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Tornado Warning 39, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Apr 9, 2021, 7:14 PM CDT for Lee County, Pontotoc County, Union County, Mississippi. It was in force for 31 min. 4 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
- Apr 9, 2021, 7:14 PM CDT (00:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 9, 2021, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.75 in
Counties Lee County, MS, Pontotoc County, MS, Union County, MS
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 7:15 PM CDT | HAIL 1.25 | 4 E Ecru, MS | ON CENTER HILL RD |
| Apr 9, 7:49 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | New Harmony, MS | |
| Apr 9, 7:50 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Blue Springs, MS | |
| Apr 9, 7:52 PM CDT | HAIL 2.5 | Blue Springs, MS |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 3:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 115 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
- 2032 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 326 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 590 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted.
212
WFUS54 KMEG 100014
TORMEG
MSC081-115-145-100045-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0039.210410T0014Z-210410T0045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Memphis TN
714 PM CDT Fri Apr 9 2021
The National Weather Service in Memphis has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Eastern Union County in northeastern Mississippi...
Northeastern Pontotoc County in northeastern Mississippi...
Northern Lee County in northeastern Mississippi...
* Until 745 PM CDT.
* At 714 PM CDT, doppler radar indicated a severe thunderstorm
producing a tornado was located over New Harmony, or 7 miles north
of Trace State Park, moving northeast at 20 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...
Saltillo, Guntown, Blair, New Harmony, Sherman, Blue Springs,
Graham, Wallerville, Jericho, Cherry Creek, Branyan, Ellistown,
Alpine, Birmingham, Jug Fork, Corrona, Graves, Frog Island, Reese
and Fairfield.
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 3439 8859 3431 8899 3440 8901 3460 8882
3460 8880 3453 8873 3451 8874 3451 8871
TIME...MOT...LOC 0014Z 227DEG 19KT 3437 8893
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$1 follow-up statement
085
WWUS54 KMEG 100022
SVSMEG
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
722 PM CDT Fri Apr 9 2021
MSC081-115-145-100045-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-210410T0045Z/
Union MS-Pontotoc MS-Lee MS-
722 PM CDT Fri Apr 9 2021
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR EASTERN
UNION...NORTHEASTERN PONTOTOC AND NORTHERN LEE COUNTIES...
At 722 PM CDT, doppler radar indicated a severe thunderstorm
producing a tornado was located over New Harmony, or 8 miles north of
Trace State Park, moving northeast at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and golf ball size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
Saltillo, Guntown, Blair, New Harmony, Sherman, Blue Springs, Graham,
Wallerville, Jericho, Cherry Creek, Branyan, Ellistown, Alpine,
Birmingham, Jug Fork, Corrona, Graves, Frog Island, Reese and
Fairfield.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a storm shelter or an interior room on the
lowest floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are
outdoors, in a mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest
substantial shelter and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3439 8859 3431 8899 3440 8901 3460 8882
3460 8880 3453 8873 3451 8874 3451 8871
TIME...MOT...LOC 0022Z 228DEG 17KT 3438 8891
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 7:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Calhoun, Lafayette, Marshall, Yalobusha | 52 min |
| Apr 9, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Lee, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Union | 45 min |
| Apr 9, 7:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Lee, Pontotoc, Union | 5 hr |
| Apr 9, 8:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Tishomingo | 44 min |
| Apr 9, 8:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Prentiss, Tishomingo | 25 min |
| Apr 9, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chickasaw, Lee, Pontotoc | 47 min |
| Apr 9, 8:31 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Itawamba, Lee, Prentiss | 3 hr |
| Apr 9, 8:38 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Alcorn, Tippah, Tishomingo | 3 hr |
| Apr 9, 8:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chickasaw, Monroe | 52 min |
| Apr 9, 8:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc | 50 min |
| Apr 9, 9:04 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Calhoun, Chickasaw, Lee, Pontotoc | 3 hr |
| Apr 9, 9:08 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Lee, Pontotoc | 28 min |
| Apr 9, 9:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Lee, Monroe | 51 min |
| Apr 9, 9:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Lee, Pontotoc | 3 hr |
| Apr 10, 4:32 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Lee | 8 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.