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Tornado Warning 32, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Dec 23, 2015, 6:37 PM CST for Alcorn County, Tishomingo County, Mississippi. It was in force for 23 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, 6:37 PM CST (00:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 23, 2015, 7:00 PM CST
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
Counties Alcorn County, MS, Tishomingo County, MS
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:39 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 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 156 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1861 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 82 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
004
WFUS54 KMEG 240037
TORMEG
MSC003-141-240115-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0032.151224T0037Z-151224T0115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
637 PM CST WED DEC 23 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN ALCORN COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
NORTHERN TISHOMINGO COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 715 PM CST
* AT 637 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS
LOCATED OVER LEEDY...OR 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CORINTH...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER 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.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
IUKA...J P COLEMAN STATE PARK...BURNSVILLE...GLEN...LEEDY...HAZARD
SWITCH...BACON SPRINGS...DOSKIE AND WALKER SIDING.
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.
TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3484 8810 3483 8811 3476 8846 3476 8849
3483 8850 3499 8820 3497 8818 3492 8816
3489 8810
TIME...MOT...LOC 0037Z 245DEG 49KT 3480 8842
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$2 follow-up statements
805
WWUS54 KMEG 240052
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
652 PM CST WED DEC 23 2015
MSC003-240102-
/O.CAN.KMEG.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-151224T0115Z/
ALCORN MS-
652 PM CST WED DEC 23 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ALCORN COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST FOR NORTHEASTERN
MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3484 8828 3490 8832 3499 8820 3497 8818
3492 8816 3489 8810 3487 8810
TIME...MOT...LOC 0052Z 241DEG 51KT 3491 8819
$$
MSC141-240115-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-151224T0115Z/
TISHOMINGO MS-
652 PM CST WED DEC 23 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CST FOR NORTHERN
TISHOMINGO COUNTY...
AT 652 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED
OVER J P COLEMAN STATE PARK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER 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.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
J P COLEMAN STATE PARK...BACON SPRINGS AND DOSKIE.
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.
TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3484 8828 3490 8832 3499 8820 3497 8818
3492 8816 3489 8810 3487 8810
TIME...MOT...LOC 0052Z 241DEG 51KT 3491 8819
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$268
WWUS54 KMEG 240100
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
700 PM CST WED DEC 23 2015
MSC141-240110-
/O.CAN.KMEG.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-151224T0115Z/
TISHOMINGO MS-
700 PM CST WED DEC 23 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN TISHOMINGO COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST FOR NORTHEASTERN
MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3484 8828 3490 8832 3499 8820 3497 8818
3492 8816 3489 8810 3487 8810
TIME...MOT...LOC 0058Z 245DEG 49KT 3496 8807
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 23, 6:09 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Prentiss, Tippah | 37 min |
| Dec 23, 6:20 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Tishomingo | 40 min |
| Dec 23, 6:24 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Prentiss, Tishomingo | 3 hr |
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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.