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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Nov 29, 2016, 5:08 PM CST for Calhoun County, Chickasaw County, Pontotoc County, Mississippi. It was in force for 37 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
- Nov 29, 2016, 5:08 PM CST (23:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 29, 2016, 5:45 PM CST
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
Counties Calhoun County, MS, Chickasaw County, MS, Pontotoc County, MS
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 29, 5:33 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Houlka, MS | TREES DOWN. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 29, 3:48 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KBYH), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 123 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
- 1496 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 92 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 180 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 338 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
146
WFUS54 KMEG 292308
TORMEG
MSC013-017-115-292345-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0017.161129T2308Z-161129T2345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
508 PM CST TUE NOV 29 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
SOUTHEASTERN PONTOTOC COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
NORTHERN CHICKASAW COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 545 PM CST
* AT 508 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS
LOCATED NEAR VARDAMAN...OR 13 MILES WEST OF HOUSTON...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...
HOUSTON AROUND 520 PM CST.
HOULKA AROUND 525 PM CST.
TROY AROUND 535 PM CST.
OKOLONA AROUND 540 PM CST.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
PARKERSBURG...CHIWAPA...THORN...NEW HOULKA...REID...LOYD...
WALLFIELD...THELMA AND VAN VLEET.
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 3401 8937 3424 8883 3408 8882 3407 8877
3392 8876 3384 8927
TIME...MOT...LOC 2308Z 247DEG 42KT 3396 8922
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$2 follow-up statements
824
WWUS54 KMEG 292325
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
525 PM CST TUE NOV 29 2016
MSC013-292334-
/O.CAN.KMEG.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-161129T2345Z/
CALHOUN MS-
525 PM CST TUE NOV 29 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CALHOUN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CST FOR NORTHEASTERN
MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3407 8914 3408 8917 3410 8916 3424 8883
3408 8882 3407 8877 3392 8876 3386 8914
TIME...MOT...LOC 2324Z 247DEG 42KT 3403 8901
$$
MSC017-115-292345-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-161129T2345Z/
PONTOTOC MS-CHICKASAW MS-
525 PM CST TUE NOV 29 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN PONTOTOC AND NORTHERN CHICKASAW COUNTIES...
AT 524 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED
OVER HOULKA...OR 9 MILES NORTH OF HOUSTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50
MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD.
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...
TROY AROUND 535 PM CST.
OKOLONA AROUND 540 PM CST.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
PARKERSBURG...CHIWAPA...THORN...NEW HOULKA...WALLFIELD...THELMA AND
VAN VLEET.
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 3407 8914 3408 8917 3410 8916 3424 8883
3408 8882 3407 8877 3392 8876 3386 8914
TIME...MOT...LOC 2324Z 247DEG 42KT 3403 8901
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$102
WWUS54 KMEG 292342
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
542 PM CST TUE NOV 29 2016
MSC017-115-292352-
/O.EXP.KMEG.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-161129T2345Z/
PONTOTOC MS-CHICKASAW MS-
542 PM CST TUE NOV 29 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN PONTOTOC AND NORTHERN
CHICKASAW COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 545 PM CST...
THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED AND THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED. HOWEVER...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS REMAIN LIKELY AND
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA.
HOWEVER SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS
THUNDERSTORM.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CST FOR NORTHEASTERN
MISSISSIPPI.
REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
PONOTOC COUNTY.
LAT...LON 3407 8914 3408 8917 3410 8916 3424 8883
3408 8882 3407 8877 3392 8876 3386 8914
TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 247DEG 42KT 3410 8880
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 29, 3:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tallahatchie, Yalobusha | 41 min |
| Nov 29, 4:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Tallahatchie, Yalobusha | 46 min |
| Nov 29, 4:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Chickasaw, Pontotoc | 49 min |
| Nov 29, 5:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Pontotoc | 50 min |
| Nov 29, 5:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Yalobusha | 43 min |
| Nov 29, 5:53 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Chickasaw, Lafayette, Pontotoc, Yalobusha | 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.