Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2015
Tornado Warning 22, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Dec 23, 2015, 4:45 PM CST for Lafayette County, Marshall County, Mississippi. It was in force for 45 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, 4:45 PM CST (22:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 23, 2015, 5:30 PM CST
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.75 in
Counties Lafayette County, MS, Marshall County, MS
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:48 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, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 58 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.
510
WFUS54 KMEG 232245 RRA
TORMEG
MSC071-093-232330-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0022.151223T2245Z-151223T2330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
445 PM CST WED DEC 23 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI...
SOUTHEASTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 530 PM CST
* AT 445 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS
LOCATED OVER BURGESS...OR 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF JOHN W KYLE STATE
PARK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE
DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
OXFORD AND HOLLY SPRINGS NATIONAL FOREST AROUND 455 PM CST.
CAMBRIDGE AROUND 505 PM CST.
BETHLEHEM AROUND 510 PM CST.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
BURT...KEEL...ABBEVILLE...COLLEGE HILL...CORNERSVILLE AND COLLEGE
HILL STATION.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A STORM SHELTER OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE
OUTDOORS...IN A MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3440 8972 3448 8972 3462 8930 3458 8930
3458 8925 3444 8925 3424 8971
TIME...MOT...LOC 2245Z 232DEG 52KT 3434 8970
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$1 follow-up statement
281
WWUS54 KMEG 232252
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
452 PM CST WED DEC 23 2015
MSC071-093-232330-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-151223T2330Z/
LAFAYETTE MS-MARSHALL MS-
452 PM CST WED DEC 23 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CST FOR NORTHERN
LAFAYETTE AND SOUTHEASTERN MARSHALL COUNTIES...
AT 452 PM CST...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO WAS
LOCATED NEAR HOLLY SPRINGS NATIONAL FOREST...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65
MPH.
THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR CONFIRMED TORNADO.
IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS MAY
BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES
WILL BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO
HOMES...BUSINESSES AND VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE
DESTRUCTION IS POSSIBLE.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
CAMBRIDGE AROUND 505 PM CST.
BETHLEHEM AROUND 510 PM CST.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
BURT...KEEL...ABBEVILLE...COLLEGE HILL...CORNERSVILLE AND COLLEGE
HILL STATION.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A LARGE...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY
TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE
TO A STORM SHELTER OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A MOBILE
HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE
IMMEDIATE TORNADO PRECAUTIONS. THIS IS AN EMERGENCY SITUATION.
&&
LAT...LON 3440 8972 3442 8968 3462 8930 3458 8930
3458 8925 3444 8925 3431 8964
TIME...MOT...LOC 2252Z 238DEG 54KT 3441 8958
TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...1.75IN
$$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, 3:13 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, 4:32 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, 4:56 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.