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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Memphis, TN

March 25, 2021Itawamba County, Tishomingo County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Mar 25, 2021, 3:14 PM CDT for Itawamba County, Tishomingo County, Mississippi. It was in force for 21 min. 1 report 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 25, 2021, 3:14 PM CDT (20:14 UTC)
Expired: Mar 25, 2021, 3:35 PM CDT
In force: 21 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

Counties Itawamba County, MS, Tishomingo County, MS

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:18 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
Mar 25, 3:20 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	6 S Golden, MS	A FEW TREES WERE KNOCKED DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 76 AND HIGHWAY 23. A FEW CONES AND ROAD BARRIERS WERE KNOCKED OVER.

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 25, 11:26 AM CDT	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 163 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 539 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 67 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 264 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 336 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

352 
WFUS54 KMEG 252014
TORMEG
MSC057-141-252100-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0006.210325T2014Z-210325T2100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Memphis TN
314 PM CDT Thu Mar 25 2021

The National Weather Service in Memphis has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northeastern Itawamba County in northeastern Mississippi...
  Southeastern Tishomingo County in northeastern Mississippi...

* Until 400 PM CDT.
    
* At 314 PM CDT, doppler radar indicated a severe thunderstorm
  producing a tornado was located over Fairview, or 7 miles northeast
  of Fulton, moving northeast at 45 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...
  Fulton, Red Bay, Belmont, Fairview, Sandy Springs, Golden, Eastman
  and Bounds Crossroads.

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 3432 8817 3427 8839 3442 8841 3458 8814
TIME...MOT...LOC 2014Z 237DEG 38KT 3434 8832 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

1 follow-up statement

032 
WWUS54 KMEG 252035
SVSMEG

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
335 PM CDT Thu Mar 25 2021

MSC057-141-252045-
/O.CAN.KMEG.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-210325T2100Z/
Itawamba MS-Tishomingo MS-
335 PM CDT Thu Mar 25 2021

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN ITAWAMBA AND SOUTHEASTERN
TISHOMINGO COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 800 PM CDT for northeastern
Mississippi.

LAT...LON 3432 8817 3427 8839 3442 8841 3458 8814
TIME...MOT...LOC 2034Z 237DEG 38KT 3446 8809 

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 25, 4:57 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Monroe	33 min
Mar 25, 5:06 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	DeSoto	3 hr
Mar 25, 6:00 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	DeSoto, Tate, Tunica	3 hr
Mar 25, 6:01 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	DeSoto, Marshall	3 hr
Mar 25, 12:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Calhoun, Chickasaw, Pontotoc	34 min
Mar 25, 1:32 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Lafayette, Marshall, Union	23 hr
Mar 25, 2:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Monroe	26 min
Mar 25, 2:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Itawamba	35 min
Mar 25, 2:35 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Itawamba, Tishomingo	3 hr
Mar 25, 2:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Itawamba	33 min
Mar 25, 3:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Itawamba	24 min
Mar 25, 3:23 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Itawamba, Tishomingo	13 min
Mar 25, 5:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Marshall	25 min
Mar 25, 5:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Benton, Marshall	34 min
Mar 25, 5:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Alcorn, Benton, Tippah	49 min
Mar 25, 6:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Alcorn	30 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.