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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Mar 27, 2021, 9:37 PM CDT for Phillips County, Arkansas; Coahoma County, Quitman County, Tunica County, Mississippi. It was in force for 53 min. 2 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 27, 2021, 9:37 PM CDT (02:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 27, 2021, 10:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
Counties Phillips County, AR, Coahoma County, MS, Quitman County, MS, Tunica County, MS
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 10:02 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ne Lula, MS | 2 CARS BLOWN OFF HIGHWAY 61 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF LULA. UPDATED TO 5 CARS BLOWN OFF ROAD AND ONE PERSON WITH APPARENTLY NO INJURIES BLOWN OFF ROAD. SCRAP METAL DEBRIS ALSO ON ROAD. POSSIBLE TORNADO. |
| Mar 27, 10:02 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 2 Ne Lula, MS | 2 CARS BLOWN OFF HIGHWAY 61 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF LULA. |
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 27, 9:01 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 78 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
- 894 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1261 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 79 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 209 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 8.7
The text
As transmitted.
566
WFUS54 KMEG 280237
TORMEG
ARC107-MSC027-119-143-280330-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0023.210328T0237Z-210328T0330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Memphis TN
937 PM CDT Sat Mar 27 2021
The National Weather Service in Memphis has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Central Phillips County in eastern Arkansas...
Northern Coahoma County in northwestern Mississippi...
Southwestern Tunica County in northwestern Mississippi...
Central Quitman County in northwestern Mississippi...
* Until 1030 PM CDT.
* At 937 PM CDT, doppler radar indicated a severe thunderstorm
producing a tornado was located near Elaine, moving east at 40 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...
Clarksdale, Elaine, Helena-West Helena, Marks, Jonestown, Friars
Point, Sledge, Belen, Darling, Kings, Dundee, Lake View, Coahoma,
Lula, Falcon, Gerlach Mill, Wabash, Rudyard, Moon and Modoc.
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 3421 9088 3447 9091 3454 9032 3443 9022
3425 9023
TIME...MOT...LOC 0237Z 261DEG 35KT 3434 9079
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
KRMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 7:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Mississippi, Poinsett | 42 min |
| Mar 27, 7:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Cross, St. Francis | 52 min |
| Mar 27, 7:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Cross, Mississippi, Poinsett, St. Francis | 3 hr |
| Mar 27, 7:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lee, Phillips | 43 min |
| Mar 27, 7:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Cross, Poinsett | 51 min |
| Mar 27, 7:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Lee, St. Francis | 40 min |
| Mar 27, 8:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Mississippi, Poinsett | 38 min |
| Mar 27, 8:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden, St. Francis | 11 min |
| Mar 27, 8:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Mississippi | 34 min |
| Mar 27, 8:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Phillips | 25 min |
| Mar 27, 9:09 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Crittenden | 3 hr |
| Mar 27, 9:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Phillips | 48 min |
| Mar 27, 9:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Phillips | 40 min |
| Mar 27, 9:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Phillips | 31 min |
| Mar 27, 9:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden | 52 min |
| Mar 27, 11:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Phillips | 4 hr |
| Mar 28, 11:45 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | MEG | Lee, Phillips | 24 hr |
| Mar 27, 7:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | DeSoto | 21 min |
| Mar 27, 10:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Panola, Quitman, Tate, Tunica | 40 min |
| Mar 27, 10:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Panola, Quitman | 52 min |
| Mar 27, 10:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Tate | 44 min |
| Mar 27, 10:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, DeSoto, Marshall | 36 min |
| Mar 27, 10:49 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Tate, Tunica | 3 hr |
| Mar 27, 10:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Benton, Lafayette, Marshall, Tate, Tippah | 49 min |
| Mar 27, 11:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Benton, Marshall, Tippah | 51 min |
| Mar 27, 11:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Benton, Lafayette, Lee, Prentiss, Tippah and 2 more | 42 min |
| Mar 27, 11:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Tallahatchie | 49 min |
| Mar 27, 11:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Alcorn | 51 min |
| Mar 27, 11:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Tippah | 17 min |
| Mar 28, 12:12 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Tishomingo | 33 min |
| Mar 28, 12:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Benton, Itawamba, Lafayette, Lee, Marshall and 4 more | 43 min |
| Mar 28, 12:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Lafayette, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Yalobusha | 48 min |
| Mar 28, 12:48 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Benton, Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Tate, Tippah and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Mar 28, 12:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Benton, Itawamba, Lee, Prentiss, Tippah and 2 more | 49 min |
| Mar 28, 12:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Chickasaw, Lafayette, Panola, Pontotoc, Tallahatchie and 1 more | 46 min |
| Mar 28, 1:03 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Prentiss, Tippah, Tishomingo, Union | 27 min |
| Mar 28, 1:10 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Lafayette, Pontotoc, Union, Yalobusha | 28 min |
| Mar 28, 1:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Lafayette, Lee, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Tishomingo and 1 more | 39 min |
| Mar 28, 1:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc | 43 min |
| Mar 28, 2:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Lee, Prentiss, Tishomingo | 46 min |
| Mar 28, 2:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Lee, Monroe | 25 min |
| Mar 28, 3:22 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Monroe | 23 min |
| Mar 28, 3:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Monroe | 42 min |
| Mar 28, 7:49 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Lafayette, Marshall, Union | 26 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.