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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Feb 28, 2021, 8:14 PM CST for 5 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 46 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 28, 2021, 8:14 PM CST (02:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 28, 2021, 9:00 PM CST
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
Counties Benton County, MS, Lafayette County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Tippah County, MS, Union County, MS
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:16 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 28, 2:22 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 58 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
- 229 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -269 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 782 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -399 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -284 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -1.4
The text
As transmitted.
751
WFUS54 KMEG 010214
TORMEG
MSC009-071-093-139-145-010300-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0001.210301T0214Z-210301T0300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Memphis TN
814 PM CST Sun Feb 28 2021
The National Weather Service in Memphis has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northern Lafayette County in northwestern Mississippi...
Northwestern Union County in northeastern Mississippi...
Southern Marshall County in northwestern Mississippi...
Southwestern Tippah County in northeastern Mississippi...
Southern Benton County in northeastern Mississippi...
* Until 900 PM CST.
* At 813 PM CST, doppler radar indicated a severe thunderstorm
producing a tornado was located over Laws Hill, or 9 miles
southwest of Wall Doxey State Park, moving east at 55 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...
New Albany, Bethlehem, Harmontown, Laws Hill, Hickory Flat, Potts
Camp, Myrtle, Abbeville, Malone, Shari, Winborn, Blackwater,
Waterford, Old Myrtle, Burt, Pumpkin Center, Pine Grove, Spraggins,
Cornersville and Smalco.
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 3445 8964 3463 8967 3473 8907 3451 8903
TIME...MOT...LOC 0213Z 261DEG 50KT 3456 8957
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
MGW1 follow-up statement
244
WWUS54 KMEG 010230
SVSMEG
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
830 PM CST Sun Feb 28 2021
MSC009-071-093-139-145-010300-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-210301T0300Z/
Lafayette MS-Union MS-Marshall MS-Tippah MS-Benton MS-
830 PM CST Sun Feb 28 2021
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST FOR
NORTHEASTERN LAFAYETTE...NORTHWESTERN UNION...SOUTHEASTERN
MARSHALL...SOUTHWESTERN TIPPAH AND SOUTHERN BENTON COUNTIES...
At 829 PM CST, doppler radar indicated a severe thunderstorm
producing a tornado was located near Bethlehem, or 11 miles southeast
of Wall Doxey State Park, moving east at 60 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
New Albany, Bethlehem, Hickory Flat, Potts Camp, Myrtle, Shari,
Winborn, Old Myrtle, Burt, Pumpkin Center, Pine Grove, Cornersville,
Smalco and Glenfield.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a storm shelter or an interior room on the
lowest floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are
outdoors, in a mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest
substantial shelter and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3448 8941 3467 8943 3473 8907 3451 8903
TIME...MOT...LOC 0229Z 261DEG 50KT 3460 8929
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 7:22 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Tunica | 38 min |
| Feb 28, 8:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Tate, Union | 39 min |
| Feb 28, 8:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Benton, Prentiss, Tippah, Tishomingo, Union | 28 min |
| Mar 1, 2:06 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Marshall | 3 hr |
| Mar 1, 3:32 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Coahoma, DeSoto, Marshall, Panola, Quitman, Tate and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Mar 1, 5:10 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MEG | Tate, Tunica | 23 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.