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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Apr 29, 2016, 2:26 PM CDT for Calhoun County, Chickasaw County, Pontotoc County, Mississippi. It was in force for 49 min. 3 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
- Apr 29, 2016, 2:26 PM CDT (19:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 29, 2016, 3:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Calhoun County, MS, Chickasaw County, MS, Pontotoc County, MS
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 2:30 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Bruce, MS | TREES DOWN ON HIGHWAY 9 NEAR BRUCE. |
| Apr 29, 2:55 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 W Bruce, MS | TREES DOWN NEAR HWY 330 AND 32 |
| Apr 29, 2:55 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 N Vardaman, MS | TREES DOWN NEAR VARDAMAN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KBYH), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 118 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
- 1579 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 271 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 360 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted.
455
WFUS54 KMEG 291926
TORMEG
MSC013-017-115-292015-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0014.160429T1926Z-160429T2015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
226 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
SOUTHERN PONTOTOC COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
NORTHERN CHICKASAW COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 315 PM CDT
* AT 226 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS
LOCATED NEAR BRUCE...OR 19 MILES NORTHWEST OF HOUSTON...MOVING EAST
AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
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...
HOUSTON AND HOULKA AROUND 255 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
PARKERSBURG...THORN...NEW HOULKA...REID...ROBBS...LOYD...WALLFIELD...
BUENA VISTA...MATTHEWS AND THELMA.
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 3392 8938 3410 8939 3415 8882 3388 8882
TIME...MOT...LOC 1926Z 269DEG 30KT 3402 8930
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$1 follow-up statement
831
WWUS54 KMEG 291934
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
234 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016
MSC013-017-115-292015-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-160429T2015Z/
CALHOUN MS-PONTOTOC MS-CHICKASAW MS-
234 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN CALHOUN...SOUTHERN PONTOTOC AND NORTHERN CHICKASAW
COUNTIES...
AT 233 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED
NEAR BRUCE...OR 16 MILES NORTHWEST OF HOUSTON...MOVING EAST AT 35
MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
HOULKA AROUND 255 PM CDT.
HOUSTON AROUND 300 PM CDT.
TREES REPORTED DOWN ON HIGHWAY 9 NEAR BRUCE.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
PARKERSBURG...THORN...NEW HOULKA...REID...ROBBS...LOYD...WALLFIELD...
BUENA VISTA...MATTHEWS AND THELMA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A STORM SHELTER OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE
OUTDOORS...IN A MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3392 8932 3410 8933 3415 8882 3388 8882
TIME...MOT...LOC 1933Z 268DEG 29KT 3402 8924
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 11:26 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Quitman | 50 hr |
| Apr 29, 12:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | DeSoto, Marshall, Panola, Tate | 49 min |
| Apr 29, 12:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Tallahatchie | 49 min |
| Apr 29, 12:47 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | DeSoto | 3 hr |
| Apr 29, 1:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Benton, Lafayette, Marshall | 40 min |
| Apr 29, 1:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, Lafayette, Marshall, Tippah, Union | 40 min |
| Apr 29, 1:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Yalobusha | 44 min |
| Apr 29, 2:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Calhoun, Chickasaw, Pontotoc | 47 min |
| Apr 29, 2:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Benton, Prentiss, Tippah, Union | 3 hr |
| Apr 29, 3:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe | 57 min |
| Apr 29, 3:26 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MEG | Coahoma, DeSoto, Tunica | 19 hr |
| Apr 29, 3:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Monroe | 44 min |
| Apr 29, 4:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Monroe | 23 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.