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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Mar 24, 2020, 5:22 PM CDT for Prentiss County, Tishomingo County, Mississippi. It was in force for 23 min. 9 reports 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
- Mar 24, 2020, 5:22 PM CDT (22:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 24, 2020, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Prentiss County, MS, Tishomingo County, MS
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:24 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 5:25 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | E Tishomingo, MS | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN EAST OF TISHOMINGO. |
| Mar 24, 5:25 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | E Tishomingo, MS | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN EAST OF TISHOMINGO. |
| Mar 24, 5:30 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | E Tishomingo, MS | LARGE TREE DOWN BLOCKING HIGHWAY 30. NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ALONG THE HIGHWAY ALSO. |
| Mar 24, 5:30 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Tishomingo, MS | SERIOUS STRUCTURAL DAMAGE ALL ALONG COUNTY ROADS 106 AND 123 SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 30. |
| Mar 24, 5:30 PM CDT | TORNADO | E Tishomingo, MS | TORNADO CONFIRMED JUST EAST OF THE TOWN OF TISHOMINGO. |
| Mar 24, 5:30 PM CDT | TORNADO | E Tishomingo, MS | TORNADO CONFIRMED JUST EAST OF TOWN OF TISHOMINGO BY STORM CHASER. |
| Mar 24, 5:33 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 N Tishomingo, MS | SEVERAL STRUCTURES DAMAGED NEAR TISHOMINGO. A DOLLAR GENERAL STORE JUST NORTH OF TOWN WAS DESTROYED. |
| Mar 24, 5:33 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 Ene Tishomingo, MS | SEVERAL STRUCTURES DAMAGED NEAR TISHOMINGO. |
| Mar 24, 5:33 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 Ene Tishomingo, MS | SEVERAL STRUCTURES DAMAGED NEAR TISHOMINGO. A DOLLAR GENERAL STORE WAS DEMOLISHED. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 3:06 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 158 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 450 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 91 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 499 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 380 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted.
987
WFUS54 KMEG 242222
TORMEG
MSC117-141-242245-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0013.200324T2222Z-200324T2245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Memphis TN
522 PM CDT Tue Mar 24 2020
The National Weather Service in Memphis has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Central Tishomingo County in northeastern Mississippi...
Northeastern Prentiss County in northeastern Mississippi...
* Until 545 PM CDT.
* At 522 PM CDT, doppler radar indicated a severe thunderstorm
producing a tornado was located over Burton, or 9 miles west of
Tishomingo State Park, moving east at 50 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...
Tishomingo State Park, Tishomingo, Burton, Midway, Paden, Oldham,
Mingo, Holcut, Bloody Springs, 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.
&&
LAT...LON 3471 8812 3458 8814 3458 8842 3472 8844
3478 8811
TIME...MOT...LOC 2222Z 261DEG 43KT 3465 8834
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
SGW1 follow-up statement
090
WWUS54 KMEG 242234
SVSMEG
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
534 PM CDT Tue Mar 24 2020
MSC117-242244-
/O.CAN.KMEG.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-200324T2245Z/
Prentiss MS-
534 PM CDT Tue Mar 24 2020
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN PRENTISS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The tornadic thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out
of the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for northeastern
Mississippi.
LAT...LON 3471 8812 3458 8814 3461 8829 3470 8830
3478 8811
TIME...MOT...LOC 2234Z 263DEG 39KT 3466 8820
$$
MSC141-242245-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-200324T2245Z/
Tishomingo MS-
534 PM CDT Tue Mar 24 2020
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
TISHOMINGO COUNTY...
At 534 PM CDT, doppler radar indicated a severe thunderstorm
producing a tornado was located over Tishomingo, or near Tishomingo
State Park, moving east 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...
Tishomingo State Park, Tishomingo, Paden, Mingo, Bloody Springs,
Petertown, Carter Branch and Oldham.
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 3471 8812 3458 8814 3461 8829 3470 8830
3478 8811
TIME...MOT...LOC 2234Z 263DEG 39KT 3466 8820
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
SGWThe office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 5:53 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Prentiss | 52 min |
| Mar 24, 6:43 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Lee, Prentiss, Union | 3 hr |
| Mar 24, 7:22 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Prentiss, Tishomingo | 3 hr |
| Mar 24, 12:27 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Tate, Tunica | 47 hr |
| Mar 24, 12:36 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Lafayette, Marshall, Union | 8 hr |
| Mar 24, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Prentiss, Tishomingo | 29 min |
| Mar 24, 5:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Lee, Prentiss, Tishomingo | 39 min |
| Mar 24, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Prentiss, Tishomingo | 34 min |
| Mar 24, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba | 17 min |
| Mar 24, 6:41 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Prentiss, Tishomingo | 3 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.