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Tate, Tunica | 52 min |
| Apr 28, 10:45 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Lafayette, Marshall, Union | 39 hr |
| Apr 28, 12:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tallahatchie | 27 min |
| Apr 28, 12:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tallahatchie, Yalobusha | 46 min |
| Apr 28, 1:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Yalobusha | 50 min |
| Apr 28, 1:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Chickasaw, Pontotoc | 53 min |
| Apr 28, 2:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Chickasaw | 45 min |
| Apr 28, 2:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lee, Pontotoc, Union | 47 min |
| Apr 28, 2:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Lee, Pontotoc | 43 min |
| Apr 28, 2:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe | 62 min |
| Apr 28, 2:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lee, Prentiss, Union | 51 min |
| Apr 28, 3:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Lee, Prentiss, Tishomingo | 38 min |
| Apr 28, 3:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Prentiss, Tishomingo | 51 min |
| Apr 28, 3:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Chickasaw | 42 min |
| Apr 28, 3:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba | 50 min |
| Apr 28, 4:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Monroe | 45 min |
| Apr 28, 4:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Monroe | 51 min |
| Apr 28, 4:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Monroe | 47 min |
| Apr 28, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba | 36 min |
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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.