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Tornado Warning 38, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Apr 28, 2014, 4:39 PM CDT for Monroe County, Mississippi. It was in force for 51 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, 4:39 PM CDT (21:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 28, 2014, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Monroe County, MS
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:38 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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 167 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.
376
WFUS54 KMEG 282139
TORMEG
MSC095-282230-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0038.140428T2139Z-140428T2230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
439 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL MONROE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 530 PM CDT
* AT 440 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR AMORY...MOVING EAST AT
45 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO AMORY.
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 8854 3407 8862 3409 8839 3409 8837
3406 8836 3388 8833
TIME...MOT...LOC 2140Z 252DEG 38KT 3396 8845
$$2 follow-up statements
084
WWUS54 KMEG 282150
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
450 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014
MSC095-282230-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0038.000000T0000Z-140428T2230Z/
MONROE MS-
450 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL MONROE COUNTY...
AT 451 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HATLEY...OR NEAR
AMORY...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO AMORY...
HATLEY...BIGBEE...QUINCY AND BECKER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A STORM SHELTER. IF NO
STORM SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE
BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE
BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
&&
LAT...LON 3391 8834 3389 8849 3408 8855 3409 8839
3409 8837 3406 8836
TIME...MOT...LOC 2151Z 253DEG 29KT 3399 8837
$$920
WWUS54 KMEG 282211
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
511 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014
MSC095-282221-
/O.CAN.KMEG.TO.W.0038.000000T0000Z-140428T2230Z/
MONROE MS-
511 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL MONROE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
AT 511 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.
.A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ALERT AREA.
LAT...LON 3391 8834 3389 8849 3408 8855 3409 8839
3409 8837 3406 8836
TIME...MOT...LOC 2211Z 253DEG 29KT 3397 8816
$$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, 4:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Chickasaw | 19 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.