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Tornado Warning 38, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Apr 9, 2021, 6:45 PM CDT for Lee County, Tippah County, Union County, Mississippi. It was in force for 21 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
- Apr 9, 2021, 6:45 PM CDT (23:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 9, 2021, 7:06 PM CDT
- In force
- 21 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.75 in
Counties Lee County, MS, Tippah County, MS, Union County, MS
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:45 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 3:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 112 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
- 2139 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 141 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted.
632
WFUS54 KMEG 092345
TORMEG
MSC081-139-145-100030-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0038.210409T2345Z-210410T0030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Memphis TN
645 PM CDT Fri Apr 9 2021
The National Weather Service in Memphis has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Eastern Union County in northeastern Mississippi...
Northwestern Lee County in northeastern Mississippi...
South central Tippah County in northeastern Mississippi...
* Until 730 PM CDT.
* At 645 PM CDT, doppler radar indicated a severe thunderstorm
producing a tornado was located near New Albany, moving east at 15
mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and golf ball 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, Saltillo, Guntown, Keownville, Blair, Dumas, Graham,
Jericho, Branyan, Ellistown, Jug Fork, Baker, Locum, Union Hill,
Martintown, Wallerville, Alpine, Ingomar, Corrona and Graves.
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 3442 8865 3440 8905 3446 8906 3467 8883
3454 8873 3451 8874 3451 8871
TIME...MOT...LOC 2345Z 249DEG 11KT 3444 8898
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$1 follow-up statement
960
WWUS54 KMEG 100006
SVSMEG
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
706 PM CDT Fri Apr 9 2021
MSC081-139-145-100015-
/O.CAN.KMEG.TO.W.0038.000000T0000Z-210410T0030Z/
Union MS-Lee MS-Tippah MS-
706 PM CDT Fri Apr 9 2021
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN UNION...NORTHWESTERN LEE AND SOUTH
CENTRAL TIPPAH COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The tornado threat has diminished and the Tornado Warning has been
cancelled. However, large hail and damaging winds remain likely and a
Severe Thunderstorm Warning remains in effect for the area.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for
northeastern Mississippi.
Remember, a Severe Thunderstorm Warning still remains in effect for
Lee, Tippah, and Union counties until 715 PM CDT.
LAT...LON 3442 8865 3440 8905 3446 8906 3467 8883
3454 8873 3451 8874 3451 8871
TIME...MOT...LOC 0004Z 249DEG 11KT 3446 8891
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 4:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Coahoma, Quitman | 33 min |
| Apr 9, 5:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Tunica | 35 min |
| Apr 9, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Coahoma | 49 min |
| Apr 9, 5:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, Marshall | 39 min |
| Apr 9, 5:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Quitman, Tallahatchie | 40 min |
| Apr 9, 6:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Union | 37 min |
| Apr 9, 6:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Coahoma, Quitman, Tallahatchie | 29 min |
| Apr 9, 6:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lee, Tippah, Union | 38 min |
| Apr 9, 6:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lee, Pontotoc, Union | 48 min |
| Apr 9, 6:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Tate, Yalobusha | 46 min |
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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.