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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Memphis, TN

November 29, 2016Monroe County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Nov 29, 2016, 6:16 PM CST for Monroe County, Mississippi. It was in force for 44 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
Nov 29, 2016, 6:16 PM CST (00:16 UTC)
Expired
Nov 29, 2016, 7:00 PM CST
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Observed
Hail
1.75 in

County Monroe County, MS

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:20 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Nov 29, 6:20 PM CSTTSTM WND DMG4 Ssw Prairie, MSCHIMNEY OFF HOUSE. TWO OUTBUILDINGS PICKED UP AND MOVED OFF FOUNDATION. POWER POLES SNAPPED AND TREE TOPS AND LIMBS SNAPPED OFF AND TWISTED.
Nov 29, 6:25 PM CSTTSTM WND DMG4 Sse Prairie, MSROOF DAMAGE. MULTIPLE VEHICLES DAMAGED.
Nov 29, 6:25 PM CSTTSTM WND DMG4 Sse Prairie, MSROOF DAMAGE. MULTIPLE VEHICLES DAMAGED ALONG HIGHWAY 25 NEAR HOMESTEAD ROAD AND BINFORD ROAD.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Nov 29, 3:48 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KBYH), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 171 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 2016-11-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 2016-11-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 1 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2646 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
85 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
130 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

124 
WFUS54 KMEG 300016
TORMEG
MSC095-300100-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0018.161130T0016Z-161130T0100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
616 PM CST TUE NOV 29 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  MONROE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 700 PM CST
    
* AT 616 PM CST...A TORNADO PRODUCING STORM WAS LOCATED OVER
  PRAIRIE...OR 9 MILES WEST OF ABERDEEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

  HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR CONFIRMED TORNADO. 

  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 STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ABERDEEN AROUND 630 PM CST. 
  AMORY AROUND 645 PM CST. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
ATHENS...PARHAM...HATLEY...GATTMAN...QUINCY...BECKER...BINFORD...WISE
GAP...MULDON AND SIPSEY FORK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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 3370 8872 3388 8872 3409 8831 3409 8820
      3384 8824 3368 8868 3368 8871
TIME...MOT...LOC 0016Z 241DEG 38KT 3378 8870 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$
1 follow-up statement
468 
WWUS54 KMEG 300049
SVSMEG

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
649 PM CST TUE NOV 29 2016

MSC095-300100-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-161130T0100Z/
MONROE MS-
649 PM CST TUE NOV 29 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CST FOR
NORTHEASTERN MONROE COUNTY...
    
AT 647 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED
8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF AMORY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL 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
NORTHEASTERN MONROE COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS:
SIPSEY FORK...PARHAM...GREENWOOD SPRINGS...ATHENS...HATLEY...
GATTMAN...QUINCY...BECKER...SPLUNGE AND WISE GAP.

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 3398 8850 3409 8831 3409 8820 3384 8824
      3377 8843
TIME...MOT...LOC 0047Z 243DEG 27KT 3391 8838 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 29, 6:01 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGChickasaw, Monroe44 min
Nov 29, 6:23 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCalhoun, Chickasaw, Pontotoc52 min
Nov 29, 6:29 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGItawamba, Tishomingo31 min
Nov 29, 6:49 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningMEGAlcorn, Benton, Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe and 5 more6 hr
Nov 29, 7:01 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMonroe12 min
Nov 29, 7:52 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMEGTallahatchie23 min
Nov 29, 11:09 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMEGMonroe36 min
Nov 30, 1:37 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningMEGMonroe3 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.