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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Memphis, TN

February 20, 2014Itawamba County, Tishomingo County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Feb 20, 2014, 7:52 PM CST for Itawamba County, Tishomingo County, Mississippi. It was in force for 23 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: Feb 20, 2014, 7:52 PM CST (01:52 UTC)
Expired: Feb 20, 2014, 8:15 PM CST
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Itawamba County, MS, Tishomingo County, MS

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Feb 20, 8:13 PM CST	TSTM WND GST 58	9 N Tremont, MS	SPOTTER MEASURED 58 MPH WIND GUSTS.

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
Feb 20, 2:23 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KBYH), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 2016 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 79 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -197 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 97 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

226 
WFUS54 KMEG 210152
TORMEG
MSC057-141-210215-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0008.140221T0152Z-140221T0215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
752 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  ITAWAMBA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  SOUTHEASTERN TISHOMINGO COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 815 PM CST

* AT 752 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR EVERGREEN...OR 6 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF TOMBIGBEE STATE PARK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO FULTON.

 THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES AREAS NEAR BAY SPRINGS 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3437 8816 3416 8819 3411 8854 3428 8854
      3452 8815 3438 8815
TIME...MOT...LOC 0152Z 243DEG 56KT 3421 8851

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 20, 6:00 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Alcorn	45 min
Feb 20, 6:21 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Alcorn, Prentiss, Tippah, Tishomingo	39 min
Feb 20, 6:41 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Alcorn, Tishomingo	34 min
Feb 20, 7:00 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Calhoun, Chickasaw, Lee, Pontotoc	60 min
Feb 20, 7:08 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Itawamba, Lee, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Union	52 min
Feb 20, 7:15 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Alcorn, Prentiss, Tishomingo	45 min
Feb 20, 7:35 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Prentiss, Tishomingo	40 min
Feb 20, 8:10 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Itawamba, Monroe	50 min
Feb 20, 8:55 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Monroe	35 min
Feb 21, 11:17 AM CST	River Flood Warning	MEG	Lowndes, Monroe	4 days

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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.