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Tornado Warning 27, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Apr 30, 2017, 10:25 AM CDT for Calhoun County, Mississippi. It was in force for 39 min. 4 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
- Apr 30, 2017, 10:25 AM CDT (15:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 30, 2017, 11:04 AM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
County Calhoun County, MS
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 10:26 AM CDT | TORNADO | 3 Se Sabougla, MS | TORNADO BEGAN APPROXIMATELY 4 MILES WEST OF SLATE SPRINGS...LIFTING 1 MILE NORTHEAST OF SABOUGLA. THIS TORNADO WAS RATED EF1 WITH A PATH LENGTH OF 2.7 MILES AND A MAXIMUM PATH WIDE OF 50 YARDS. SEVERAL OUTBUILDINGS WERE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED AND NUMEROUS TREES |
| Apr 30, 10:30 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Slate Spring, MS | TREE DAMAGE AND A FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED. POSSIBLE TORNADO DAMAGE. |
| Apr 30, 10:35 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Sw Calhoun City, MS | ROOF DAMAGE NEAR HWY 8/9 INTERSECTION. |
| Apr 30, 10:40 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Bruce, MS | MULTIPLE TREES DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY, ROOFS OFF OF A COUPLE OF HOUSES. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KBYH), launched 12:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 112 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
- 6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -292 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 811 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted.
780
WFUS54 KMEG 301525
TORMEG
MSC013-301615-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0027.170430T1525Z-170430T1615Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Memphis TN
1025 AM CDT SUN APR 30 2017
The National Weather Service in Memphis has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Calhoun County in northeastern Mississippi...
* Until 1115 AM CDT
* At 1025 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm producing a tornado was
located near Sabougla, or 19 miles northeast of Winona, moving
northeast at 55 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and quarter 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 dangerous storm will be near...
Slate Springs around 1035 AM CDT.
Calhoun City around 1040 AM CDT.
Derma and Pittsboro around 1045 AM CDT.
Bruce around 1050 AM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Shepherd, Skuna, Bounds, Retreat, Reid, Loyd, Ellard, Dentontown,
Sarepta and Big Creek.
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 3387 8951 3415 8938 3415 8924 3408 8924
3407 8914 3403 8914 3372 8927 3372 8951
TIME...MOT...LOC 1525Z 211DEG 49KT 3369 8948
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$2 follow-up statements
460
WWUS54 KMEG 301545
SVSMEG
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
1045 AM CDT SUN APR 30 2017
MSC013-301615-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-170430T1615Z/
Calhoun MS-
1045 AM CDT SUN APR 30 2017
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 AM CDT FOR CENTRAL
CALHOUN COUNTY...
At 1044 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm producing a tornado was located
near Pittsboro, or 20 miles southeast of Water Valley, moving north
at 55 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This dangerous storm will be near...
Bruce around 1050 AM CDT.
Banner around 1055 AM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Shepherd, Skuna, Bounds, Retreat, Reid, Loyd, Ellard, Sarepta and Big
Creek.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a storm shelter or an interior room on the
lowest floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are
outdoors, in a mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest
substantial shelter and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3387 8951 3415 8938 3415 8924 3408 8924
3407 8914 3403 8914 3380 8930 3383 8944
TIME...MOT...LOC 1544Z 201DEG 47KT 3393 8940
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$656
WWUS54 KMEG 301604
SVSMEG
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
1104 AM CDT SUN APR 30 2017
MSC013-301614-
/O.CAN.KMEG.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-170430T1615Z/
Calhoun MS-
1104 AM CDT SUN APR 30 2017
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL CALHOUN COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore the warning has been cancelled.
A tornado watch remains in effect until 700 PM CDT for northeastern
and northwestern Mississippi.
LAT...LON 3387 8951 3415 8938 3415 8924 3408 8924
3407 8914 3403 8914 3380 8930 3383 8944
TIME...MOT...LOC 1601Z 211DEG 49KT 3417 8923
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 7:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | DeSoto, Quitman, Tate | 51 min |
| Apr 29, 7:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | DeSoto, Quitman, Tate | 49 min |
| Apr 29, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Panola, Quitman, Tate, Tunica | 47 min |
| Apr 29, 8:19 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Tallahatchie | 47 hr |
| Apr 29, 8:19 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Lafayette, Marshall, Union | 53 hr |
| Apr 29, 8:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Quitman, Tate | 67 min |
| Apr 29, 9:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto | 48 min |
| Apr 30, 1:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Tunica | 45 min |
| Apr 30, 2:17 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | MEG | Alcorn, Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Coahoma, DeSoto and 16 more | 17 hr |
| Apr 30, 7:38 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Coahoma | 52 min |
| Apr 30, 9:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Tallahatchie, Yalobusha | 62 min |
| Apr 30, 10:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lafayette, Panola | 41 min |
| Apr 30, 10:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Marshall, Tate | 40 min |
| Apr 30, 10:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lafayette, Pontotoc, Union | 48 min |
| Apr 30, 10:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lafayette, Pontotoc, Union | 46 min |
| Apr 30, 11:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Benton, Tippah | 39 min |
| Apr 30, 12:45 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Monroe | 50 hr |
| Apr 30, 12:45 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Monroe | 42 hr |
| Apr 30, 12:58 PM CDT | River Flood Advisory | MEG | Coahoma, Tunica | 4 days |
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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.