Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2016
Tornado Warning 22, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Dec 17, 2016, 4:45 PM CST for Pemiscot County, Missouri. It was in force for 23 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
- Dec 17, 2016, 4:45 PM CST (22:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 17, 2016, 5:08 PM CST
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Pemiscot County, MO
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:45 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.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 17, 1:42 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KBYH), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 173 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
- 200 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -240 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 834 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 320 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 327 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted.
933
WFUS54 KMEG 172245
TORMEG
MOC155-172330-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0022.161217T2245Z-161217T2330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Memphis TN
445 PM CST SAT DEC 17 2016
The National Weather Service in Memphis has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northern Pemiscot County in southeastern Missouri...
* Until 530 PM CST
* At 444 PM CST, a confirmed tornado was located over Kennett, moving
northeast at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Damaging tornado.
SOURCE...Law enforcement 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.
* The tornado will be near...
Wardell and Bolton around 505 PM CST.
Portageville around 515 PM CST.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include North
Wardell, Hayward, Bragg City, Homestown, Bakerville, Peach Orchard,
Stanley, Pascola, Swift and Stewart.
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 3642 8970 3640 8967 3640 8964 3641 8961
3640 8959 3634 8955 3634 8961 3633 8962
3631 8961 3618 8996 3637 8996 3639 8991
3639 8975 3642 8974 3643 8973
TIME...MOT...LOC 2244Z 242DEG 32KT 3625 9000
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$2 follow-up statements
207
WWUS54 KMEG 172253
SVSMEG
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
453 PM CST SAT DEC 17 2016
MOC155-172330-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-161217T2330Z/
Pemiscot MO-
453 PM CST SAT DEC 17 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CST FOR NORTHERN
PEMISCOT COUNTY...
At 453 PM CST, a confirmed tornado was located near Deering, or 8
miles northeast of Kennett, moving northeast at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Damaging tornado.
SOURCE...Emergency management confirmed tornado.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This tornado will be near...
Wardell and Bolton around 505 PM CST.
Portageville around 515 PM CST.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include North
Wardell, Hayward, Bragg City, Homestown, Bakerville, Peach Orchard,
Stanley, Pascola, Swift and Stewart.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
To repeat, a tornado is on the ground. TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a
storm shelter or an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy
building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in
a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect
yourself from flying debris.
Heavy rainfall may hide this tornado. Do not wait to see or hear the
tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3642 8970 3640 8967 3640 8964 3641 8961
3640 8959 3634 8955 3634 8961 3633 8962
3631 8961 3618 8996 3637 8996 3639 8991
3639 8975 3642 8974 3643 8973
TIME...MOT...LOC 2253Z 242DEG 32KT 3629 8991
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$551
WWUS54 KMEG 172308
SVSMEG
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
508 PM CST SAT DEC 17 2016
MOC155-172318-
/O.CAN.KMEG.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-161217T2330Z/
Pemiscot MO-
508 PM CST SAT DEC 17 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN PEMISCOT COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and is no longer 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 900 PM CST for southeastern
Missouri...and western Tennessee.
LAT...LON 3642 8970 3640 8967 3640 8964 3641 8961
3640 8959 3634 8955 3634 8961 3633 8962
3631 8961 3618 8996 3637 8996 3639 8991
3639 8975 3642 8974 3643 8973
TIME...MOT...LOC 2307Z 242DEG 32KT 3635 8976
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 17, 12:16 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MEG | Dunklin, Pemiscot | 18 hr |
| Dec 17, 2:04 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Dunklin | 26 min |
| Dec 17, 2:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Dunklin, Pemiscot | 39 min |
| Dec 17, 2:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Pemiscot | 24 min |
| Dec 17, 3:13 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Dunklin | 32 min |
| Dec 17, 3:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Dunklin | 7 min |
| Dec 17, 4:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Dunklin, Pemiscot | 48 min |
| Dec 17, 4:34 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Dunklin | 26 min |
| Dec 17, 5:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Pemiscot | 41 min |
| Dec 17, 5:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Pemiscot | 39 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.