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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Memphis, TN

March 10, 2017Marshall County, Tate County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Mar 10, 2017, 12:13 AM CST for Marshall County, Tate County, Mississippi. It was in force for 15 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: Mar 10, 2017, 12:13 AM CST (06:13 UTC)
Expired: Mar 10, 2017, 12:28 AM CST
In force: 15 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Mar 9, 11:18 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KBYH), launched 00:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 30 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 445 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -58 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 583 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 172 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 312 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.5
Supercell composite: 6.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

506 
WFUS54 KMEG 100613
TORMEG
MSC093-137-100645-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0008.170310T0613Z-170310T0645Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Memphis TN
1213 AM CST FRI MAR 10 2017

The National Weather Service in Memphis has issued a

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

* Until 1245 AM CST
    
* At 1213 AM CST, a severe thunderstorm producing a tornado was
  located over Independence, or 12 miles northeast of Senatobia,
  moving southeast at 45 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...
  Laws Hill around 1230 AM CST. 

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Malone, Wakefield, Aiken, Wyatte, Tyro, Chulahoma, New Garden,
Thyatira, Poagville and Spraggins.

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 3455 8973 3467 8990 3477 8979 3477 8972
      3455 8943
TIME...MOT...LOC 0613Z 311DEG 40KT 3469 8976 

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

$$

1 follow-up statement

416 
WWUS54 KMEG 100628
SVSMEG

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
1228 AM CST FRI MAR 10 2017

MSC093-137-100637-
/O.CAN.KMEG.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-170310T0645Z/
Marshall MS-Tate MS-
1228 AM CST FRI MAR 10 2017

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN MARSHALL AND EASTERN TATE
COUNTIES 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.

A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 400 AM CST for
northwestern Mississippi.

Remember, a Severe Thunderstorm Warning still remains in effect for
Marshall County until 1 am.

LAT...LON 3455 8973 3467 8990 3477 8979 3477 8972
      3455 8943
TIME...MOT...LOC 0624Z 311DEG 40KT 3459 8961 

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 9, 7:15 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Itawamba, Monroe	34 min
Mar 9, 11:06 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lee, Pontotoc, Union	39 min
Mar 9, 11:18 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Itawamba, Lee	25 min
Mar 9, 11:46 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Benton, DeSoto, Marshall	44 min
Mar 9, 11:58 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	DeSoto, Marshall, Tate	32 min
Mar 10, 12:05 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Itawamba	11 min
Mar 10, 12:16 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Panola, Quitman	44 min
Mar 10, 12:21 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Benton, Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Tate, Tippah and 1 more	39 min
Mar 10, 12:44 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Calhoun, Chickasaw, Lafayette, Lee, Pontotoc, Prentiss and 3 more	46 min
Mar 10, 1:19 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Calhoun, Chickasaw, Itawamba, Monroe	56 min
Mar 10, 3:30 AM CST	Frost Advisory	MEG	Alcorn, Benton, DeSoto, Itawamba, Lafayette, Lee and 9 more	25 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.