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Tornado Warning 49, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 2014, 6:26 PM CDT for Tishomingo 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
- Jun 7, 2014, 6:26 PM CDT (23:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 2014, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 19 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Tishomingo County, MS
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:26 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 2:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KBYH), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 164 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
- 1298 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -67 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 888 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
190
WFUS54 KMEG 072326
TORMEG
MSC141-072345-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0049.140607T2326Z-140607T2345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
626 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN TISHOMINGO COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 645 PM CDT
* AT 626 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR IUKA...MOVING EAST AT
40 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO IUKA.
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 3472 8811 3471 8812 3476 8830 3494 8825
3492 8813 3489 8809
TIME...MOT...LOC 2326Z 289DEG 37KT 3485 8817
$$1 follow-up statement
512
WWUS54 KMEG 072341
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
641 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2014
MSC141-072351-
/O.EXP.KMEG.TO.W.0049.000000T0000Z-140607T2345Z/
TISHOMINGO MS-
641 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN TISHOMINGO COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
645 PM CDT...
AT 641 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
.CONTINUE TO MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS AS FUTURE WARNINGS ARE
POSSIBLE FOR YOUR AREA.
LAT...LON 3472 8811 3471 8812 3476 8830 3494 8825
3492 8813 3489 8809
TIME...MOT...LOC 2341Z 289DEG 37KT 3480 8799
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 5:21 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | MEG | Alcorn, Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Coahoma, DeSoto and 16 more | 4 hr |
| Jun 7, 5:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Tippah, Tishomingo | 59 min |
| Jun 7, 6:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Tishomingo | 3 hr |
| Jun 7, 6:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Prentiss, Tishomingo | 33 min |
| Jun 7, 6:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, Tippah | 47 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.