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Tornado Warning 55, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Aug 21, 2021, 6:12 PM CDT for Tishomingo County, Mississippi. It was in force for 27 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
- Aug 21, 2021, 6:12 PM CDT (23:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 21, 2021, 6:39 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Tishomingo County, MS
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 21, 6:15 PM CDT | TORNADO | Iuka, MS | NUMEROUS REPORTS OF DAMAGE TO TREES, POWERLINES, AND STRUCTURES. |
| Aug 21, 6:18 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 N Iuka, MS | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ON MAGNOLIA CIRCLE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF IUKA. |
| Aug 21, 6:20 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Iuka, MS | DOWNED POWERLINES AND SOME STRUCTURAL DAMAGE IN DOWNTOWN IUKA. |
| Aug 21, 6:20 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Iuka, MS | SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN THE VICINITY OF EASTPORT ST. AND PEARL ST. IN IUKA. DOWNED TREES ARE ON THE ROAD. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 165 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
- 1244 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -93 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1032 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
789
WFUS54 KMEG 212312
TORMEG
MSC141-220000-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0055.210821T2312Z-210822T0000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Memphis TN
612 PM CDT Sat Aug 21 2021
The National Weather Service in Memphis has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Central Tishomingo County in northeastern Mississippi...
* Until 700 PM CDT.
* At 612 PM CDT, a confirmed tornado was located over Iuka, moving
southeast at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Damaging tornado.
SOURCE...Weather spotters confirmed tornado.
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.
* The tornado will be near...
Midway around 620 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include Bacon
Springs, Oldham, Hazard Switch, Mingo, Blythe Crossing, Bloody
Springs, Petertown and Carter Branch.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
To repeat, a tornado is on the ground. 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 3456 8814 3482 8831 3489 8811 3487 8810
3485 8810
TIME...MOT...LOC 2312Z 325DEG 21KT 3481 8818
TORNADO...OBSERVED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
TLSJr1 follow-up statement
749
WWUS54 KMEG 212339
SVSMEG
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
639 PM CDT Sat Aug 21 2021
MSC141-212349-
/O.CAN.KMEG.TO.W.0055.000000T0000Z-210822T0000Z/
Tishomingo MS-
639 PM CDT Sat Aug 21 2021
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL TISHOMINGO COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
LAT...LON 3456 8814 3482 8831 3489 8811 3487 8810
3485 8810
TIME...MOT...LOC 2338Z 325DEG 21KT 3468 8807
$$
TLSJrThe office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 21, 3:30 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | MEG | Coahoma, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Tunica | 16 hr |
| Aug 21, 1:05 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Prentiss, Tishomingo | 115 min |
| Aug 21, 3:01 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | MEG | Coahoma, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Tunica | 29 hr |
| Aug 21, 6:16 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | 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.