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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Feb 24, 2018, 10:31 PM CST for Alcorn County, Prentiss County, Tishomingo 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
- Feb 24, 2018, 10:31 PM CST (04:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2018, 10:46 PM CST
- In force
- 15 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 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 04:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 214 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.
565
WFUS54 KMEG 250431
TORMEG
MSC003-117-141-250515-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0017.180225T0431Z-180225T0515Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Memphis TN
1031 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2018
The National Weather Service in Memphis has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Central Tishomingo County in northeastern Mississippi...
Northern Prentiss County in northeastern Mississippi...
Southeastern Alcorn County in northeastern Mississippi...
* Until 1115 PM CST
* At 1031 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm producing a tornado was
located over Booneville, moving northeast at 35 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...
Thrashers around 1040 PM CST.
Leedy around 1055 PM CST.
Burnsville around 1100 PM CST.
Midway around 1105 PM CST.
Iuka around 1110 PM CST.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include Bacon
Springs, Oldham, Hazard Switch, Walker Siding, Holcut, Paden, Blythe
Crossing, Holts Spur, Rienzi and Gaston.
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 8813 3459 8860 3472 8868 3494 8817
3491 8814 3489 8810
TIME...MOT...LOC 0431Z 247DEG 31KT 3467 8856
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$1 follow-up statement
831
WWUS54 KMEG 250446
SVSMEG
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
1046 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2018
MSC003-117-141-250456-
/O.CAN.KMEG.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-180225T0515Z/
Tishomingo MS-Prentiss MS-Alcorn MS-
1046 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2018
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL TISHOMINGO...NORTHERN PRENTISS AND
SOUTHEASTERN ALCORN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and is no longer producing a tornado. Therefore, the warning
has been cancelled.
A tornado watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CST for northeastern
Mississippi.
LAT...LON 3469 8813 3459 8860 3472 8868 3494 8817
3491 8814 3489 8810
TIME...MOT...LOC 0445Z 247DEG 31KT 3472 8841
$$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, 10:00 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Prentiss, Tishomingo | 45 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, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.