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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Apr 29, 2016, 3:31 PM CDT for Monroe County, Mississippi. It was in force for 44 min. 1 report 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, 3:31 PM CDT (20:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 29, 2016, 4:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
County Monroe County, MS
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 3:40 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Wren, MS | TREES DOWN ACROSS ROADWAYS IN THE WREN AREA ALONG WITH THE BECKER AND QUINCY AREAS OF MONROE COUNTY... RECEIVED VIDEO OF WHAT APPEARED TO BE A WALL CLOUD IN THE AREA. |
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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 165 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.
740
WFUS54 KMEG 292031
TORMEG
MSC095-292115-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0015.160429T2031Z-160429T2115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
331 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN MONROE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 415 PM CDT
* AT 330 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS
LOCATED OVER NEW WREN...OR NEAR AMORY...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...
AMORY AROUND 340 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE SIPSEY
FORK...PARHAM...GREENWOOD SPRINGS...ATHENS...BIGBEE...HATLEY...
WREN...GATTMAN...QUINCY AND BECKER.
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 3386 8870 3404 8872 3409 8841 3409 8820
3385 8824
TIME...MOT...LOC 2030Z 270DEG 41KT 3396 8860
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$2 follow-up statements
095
WWUS54 KMEG 292042
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
342 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016
MSC095-292115-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-160429T2115Z/
MONROE MS-
342 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN MONROE COUNTY...
AT 342 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED
NEAR AMORY...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTHEASTERN MONROE COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
SIPSEY FORK...PARHAM...GREENWOOD SPRINGS...ATHENS...BIGBEE...
HATLEY...GATTMAN...QUINCY...BECKER AND SPLUNGE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A STORM SHELTER OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE
OUTDOORS...IN A MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3386 8858 3406 8858 3409 8841 3409 8820
3385 8824
TIME...MOT...LOC 2042Z 279DEG 43KT 3393 8843
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$803
WWUS54 KMEG 292108
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
408 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016
MSC095-292118-
/O.EXP.KMEG.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-160429T2115Z/
MONROE MS-
408 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MONROE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
415 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS
AND EXITED THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 3386 8858 3406 8858 3409 8841 3409 8820
3385 8824
TIME...MOT...LOC 2107Z 270DEG 41KT 3393 8843
$$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, 2:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Chickasaw, Pontotoc | 49 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, 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.