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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Apr 19, 2015, 9:36 PM CDT for Panola County, Quitman County, Mississippi. It was in force for 39 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
- Apr 19, 2015, 9:36 PM CDT (02:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 19, 2015, 10:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
Counties Panola County, MS, Quitman County, MS
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:36 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 8:02 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KBYH), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 63 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
- 593 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1739 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 293 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 5.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
796
WFUS54 KMEG 200236
TORMEG
MSC107-119-200315-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0004.150420T0236Z-150420T0315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
936 PM CDT SUN APR 19 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL QUITMAN COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI...
NORTHWESTERN PANOLA COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT
* AT 935 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR DARLING...OR 17 MILES NORTHEAST OF
CLARKSDALE...MOVING EAST AT 50 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.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
SLEDGE AND CURTIS STATION AROUND 945 PM CDT.
PLEASANT GROVE AROUND 950 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
BALLENTINE...RIVERVIEW...FALCON...LOCKE STATION...HINCHCLIFF AND
ESSEX.
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 3428 9039 3431 9040 3438 9040 3447 9008
3428 9004
TIME...MOT...LOC 0235Z 261DEG 46KT 3433 9032
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$3 follow-up statements
774
WWUS54 KMEG 200238
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
938 PM CDT SUN APR 19 2015
MSC107-119-200315-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150420T0315Z/
QUITMAN MS-PANOLA MS-
938 PM CDT SUN APR 19 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
QUITMAN AND NORTHWESTERN PANOLA COUNTIES...
AT 938 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED
OVER DARLING...OR 18 MILES NORTHEAST OF CLARKSDALE...MOVING EAST AT
35 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
SLEDGE AROUND 950 PM CDT.
CURTIS STATION AROUND 955 PM CDT.
PLEASANT GROVE AROUND 1000 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
BALLENTINE...RIVERVIEW...FALCON...LOCKE STATION...HINCHCLIFF AND
ESSEX.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A STORM SHELTER OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE
OUTDOORS...IN A MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3429 9035 3432 9037 3439 9037 3447 9008
3428 9004 3428 9031
TIME...MOT...LOC 0238Z 249DEG 29KT 3434 9031
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$851
WWUS54 KMEG 200256
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
956 PM CDT SUN APR 19 2015
MSC107-119-200315-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150420T0315Z/
QUITMAN MS-PANOLA MS-
956 PM CDT SUN APR 19 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN QUITMAN AND NORTHWESTERN PANOLA COUNTIES...
AT 956 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED
OVER CURTIS STATION...OR 14 MILES WEST OF BATESVILLE...MOVING EAST AT
25 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.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
CURTIS STATION AROUND 1005 PM CDT.
PLEASANT GROVE AROUND 1010 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
BALLENTINE...RIVERVIEW...FALCON...LOCKE STATION...HINCHCLIFF AND
ESSEX.
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 3431 9029 3433 9030 3441 9030 3447 9008
3428 9004 3428 9028
TIME...MOT...LOC 0256Z 272DEG 20KT 3433 9019
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$757
WWUS54 KMEG 200302
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1002 PM CDT SUN APR 19 2015
MSC119-200311-
/O.CAN.KMEG.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150420T0315Z/
QUITMAN MS-
1002 PM CDT SUN APR 19 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN QUITMAN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN
MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3431 9019 3435 9020 3444 9019 3447 9008
3428 9004 3428 9016
TIME...MOT...LOC 0301Z 261DEG 46KT 3434 9010
$$
MSC107-200315-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150420T0315Z/
PANOLA MS-
1002 PM CDT SUN APR 19 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN PANOLA COUNTY...
AT 1001 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS
LOCATED OVER CURTIS STATION...OR 9 MILES WEST OF BATESVILLE...MOVING
EAST 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.
THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTHWESTERN PANOLA COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
BALLENTINE AND LOCKE 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 3431 9019 3435 9020 3444 9019 3447 9008
3428 9004 3428 9016
TIME...MOT...LOC 0301Z 261DEG 46KT 3434 9010
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 9:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Quitman, Tunica | 42 min |
| Apr 19, 9:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Coahoma | 51 min |
| Apr 19, 9:47 PM CDT | River Flood Advisory | MEG | DeSoto | 10 days |
| Apr 19, 10:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Panola | 52 min |
| Apr 19, 10:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lafayette, Panola | 50 min |
| Apr 19, 10:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, Marshall, Tippah, Union | 32 min |
| Apr 19, 11:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, Lafayette, Marshall, Tippah, Union | 41 min |
| Apr 20, 12:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Monroe | 24 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.