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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Memphis, TN
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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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 29, 6:20 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Ssw Prairie, MS | CHIMNEY 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 CST | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Sse Prairie, MS | ROOF DAMAGE. MULTIPLE VEHICLES DAMAGED. |
| Nov 29, 6:25 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Sse Prairie, MS | ROOF 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.
| 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 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 29, 6:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chickasaw, Monroe | 44 min |
| Nov 29, 6:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Chickasaw, Pontotoc | 52 min |
| Nov 29, 6:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Tishomingo | 31 min |
| Nov 29, 6:49 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Benton, Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe and 5 more | 6 hr |
| Nov 29, 7:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Monroe | 12 min |
| Nov 29, 7:52 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Tallahatchie | 23 min |
| Nov 29, 11:09 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Monroe | 36 min |
| Nov 30, 1:37 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Monroe | 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.