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Tornado Warning 50, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Nov 5, 2018, 11:01 PM CST for Tishomingo County, Mississippi. It was in force for 11 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
- Nov 5, 2018, 11:01 PM CST (05:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 5, 2018, 11:12 PM CST
- In force
- 11 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Tishomingo County, MS
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:04 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 5, 7:04 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KBYH), launched 00:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 157 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.
162
WFUS54 KMEG 060501
TORMEG
MSC141-060530-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0050.181106T0501Z-181106T0530Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Memphis TN
1101 PM CST MON NOV 5 2018
The National Weather Service in Memphis has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Central Tishomingo County in northeastern Mississippi...
* Until 1130 PM CST.
* At 1101 PM CST, doppler radar indicated a severe thunderstorm
producing a tornado was located near Tishomingo, or near Tishomingo
State Park, moving east at 30 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...
Iuka, Tishomingo State Park, Tishomingo, Midway, Paden, Oldham,
Mingo, Holcut, Blythe Crossing, Petertown, Neil and Carter Branch.
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 3461 8814 3457 8829 3468 8833 3474 8833
3474 8835 3483 8811
TIME...MOT...LOC 0501Z 256DEG 27KT 3468 8823
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$1 follow-up statement
202
WWUS54 KMEG 060512
SVSMEG
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
1112 PM CST MON NOV 5 2018
MSC141-060522-
/O.CAN.KMEG.TO.W.0050.000000T0000Z-181106T0530Z/
Tishomingo MS-
1112 PM CST MON NOV 5 2018
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL TISHOMINGO COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 300 AM CST for northeastern
Mississippi.
LAT...LON 3461 8814 3457 8829 3468 8833 3474 8833
3474 8835 3483 8811
TIME...MOT...LOC 0510Z 256DEG 27KT 3470 8813
$$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, 9:06 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Benton, Lafayette, Marshall, Union | 39 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 | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.