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Tornado Warning 59, NWS Memphis, TN

October 2, 2014Dyer County, Lauderdale County, Tennessee; Craighead County, Mississippi County, Arkansas; Dunklin County, Pemiscot County, Missouri

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Oct 2, 2014, 10:28 PM CDT for Dyer County, Lauderdale County, Tennessee; Craighead County, Mississippi County, Arkansas; Dunklin County, Pemiscot County, Missouri. It was in force for 35 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Oct 2, 2014, 10:28 PM CDT (03:28 UTC)
Expired
Oct 2, 2014, 11:03 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Craighead County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, Dunklin County, MO, Pemiscot County, MO, Dyer County, TN, Lauderdale County, TN

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Oct 2, 10:40 PM CDTTORNADOS Steele, MOPOSSIBLE TORNADO ON GROUND NEAR MILE MARKER 6 ON I-55 JUST SOUTH OF STEELE.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Oct 2, 5:48 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KBYH), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 124 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 2014-10-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2607 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 2014-10-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 138 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
2607 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
784 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
138 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
152 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
3.0
Supercell composite
13.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

216 
WFUS54 KMEG 030328
TORMEG
ARC031-093-MOC069-155-TNC045-097-030415-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0059.141003T0328Z-141003T0415Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1028 PM CDT THU OCT 2 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL CRAIGHEAD COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
  NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
  SOUTHWESTERN DYER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE...
  SOUTHEASTERN DUNKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
  SOUTHWESTERN PEMISCOT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
  NORTH CENTRAL LAUDERDALE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 1115 PM CDT

* AT 1028 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES SOUTH OF MANILA...
  OR 7 MILES EAST OF CARAWAY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO DENTON...
  STEELE...MONETTE...BLYTHEVILLE...GOSNELL...LEACHVILLE...LUXORA...
  MANILA...COTTON PLANT...GILBERT...TEMPLES CORNER...COVINGTON...
  TYLER AND HERMONDALE.

 THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES AREAS NEAR BIG LAKE.

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.

.TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.

.SEND YOUR STORM REPORTS TO US ON TWITTER USING AT NWSMEMPHIS...POST
TO OUR NWS MEMPHIS FACEBOOK PAGE...OR SEND A REPORT ON OUR WEBSITE AT
WEATHER DOT GOV SLANT MEMPHIS AND CLICK ON SUBMIT STORM REPORT.

&&

LAT...LON 3615 8979 3589 8956 3566 9021 3589 9036
TIME...MOT...LOC 0328Z 229DEG 37KT 3579 9019

$$
JPM3
1 follow-up statement
583 
WWUS54 KMEG 030403
SVSMEG

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1103 PM CDT THU OCT 2 2014

ARC031-093-MOC069-155-TNC045-097-030413-
/O.CAN.KMEG.TO.W.0059.000000T0000Z-141003T0415Z/
DYER TN-LAUDERDALE TN-CRAIGHEAD AR-DUNKLIN MO-PEMISCOT MO-
MISSISSIPPI AR-
1103 PM CDT THU OCT 2 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWESTERN
PEMISCOT...SOUTHEASTERN DUNKLIN...EAST CENTRAL CRAIGHEAD...NORTH
CENTRAL LAUDERDALE AND SOUTHWESTERN DYER COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

AT 1103 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE 
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVEMOVED OUT OF THE    
AREA ...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. 
THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING IS CANCELLED.

.SEND YOUR STORM REPORTS TO US ON TWITTER USING AT NWSMEMPHIS...POST
TO OUR NWS MEMPHIS FACEBOOK PAGE...OR SEND A REPORT ON OUR WEBSITE AT
WEATHER DOT GOV SLANT MEMPHIS AND CLICK ON SUBMIT STORM REPORT.

.CONTINUE TO MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS AS FUTURE WARNINGS ARE
POSSIBLE FOR YOUR AREA.

LAT...LON 3615 8979 3589 8956 3566 9021 3589 9036
TIME...MOT...LOC 0403Z 229DEG 37KT 3603 8985

$$

JPM3

The office that day

Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 2, 10:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLauderdale, Shelby, Tipton47 min
Oct 2, 10:16 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGLauderdale, Tipton44 min
Oct 2, 10:20 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGLauderdale, Tipton40 min
Oct 2, 10:44 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGDyer, Lake, Obion46 min
Oct 2, 10:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCrockett, Dyer, Fayette, Haywood, Lauderdale, Obion and 2 more41 min
Oct 2, 10:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGDyer, Gibson, Lake, Obion, Weakley38 min
Oct 2, 10:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGFayette, Shelby52 min
Oct 2, 10:56 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGCrockett, Dyer, Lauderdale31 min
Oct 2, 11:13 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGFayette, Hardeman, Shelby23 min
Oct 2, 11:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCarroll, Chester, Crockett, Dyer, Fayette, Gibson and 5 more45 min
Oct 2, 11:21 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGObion, Weakley25 min
Oct 2, 11:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHardeman47 min
Oct 2, 11:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGDyer, Gibson, Henry, Obion, Weakley40 min
Oct 3, 12:02 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGBenton, Carroll, Chester, Decatur, Hardin, Henderson and 3 more43 min
Oct 3, 12:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHardeman, Hardin, McNairy67 min
Oct 2, 9:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCrittenden, Cross, Lee, Phillips, Poinsett, St. Francis40 min
Oct 2, 9:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGClay, Craighead, Greene, Poinsett37 min
Oct 2, 9:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCraighead, Crittenden, Cross, Lawrence, Mississippi, Poinsett and 1 more36 min
Oct 2, 9:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCrittenden, Lee, Phillips, St. Francis44 min
Oct 2, 9:48 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGCraighead, Poinsett27 min
Oct 2, 10:10 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGCraighead, Mississippi50 min
Oct 2, 10:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCrittenden43 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.