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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Feb 24, 2018, 10:00 PM CST for Alcorn County, Prentiss County, Tishomingo County, Mississippi. It was in force for 45 min. 1 report 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
- Feb 24, 2018, 10:00 PM CST (04:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2018, 10:45 PM CST
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
Counties Alcorn County, MS, Prentiss County, MS, Tishomingo County, MS
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:02 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 10:07 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Jumpertown, MS | SEVERAL TREES DOWN |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 3:16 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 223 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
- 78 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -34 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1167 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 235 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 256 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted.
730
WFUS54 KMEG 250400
TORMEG
MSC003-117-141-250445-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0014.180225T0400Z-180225T0445Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Memphis TN
1000 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2018
The National Weather Service in Memphis has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northwestern Tishomingo County in northeastern Mississippi...
Northern Prentiss County in northeastern Mississippi...
Southeastern Alcorn County in northeastern Mississippi...
* Until 1045 PM CST
* At 1000 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm producing a tornado was
located over Jumpertown, or 8 miles northwest of Booneville, moving
northeast at 45 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.
* Locations impacted include...
Booneville, Iuka, Burnsville, Jumpertown, Glen, Hinkle, Midway,
Leedy, Rienzi, Doskie, Gaston, Hazard Switch, Walker Siding, Holcut
and Holts Spur.
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 3473 8818 3469 8872 3476 8872 3495 8823
TIME...MOT...LOC 0400Z 243DEG 37KT 3473 8869
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$1 follow-up statement
366
WWUS54 KMEG 250448
SVSMEG
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
1048 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2018
MSC003-117-141-250457-
/O.EXP.KMEG.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-180225T0445Z/
Tishomingo MS-Prentiss MS-Alcorn MS-
1048 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2018
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN TISHOMINGO...NORTHERN
PRENTISS AND SOUTHEASTERN ALCORN COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and is no longer producing a tornado. Therefore, the warning
has been allowed to expire.
A tornado watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CST for northeastern
Mississippi.
LAT...LON 3473 8818 3469 8872 3476 8872 3495 8823
TIME...MOT...LOC 0447Z 243DEG 37KT 3494 8818
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 6:13 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | DeSoto | 6 hr |
| Feb 24, 6:49 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Quitman, Tate, Tunica | 6 hr |
| Feb 24, 7:30 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MEG | DeSoto | 45 min |
| Feb 24, 7:44 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Panola, Quitman, Tate | 46 min |
| Feb 24, 9:12 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Benton, Marshall, Tate, Tippah | 3 hr |
| Feb 24, 9:32 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Lafayette, Panola, Tallahatchie, Yalobusha | 4 hr |
| Feb 24, 9:36 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Tippah | 39 min |
| Feb 24, 10:04 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lee, Prentiss, Union | 41 min |
| Feb 24, 10:05 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lee, Prentiss, Tippah, Union | 40 min |
| Feb 24, 10:24 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Calhoun, Lee, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Tishomingo and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Feb 24, 10:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Prentiss, Tishomingo | 15 min |
| Feb 24, 11:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Lee, Prentiss, Tishomingo | 11 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.