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Tornado Warning 45, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Nov 5, 2018, 9:06 PM CST for 4 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 39 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
- Nov 5, 2018, 9:06 PM CST (03:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 5, 2018, 9:45 PM CST
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Benton County, MS, Lafayette County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Union County, MS
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 5, 9:15 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Oxford, MS | A FEW TREES DOWN AROUND THE CITY OF OXFORD. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 5, 7:04 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KBYH), launched 00:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 64 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
- 22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -63 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 602 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted.
966
WFUS54 KMEG 060306
TORMEG
MSC009-071-093-145-060345-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0045.181106T0306Z-181106T0345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Memphis TN
906 PM CST MON NOV 5 2018
The National Weather Service in Memphis has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northern Lafayette County in northwestern Mississippi...
Northwestern Union County in northeastern Mississippi...
Southeastern Marshall County in northwestern Mississippi...
Southwestern Benton County in northeastern Mississippi...
* Until 945 PM CST.
* At 906 PM CST, doppler radar indicated a severe thunderstorm
producing a tornado was located near Burgess, or near Holly Springs
National Forest, moving northeast 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.
* Locations impacted include...
Oxford, New Albany, Holly Springs National Forest, Cambridge, Etta,
Burgess, Bethlehem, Pinedale, Hickory Flat, Potts Camp, Myrtle,
Abbeville, Malone, Shari, Keel, Poolville, Old Myrtle, Pumpkin
Center, College Hill Station and College Hill.
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.
Tornadoes are extremely difficult to see and confirm at night. Do not
wait to see or hear the tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3446 8972 3449 8972 3477 8913 3464 8909
3460 8909 3460 8906 3448 8896 3429 8966
TIME...MOT...LOC 0306Z 245DEG 39KT 3441 8962
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$1 follow-up statement
826
WWUS54 KMEG 060319
SVSMEG
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
919 PM CST MON NOV 5 2018
MSC009-071-093-145-060345-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0045.000000T0000Z-181106T0345Z/
Lafayette MS-Union MS-Marshall MS-Benton MS-
919 PM CST MON NOV 5 2018
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CST FOR
NORTHEASTERN LAFAYETTE...NORTHWESTERN UNION...SOUTHEASTERN MARSHALL
AND SOUTHWESTERN BENTON COUNTIES...
At 919 PM CST, doppler radar indicated a severe thunderstorm
producing a tornado was located near Cambridge, or 7 miles north of
Oxford, moving northeast at 40 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
New Albany, Cambridge, Etta, Bethlehem, Hickory Flat, Potts Camp,
Myrtle, Abbeville, Malone, Shari, Keel, Poolville, Old Myrtle,
Pumpkin Center, College Hill Station, Bethel, Smalco, Glenfield,
Winborn and Martintown.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a storm shelter or an interior room on the
lowest floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are
outdoors, in a mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest
substantial shelter and protect yourself from flying debris.
Tornadoes are extremely difficult to see and confirm at night. Do not
wait to see or hear the tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3447 8958 3453 8963 3477 8913 3464 8909
3460 8909 3460 8906 3448 8896 3435 8947
TIME...MOT...LOC 0319Z 245DEG 35KT 3446 8948
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 5, 7:52 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Panola, Quitman | 38 min |
| Nov 5, 8:27 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lafayette, Marshall, Panola | 48 min |
| Nov 5, 9:08 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Tallahatchie, Yalobusha | 52 min |
| Nov 5, 9:22 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Lafayette, Panola | 81 min |
| Nov 5, 9:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Benton, Prentiss, Tippah, Union | 24 min |
| Nov 5, 9:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Lafayette, Pontotoc, Yalobusha | 47 min |
| Nov 5, 10:11 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Calhoun, Lafayette, Pontotoc, Yalobusha | 114 min |
| Nov 5, 10:23 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Benton, Lafayette, Marshall, Tippah, Union | 50 min |
| Nov 5, 10:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lee, Pontotoc, Union | 48 min |
| Nov 5, 10:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Prentiss, Tishomingo | 32 min |
| Nov 5, 10:48 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Pontotoc | 83 min |
| Nov 5, 10:51 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Alcorn, Lee, Prentiss, Tishomingo | 73 min |
| Nov 5, 11:01 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Tishomingo | 11 min |
| Nov 5, 11:01 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Lee, Pontotoc | 44 min |
| Nov 5, 11:22 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Lee, Prentiss, Tishomingo | 34 min |
| Nov 5, 11:29 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Lee | 74 min |
| Nov 6, 1:22 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | MEG | Alcorn, Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Coahoma, DeSoto and 16 more | 7 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.