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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Mar 25, 2021, 3:23 PM CDT for Itawamba County, Tishomingo County, Mississippi. It was in force for 13 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
- Mar 25, 2021, 3:23 PM CDT (20:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 25, 2021, 3:36 PM CDT
- In force
- 13 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), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:24 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 11:26 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 164 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
624
WFUS54 KMEG 252023
TORMEG
MSC057-141-252115-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0007.210325T2023Z-210325T2115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Memphis TN
323 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 415 PM CDT.
* At 322 PM CDT, doppler radar indicated a severe thunderstorm
producing a tornado was located near Fairview, or near Red Bay,
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...
Red Bay, Belmont, Fairview and Golden.
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 3434 8817 3435 8833 3448 8831 3458 8814
TIME...MOT...LOC 2022Z 242DEG 38KT 3438 8822
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$1 follow-up statement
432
WWUS54 KMEG 252036
SVSMEG
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
336 PM CDT Thu Mar 25 2021
MSC057-141-252046-
/O.CAN.KMEG.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-210325T2115Z/
Itawamba MS-Tishomingo MS-
336 PM CDT Thu Mar 25 2021
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN ITAWAMBA AND SOUTHEASTERN
TISHOMINGO COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 800 PM CDT for northeastern
Mississippi.
LAT...LON 3434 8817 3435 8833 3448 8831 3458 8814
TIME...MOT...LOC 2034Z 242DEG 38KT 3445 8806
$$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, 3:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Tishomingo | 21 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.