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Tornado Warning 26, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Dec 17, 2016, 9:43 PM CST for Benton County, Marshall County, Tippah County, Mississippi. It was in force for 32 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, 9:43 PM CST (03:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 17, 2016, 10:15 PM CST
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Benton County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Tippah County, MS
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:46 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 17, 9:50 PM CST | TORNADO | Waterford, MS | TREES DOWN IN WATERFORD, POSSIBLE TORNADO. TIME BASED ON RADAR ESTIMATES. |
| Dec 17, 10:02 PM CST | TORNADO | 2 Wnw Holly Springs, MS | TORNADO REPORTED ON THE GROUND BY MARSHALL COUNTY FD DISPATCH. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 17, 8:58 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KBYH), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 71 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
365
WFUS54 KMEG 180343
TORMEG
MSC009-093-139-180415-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0026.161218T0343Z-161218T0415Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Memphis TN
943 PM CST SAT DEC 17 2016
The National Weather Service in Memphis has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
East central Marshall County in northwestern Mississippi...
Benton County in northeastern Mississippi...
Western Tippah County in northeastern Mississippi...
* Until 1015 PM CST
* At 943 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm producing a tornado was
located near Holly Springs, moving northeast at 90 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...
Snow Lake Shores around 950 PM CST.
Canaan around 1000 PM CST.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include Pine
Grove, Potts Camp, Waites, Lake Center, Bethel, Waterford, New
Canaan, Brody, Gilton 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 3469 8897 3462 8946 3476 8956 3500 8907
3499 8898
TIME...MOT...LOC 0343Z 230DEG 79KT 3472 8943
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$1 follow-up statement
317
WWUS54 KMEG 180345
SVSMEG
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
945 PM CST SAT DEC 17 2016
MSC009-093-139-180415-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-161218T0415Z/
Marshall MS-Benton MS-Tippah MS-
945 PM CST SAT DEC 17 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CST FOR EAST
CENTRAL MARSHALL...BENTON AND WESTERN TIPPAH COUNTIES...
At 945 PM CST, a confirmed tornado was located near Holly Springs,
moving northeast at 65 mph.
HAZARD...Damaging tornado.
SOURCE...Weather spotters confirmed tornado.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This tornado will be near...
Snow Lake Shores around 950 PM CST.
Canaan around 1000 PM CST.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include Pine
Grove, Potts Camp, Waites, Lake Center, Bethel, Waterford, New
Canaan, Brody, Gilton and Higdon.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
To repeat, a tornado is on the ground. TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a
storm shelter or an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy
building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in
a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect
yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3469 8897 3462 8946 3476 8956 3500 8907
3499 8898
TIME...MOT...LOC 0345Z 230DEG 79KT 3474 8940
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 17, 8:41 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MEG | DeSoto, Tate, Tunica | 49 min |
| Dec 17, 8:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Marshall | 51 min |
| Dec 17, 8:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Panola, Tate, Tunica | 32 min |
| Dec 17, 9:07 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Marshall, Tate | 23 min |
| Dec 17, 9:15 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Marshall | 30 min |
| Dec 17, 9:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Tate | 45 min |
| Dec 17, 9:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, Marshall, Tippah | 52 min |
| Dec 17, 9:57 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Benton, Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Tate | 33 min |
| Dec 17, 10:14 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lafayette, Marshall | 31 min |
| Dec 17, 10:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Tishomingo | 42 min |
| Dec 17, 10:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Benton, Prentiss, Tippah, Union | 24 min |
| Dec 17, 10:51 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Prentiss, Tippah, Union | 24 min |
| Dec 17, 10:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Prentiss, Tishomingo | 50 min |
| Dec 17, 10:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Tishomingo | 34 min |
| Dec 17, 11:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lee, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Union | 40 min |
| Dec 17, 11:07 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Prentiss, Tishomingo | 38 min |
| Dec 17, 11:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Chickasaw, Lafayette, Lee, Pontotoc, Yalobusha | 65 min |
| Dec 17, 11:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Lee, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Tishomingo, Union | 67 min |
| Dec 18, 12:03 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Lee, Tishomingo | 42 min |
| Dec 18, 12:27 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe | 63 min |
| Dec 18, 12:41 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Lee | 49 min |
| Dec 18, 12:42 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Lee | 48 min |
| Dec 18, 1:25 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Monroe | 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.