Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2016
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Feb 2, 2016, 4:45 PM CST for Marshall County, Tate County, Mississippi. It was in force for 19 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 2, 2016, 4:45 PM CST (22:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 2, 2016, 5:04 PM CST
- In force
- 19 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Marshall County, MS, Tate County, MS
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2, 12:22 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KBYH), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 37 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
- 226 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -78 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 520 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 403 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 512 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted.
954
WFUS54 KMEG 022245
TORMEG
MSC093-137-022330-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0002.160202T2245Z-160202T2330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
445 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI...
NORTHEASTERN TATE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 530 PM CST
* AT 444 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS
LOCATED NEAR MARIANNA...OR 12 MILES WEST OF WALL DOXEY STATE
PARK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 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...
MARIANNA AROUND 450 PM CST.
RED BANKS AROUND 500 PM CST.
HOLLY SPRINGS AROUND 505 PM CST.
SLAYDEN AROUND 515 PM CST.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
MAHON...VICTORIA...WAKEFIELD...ROCKHILL...HUDSONVILLE...WYATTE...
EARLY GROVE...GILTON...BETT AND HIGDON.
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 3457 8968 3472 8981 3477 8973 3477 8972
3478 8972 3500 8943 3499 8935 3485 8935
3484 8930 3477 8930
TIME...MOT...LOC 2244Z 233DEG 35KT 3470 8968
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$2 follow-up statements
997
WWUS54 KMEG 022253
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
453 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016
MSC137-022303-
/O.CAN.KMEG.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160202T2330Z/
TATE MS-
453 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN TATE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CST FOR NORTHERN
MISSISSIPPI AND WESTERN TENNESSEE.
LAT...LON 3468 8967 3469 8972 3478 8972 3500 8944
3499 8935 3485 8935 3484 8930 3477 8930
3458 8967
TIME...MOT...LOC 2253Z 233DEG 35KT 3475 8959
$$
MSC093-022330-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160202T2330Z/
MARSHALL MS-
453 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CST FOR CENTRAL
MARSHALL COUNTY...
AT 453 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED
OVER MARIANNA...OR 8 MILES WEST OF HOLLY SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 40 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...
HOLLY SPRINGS AROUND 500 PM CST.
SLAYDEN AROUND 515 PM CST.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE EARLY
GROVE...GILTON...MAHON...HIGDON...VICTORIA...CHULAHOMA...GALENA...
ATWAY...WATSON AND MACK.
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 3468 8967 3469 8972 3478 8972 3500 8944
3499 8935 3485 8935 3484 8930 3477 8930
3458 8967
TIME...MOT...LOC 2253Z 233DEG 35KT 3475 8959
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$993
WWUS54 KMEG 022304
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
504 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016
MSC093-022314-
/O.CAN.KMEG.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160202T2330Z/
MARSHALL MS-
504 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL MARSHALL COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS PRODUCING A TORNADO. THEREFORE THE
WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE
STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CST FOR NORTHERN
MISSISSIPPI AND WESTERN TENNESSEE.
LAT...LON 3468 8967 3469 8972 3478 8972 3500 8944
3499 8935 3485 8935 3484 8930 3477 8930
3458 8967
TIME...MOT...LOC 2303Z 233DEG 35KT 3481 8949
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2, 12:18 PM CST | River Flood Warning | MEG | Lowndes, Monroe | 5 days |
| Feb 2, 12:18 PM CST | River Flood Warning | MEG | Monroe | 47 hr |
| Feb 2, 4:36 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Quitman, Tate | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.