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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Dec 23, 2015, 4:32 PM CST for Benton County, Marshall County, Tippah County, Mississippi. It was in force for 43 min. 4 reports 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
- Dec 23, 2015, 4:32 PM CST (22:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 23, 2015, 5:15 PM CST
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Emergency
- Tornado emergency
- Tornado
- Observed
- Damage threat
- Catastrophic
- Hail
- 2.0 in
Counties Benton County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Tippah County, MS
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:33 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 23, 4:48 PM CST | TORNADO | 1 N Ashland, MS | MULTIPLE INJURIES REPORTED JUST NORTH OF ASHLAND. A COMMAND POST HAS BEEN SETUP AT THE FIRE STATION. POWER IS OUT THROUGHOUT THE CITY. |
| Dec 23, 4:48 PM CST | TORNADO | Ashland, MS | *** 2 FATAL *** |
| Dec 23, 4:48 PM CST | TORNADO | Holly Springs, MS | MULTIPLE TREES AND HOMES DAMAGED NEAR TCHULOHOMA AND HWY 5. HIGHWAY 5 IS NOW CLOSED. |
| Dec 23, 5:07 PM CST | TORNADO | Walnut, MS | WEDGE TORNADO ON THE GROUND ON HIGHWAY 72 JUST EAST OF WALNUT MISSISSIPPI. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 23, 11:57 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KBYH), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 68 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.
668
WFUS54 KMEG 232232
TORMEG
MSC009-093-139-232315-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0019.151223T2232Z-151223T2315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
432 PM CST WED DEC 23 2015
...TORNADO EMERGENCY FOR NORTHERN BENTON COUNTY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
BENTON COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
NORTHEASTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI...
NORTHWESTERN TIPPAH COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 515 PM CST
* AT 431 PM CST...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND DESTRUCTIVE TORNADO WAS
OBSERVED OVER HOLLY SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
THIS IS A TORNADO EMERGENCY FOR NORTHERN BENTON COUNTY. TAKE COVER
NOW. THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
HAZARD...DEADLY TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR 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...
LAMAR AND SNOW LAKE SHORES AROUND 440 PM CST.
CANAAN AROUND 450 PM CST.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
WALNUT...CHALYBEATE...TIPLERSVILLE...WAITES...BROWNFIELD...
HUDSONVILLE...NEW CANAAN...BRODY...GILTON AND HIGDON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A LARGE...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS...AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY
TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE
TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID
WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE
CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE
IMMEDIATE TORNADO PRECAUTIONS. THIS IS AN EMERGENCY SITUATION.
&&
LAT...LON 3466 8944 3478 8952 3500 8920 3499 8882
3489 8882
TIME...MOT...LOC 2231Z 234DEG 52KT 3478 8939
TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CATASTROPHIC
HAIL...2.00IN
$$1 follow-up statement
980
WWUS54 KMEG 232248
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
448 PM CST WED DEC 23 2015
MSC093-232257-
/O.CAN.KMEG.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-151223T2315Z/
MARSHALL MS-
448 PM CST WED DEC 23 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA.THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST FOR NORTHEASTERN
MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3480 8922 3487 8927 3499 8918 3499 8882
3489 8882
TIME...MOT...LOC 2247Z 236DEG 52KT 3488 8916
$$
MSC009-139-232315-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-151223T2315Z/
BENTON MS-TIPPAH MS-
448 PM CST WED DEC 23 2015
...TORNADO EMERGENCY FOR NORTHERN BENTON COUNTY...
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CST FOR
NORTHEASTERN BENTON AND NORTHWESTERN TIPPAH COUNTIES...
AT 447 PM CST...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND DESTRUCTIVE TORNADO WAS LOCATED
NEAR CANAAN...OR 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF RIPLEY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
60 MPH.
TORNADO EMERGENCY FOR NORTHERN BENTON COUNTY. TAKE COVER NOW. THIS
IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
HAZARD...DEADLY TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR 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...
CANAAN AROUND 450 PM CST.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
WALNUT...TIPLERSVILLE...HAMILTON...CHALYBEATE...BROWNFIELD...
ASHLAND...NEW CANAAN AND BRODY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A LARGE...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS...AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY
TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE
TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID
WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE
CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE
IMMEDIATE TORNADO PRECAUTIONS. THIS IS AN EMERGENCY SITUATION.
&&
LAT...LON 3480 8922 3487 8927 3499 8918 3499 8882
3489 8882
TIME...MOT...LOC 2247Z 236DEG 52KT 3488 8916
TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CATASTROPHIC
HAIL...2.00IN
$$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, 3:13 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Quitman | 47 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, 4:34 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.