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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Dec 23, 2015, 3:13 PM CST for Coahoma County, Quitman County, Mississippi. It was in force for 47 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
- Dec 23, 2015, 3:13 PM CST (21:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 23, 2015, 4:00 PM CST
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Damage threat
- Considerable
- Hail
- 1.75 in
Counties Coahoma County, MS, Quitman County, MS
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 23, 11:57 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KBYH), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 66 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
- 343 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 568 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 331 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 353 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
941
WFUS54 KMEG 232113
TORMEG
MSC027-119-232200-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0013.151223T2113Z-151223T2200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
313 PM CST WED DEC 23 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL QUITMAN COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI...
SOUTHEASTERN COAHOMA COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 400 PM CST
* AT 313 PM CST...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR CLARKSDALE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO.
IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS
MAY BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE
HOMES WILL BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO
HOMES...BUSINESSES AND VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE
DESTRUCTION IS POSSIBLE.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
LAMBERT AND BELEN AROUND 325 PM CST.
MARKS AROUND 330 PM CST.
DARLING AROUND 335 PM CST.
SLEDGE AROUND 340 PM CST.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
RIVERVIEW...FALCON...HINCHCLIFF...WEST MARKS...SABINO...ESSEX...
HOPSON...LYON...LURAND AND BARKSDALE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE
IMMEDIATE TORNADO PRECAUTIONS. THIS IS AN EMERGENCY SITUATION.
&&
LAT...LON 3419 9060 3442 9032 3442 9030 3444 9030
3451 9021 3446 9020 3430 9019 3428 9015
3426 9015 3408 9051
TIME...MOT...LOC 2113Z 234DEG 48KT 3417 9049
TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...1.75IN
$$1 follow-up statement
644
WWUS54 KMEG 232126
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
326 PM CST WED DEC 23 2015
MSC027-232135-
/O.CAN.KMEG.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-151223T2200Z/
COAHOMA MS-
326 PM CST WED DEC 23 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COAHOMA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST FOR NORTHWESTERN
MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3423 9044 3426 9042 3426 9040 3430 9040
3442 9032 3442 9030 3444 9030 3451 9021
3446 9020 3430 9019 3428 9015 3426 9015
3423 9020 3418 9036
TIME...MOT...LOC 2125Z 233DEG 51KT 3426 9035
$$
MSC119-232200-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-151223T2200Z/
QUITMAN MS-
326 PM CST WED DEC 23 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CST FOR CENTRAL
QUITMAN COUNTY...
AT 325 PM CST...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO WAS
LOCATED OVER BELEN...OR 13 MILES EAST OF CLARKSDALE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO.
IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS MAY
BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES
WILL BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO
HOMES...BUSINESSES AND VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE
DESTRUCTION IS POSSIBLE.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
DARLING AROUND 335 PM CST.
SLEDGE AROUND 340 PM CST.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
RIVERVIEW...FALCON...HINCHCLIFF...WEST MARKS...BARKSDALE AND ESSEX.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE
IMMEDIATE TORNADO PRECAUTIONS. THIS IS AN EMERGENCY SITUATION.
&&
LAT...LON 3423 9044 3426 9042 3426 9040 3430 9040
3442 9032 3442 9030 3444 9030 3451 9021
3446 9020 3430 9019 3428 9015 3426 9015
3423 9020 3418 9036
TIME...MOT...LOC 2125Z 233DEG 51KT 3426 9035
TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...1.75IN
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 23, 2:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Coahoma | 36 min |
| Dec 23, 3:00 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Coahoma | 23 min |
| Dec 23, 3:35 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Panola | 40 min |
| Dec 23, 3:41 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Quitman, Tallahatchie | 49 min |
| Dec 23, 3:53 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Tate | 52 min |
| Dec 23, 4:12 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Panola, Tallahatchie | 48 min |
| Dec 23, 4:32 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Benton, Marshall, Tippah | 43 min |
| Dec 23, 4:34 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Panola, Tallahatchie, Yalobusha | 41 min |
| Dec 23, 4:45 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lafayette, Marshall | 45 min |
| Dec 23, 4:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Benton, Tippah | 49 min |
| Dec 23, 4:59 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lafayette, Yalobusha | 46 min |
| Dec 23, 5:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, Tippah, Union | 41 min |
| Dec 23, 5:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Quitman, Tallahatchie | 40 min |
| Dec 23, 5:24 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Benton, Tippah, Union | 51 min |
| Dec 23, 5:34 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Tippah, Union | 41 min |
| Dec 23, 5:50 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Prentiss | 40 min |
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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.