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Tornado Warning 59, NWS Memphis, TN
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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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 10:40 PM CDT | TORNADO | S Steele, MO | POSSIBLE 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 5:48 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 10:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lauderdale, Shelby, Tipton | 47 min |
| Oct 2, 10:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lauderdale, Tipton | 44 min |
| Oct 2, 10:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lauderdale, Tipton | 40 min |
| Oct 2, 10:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Dyer, Lake, Obion | 46 min |
| Oct 2, 10:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crockett, Dyer, Fayette, Haywood, Lauderdale, Obion and 2 more | 41 min |
| Oct 2, 10:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Dyer, Gibson, Lake, Obion, Weakley | 38 min |
| Oct 2, 10:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Shelby | 52 min |
| Oct 2, 10:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Crockett, Dyer, Lauderdale | 31 min |
| Oct 2, 11:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Fayette, Hardeman, Shelby | 23 min |
| Oct 2, 11:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Dyer, Fayette, Gibson and 5 more | 45 min |
| Oct 2, 11:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Obion, Weakley | 25 min |
| Oct 2, 11:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardeman | 47 min |
| Oct 2, 11:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Dyer, Gibson, Henry, Obion, Weakley | 40 min |
| Oct 3, 12:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Benton, Carroll, Chester, Decatur, Hardin, Henderson and 3 more | 43 min |
| Oct 3, 12:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardeman, Hardin, McNairy | 67 min |
| Oct 2, 9:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Cross, Lee, Phillips, Poinsett, St. Francis | 40 min |
| Oct 2, 9:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Clay, Craighead, Greene, Poinsett | 37 min |
| Oct 2, 9:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Lawrence, Mississippi, Poinsett and 1 more | 36 min |
| Oct 2, 9:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Lee, Phillips, St. Francis | 44 min |
| Oct 2, 9:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Craighead, Poinsett | 27 min |
| Oct 2, 10:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Craighead, Mississippi | 50 min |
| Oct 2, 10:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden | 43 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.