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Tornado Warning 53, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Jun 21, 2014, 7:47 PM CDT for Panola County, Mississippi. It was in force for 13 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 21, 2014, 7:47 PM CDT (00:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 21, 2014, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 13 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Panola County, MS
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KBYH), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 45 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
- 357 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -56 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1586 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
468 WFUS54 KMEG 220047 TORMEG MSC107-220115- /O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0053.140622T0047Z-140622T0115Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 747 PM CDT SAT JUN 21 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN PANOLA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... * UNTIL 815 PM CDT * AT 748 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR COMO...OR 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SENATOBIA...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO JOHN W KYLE STATE PARK. 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 3436 8974 3435 8998 3455 9001 3455 8979 TIME...MOT...LOC 0048Z 343DEG 17KT 3453 8992 $$
1 follow-up statement
461 WWUS54 KMEG 220100 RRA SVSMEG SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 800 PM CDT SAT JUN 21 2014 MSC107-220111- /O.CAN.KMEG.TO.W.0053.000000T0000Z-140622T0115Z/ PANOLA MS- 800 PM CDT SAT JUN 21 2014 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN PANOLA COUNTY IS CANCELLED... AT 801 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING IS CANCELLED. LAT...LON 3436 8974 3435 8998 3455 9001 3455 8979 TIME...MOT...LOC 0101Z 343DEG 17KT 3447 8990 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 7:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Tate | 25 min |
| Jun 21, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Panola, Tate | 33 min |
| Jun 21, 7:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Lee | 36 min |
| Jun 21, 8:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Monroe | 33 min |
| Jun 22, 4:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Marshall | 40 min |
| Jun 22, 4:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Marshall | 48 min |
| Jun 22, 4:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Marshall | 29 min |
| Jun 22, 4:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Itawamba | 34 min |
| Jun 22, 5:11 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Tate | 3 hr |
| Jun 22, 6:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Itawamba | 35 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.