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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Memphis, TN

December 17, 2016DeSoto County, Marshall County, Tate County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Dec 17, 2016, 9:07 PM CST for DeSoto County, Marshall County, Tate County, Mississippi. It was in force for 23 min. 2 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
Dec 17, 2016, 9:07 PM CST (03:07 UTC)
Expired
Dec 17, 2016, 9:30 PM CST
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
0.75 in

Counties DeSoto County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Tate County, MS

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:09 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
Dec 17, 9:20 PM CSTTSTM WND DMGSenatobia, MS18 WHEELER BLOWN OVER ON I-55 IN THE SENATOBIA AREA. TIME ESTIMATED.
Dec 17, 9:30 PM CSTTORNADO2 E Barr, MSTORNADO ON THE GROUND REPORTED BY TRAINED SPOTTER.

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
Dec 17, 8:58 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KBYH), launched 00:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 19 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 2016-12-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 43 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 2016-12-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 395 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
43 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-194 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
608 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
83 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
395 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
525 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.0

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The text

As transmitted.

016 
WFUS54 KMEG 180307
TORMEG
MSC033-093-137-180330-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0024.161218T0307Z-161218T0330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Memphis TN
907 PM CST SAT DEC 17 2016

The National Weather Service in Memphis has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Southwestern Marshall County in northwestern Mississippi...
  Southeastern DeSoto County in northwestern Mississippi...
  Tate County in northwestern Mississippi...

* Until 930 PM CST
    
* At 907 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm producing a tornado was
  located near Strayhorn, or near Senatobia, moving east at 15 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...
  Senatobia around 925 PM CST. 
  Coldwater around 930 PM CST. 

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Looxahoma, Wakefield, Rockhill, Poagville, Aiken, Sarah, New Town,
Lurline, Wyatte and Tyro.

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 3471 9014 3487 8966 3457 8963 3455 9008
      3455 9014
TIME...MOT...LOC 0307Z 253DEG 15KT 3464 9009 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 17, 8:41 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMEGDeSoto, Tate, Tunica49 min
Dec 17, 8:54 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGDeSoto, Marshall51 min
Dec 17, 8:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGDeSoto, Panola, Tate, Tunica32 min
Dec 17, 9:15 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGDeSoto, Marshall30 min
Dec 17, 9:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLafayette, Marshall, Panola, Tate45 min
Dec 17, 9:38 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGBenton, Marshall, Tippah52 min
Dec 17, 9:43 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGBenton, Marshall, Tippah32 min
Dec 17, 9:57 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGBenton, Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Tate33 min
Dec 17, 10:14 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGLafayette, Marshall31 min
Dec 17, 10:33 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGAlcorn, Tishomingo42 min
Dec 17, 10:36 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGAlcorn, Benton, Prentiss, Tippah, Union24 min
Dec 17, 10:51 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGPrentiss, Tippah, Union24 min
Dec 17, 10:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGAlcorn, Prentiss, Tishomingo50 min
Dec 17, 10:56 PM CSTTornado Warning Tornado observedMEGAlcorn, Tishomingo34 min
Dec 17, 11:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLee, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Union40 min
Dec 17, 11:07 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGAlcorn, Prentiss, Tishomingo38 min
Dec 17, 11:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCalhoun, Chickasaw, Lafayette, Lee, Pontotoc, Yalobusha65 min
Dec 17, 11:38 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGItawamba, Lee, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Tishomingo, Union67 min
Dec 18, 12:03 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGItawamba, Lee, Tishomingo42 min
Dec 18, 12:27 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGChickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe63 min
Dec 18, 12:41 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGItawamba, Lee49 min
Dec 18, 12:42 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGItawamba, Lee48 min
Dec 18, 1:25 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGItawamba, Monroe39 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.