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Tornado Warning 52, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Jun 9, 2014, 5:02 PM CDT for Lafayette County, Mississippi. It was in force for 43 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 9, 2014, 5:02 PM CDT (22:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 2014, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Lafayette County, MS
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:03 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 9, 2:14 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KBYH), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 61 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
- 40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -187 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 453 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 162 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 136 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
046
WFUS54 KMEG 092202
TORMEG
MSC071-092245-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0052.140609T2202Z-140609T2245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
502 PM CDT MON JUN 9 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 545 PM CDT
* AT 502 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR SPRINGDALE...OR 8
MILES NORTHWEST OF WATER VALLEY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO OXFORD AND
HOLLY SPRINGS NATIONAL FOREST.
THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES AREAS NEAR SARDIS LAKE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
.IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
.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 3419 8972 3438 8972 3456 8954 3456 8948
3452 8943 3453 8933 3450 8928 3419 8964
TIME...MOT...LOC 2202Z 221DEG 27KT 3428 8969
$$
JPM/TLSJR2 follow-up statements
556
WWUS54 KMEG 092228
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
528 PM CDT MON JUN 9 2014
MSC071-092245-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0052.000000T0000Z-140609T2245Z/
LAFAYETTE MS-
528 PM CDT MON JUN 9 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
LAFAYETTE COUNTY...
AT 528 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR COLLEGE HILL
STATION...OR NEAR OXFORD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ABBEVILLE...
OXFORD...COLLEGE HILL...COLLEGE HILL STATION...BURT AND HOLLY SPRINGS
NATIONAL FOREST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A STORM SHELTER. IF NO
STORM SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE
BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE
BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
.A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ALERT AREA.
&&
LAT...LON 3439 8970 3456 8954 3456 8948 3452 8943
3453 8933 3450 8928 3431 8951
TIME...MOT...LOC 2228Z 221DEG 27KT 3443 8953
$$
JPM3/TLSJR124
WWUS54 KMEG 092244
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
544 PM CDT MON JUN 9 2014
MSC071-092254-
/O.EXP.KMEG.TO.W.0052.000000T0000Z-140609T2245Z/
LAFAYETTE MS-
544 PM CDT MON JUN 9 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN LAFAYETTE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
545 PM CDT...
AT 544 PM 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 WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
.CONTINUE TO MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS AS FUTURE WARNINGS ARE
POSSIBLE FOR YOUR AREA.
LAT...LON 3439 8970 3456 8954 3456 8948 3452 8943
3453 8933 3450 8928 3431 8951
TIME...MOT...LOC 2244Z 221DEG 27KT 3452 8943
$$
JPM3/TLSJRThe office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 11:52 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | DeSoto | 3 hr |
| Jun 9, 12:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, Marshall | 46 min |
| Jun 9, 1:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lafayette, Marshall, Tate | 44 min |
| Jun 9, 1:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Tate | 50 min |
| Jun 9, 1:17 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Benton, Lafayette, Marshall, Union | 18 min |
| Jun 9, 1:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lafayette, Panola | 47 min |
| Jun 9, 1:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Tate, Union | 45 min |
| Jun 9, 1:51 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Benton, DeSoto, Marshall, Prentiss, Tate and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Jun 9, 3:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Prentiss, Tishomingo | 29 min |
| Jun 9, 4:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc and 3 more | 4 hr |
| Jun 9, 12:29 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Monroe | 3 days |
| Jun 9, 12:29 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Monroe | 58 hr |
| Jun 9, 12:29 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Lowndes, Monroe | 3 days |
| Jun 9, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Yalobusha | 45 min |
| Jun 9, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Panola | 31 min |
| Jun 9, 4:52 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Tate | 3 hr |
| Jun 9, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Chickasaw | 44 min |
| Jun 9, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, Lafayette, Marshall, Tippah, Union | 48 min |
| Jun 9, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chickasaw, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc, Tippah, Union | 45 min |
| Jun 9, 6:53 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Benton, Tippah | 3 hr |
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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.