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2015 [KMEG] MEMPHIS Tornado (TO) Warning (W) Number 20

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Storm Based Warning History

551 
WFUS54 KMEG 232234
TORMEG
MSC107-135-161-232315-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0020.151223T2234Z-151223T2315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
434 PM CST WED DEC 23 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN YALOBUSHA COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI...
  NORTHEASTERN TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI...
  SOUTHEASTERN PANOLA COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 515 PM CST
        
* AT 434 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS
  LOCATED NEAR CHARLESTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 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. 

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ENID AROUND 445 PM CST.
  GEORGE PAYNE STATE PARK AND POPE AROUND 450 PM CST.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE EUREKA
SPRINGS AND SHUFORD.

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 3407 9020 3407 9014 3412 9014 3434 8972
      3407 8972 3393 9010
TIME...MOT...LOC 2234Z 233DEG 52KT 3403 9011 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$
155 
WWUS54 KMEG 232251
SVSMEG

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
451 PM CST WED DEC 23 2015

MSC135-232301-
/O.CAN.KMEG.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-151223T2315Z/
TALLAHATCHIE MS-
451 PM CST WED DEC 23 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST FOR NORTHWESTERN
MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3416 8993 3434 8972 3409 8972 3411 8992
TIME...MOT...LOC 2251Z 235DEG 53KT 3417 8985 

$$

MSC107-161-232315-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-151223T2315Z/
YALOBUSHA MS-PANOLA MS-
451 PM CST WED DEC 23 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CST FOR
NORTHWESTERN YALOBUSHA AND SOUTHEASTERN PANOLA COUNTIES...
        
AT 451 PM CST...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO WAS
LOCATED OVER GEORGE PAYNE STATE PARK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO. 

SOURCE...RADAR CONFIRMED TORNADO. 

IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS MAY 
         BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES 
         WILL BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO 
         HOMES...BUSINESSES AND VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE 
         DESTRUCTION IS POSSIBLE. 

THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTHWESTERN YALOBUSHA AND SOUTHEASTERN PANOLA COUNTIES...INCLUDING
THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SHUFORD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A LARGE...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY
TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...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.

A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE
IMMEDIATE TORNADO PRECAUTIONS. THIS IS AN EMERGENCY SITUATION.

&&

LAT...LON 3416 8993 3434 8972 3409 8972 3411 8992
TIME...MOT...LOC 2251Z 235DEG 53KT 3417 8985 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...1.75IN

$$
526 
WWUS54 KMEG 232314
SVSMEG

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
514 PM CST WED DEC 23 2015

MSC107-161-232324-
/O.EXP.KMEG.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-151223T2315Z/
YALOBUSHA MS-PANOLA MS-
514 PM CST WED DEC 23 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN YALOBUSHA AND SOUTHEASTERN
PANOLA COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 515 PM CST...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST FOR NORTHWESTERN
MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3416 8993 3434 8972 3409 8972 3411 8992
TIME...MOT...LOC 2312Z 233DEG 52KT 3417 8985 

$$
Permalink to 201512232234-KMEG-WFUS54-TORMEG
551 
WFUS54 KMEG 232234
TORMEG
MSC107-135-161-232315-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0020.151223T2234Z-151223T2315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
434 PM CST WED DEC 23 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN YALOBUSHA COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI...
  NORTHEASTERN TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI...
  SOUTHEASTERN PANOLA COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 515 PM CST
        
* AT 434 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS
  LOCATED NEAR CHARLESTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 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. 

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ENID AROUND 445 PM CST.
  GEORGE PAYNE STATE PARK AND POPE AROUND 450 PM CST.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE EUREKA
SPRINGS AND SHUFORD.

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 3407 9020 3407 9014 3412 9014 3434 8972
      3407 8972 3393 9010
TIME...MOT...LOC 2234Z 233DEG 52KT 3403 9011 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$
Permalink to 201512232251-KMEG-WWUS54-SVSMEG
155 
WWUS54 KMEG 232251
SVSMEG

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
451 PM CST WED DEC 23 2015

MSC135-232301-
/O.CAN.KMEG.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-151223T2315Z/
TALLAHATCHIE MS-
451 PM CST WED DEC 23 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST FOR NORTHWESTERN
MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3416 8993 3434 8972 3409 8972 3411 8992
TIME...MOT...LOC 2251Z 235DEG 53KT 3417 8985 

$$

MSC107-161-232315-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-151223T2315Z/
YALOBUSHA MS-PANOLA MS-
451 PM CST WED DEC 23 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CST FOR
NORTHWESTERN YALOBUSHA AND SOUTHEASTERN PANOLA COUNTIES...
        
AT 451 PM CST...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO WAS
LOCATED OVER GEORGE PAYNE STATE PARK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO. 

SOURCE...RADAR CONFIRMED TORNADO. 

IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS MAY 
         BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES 
         WILL BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO 
         HOMES...BUSINESSES AND VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE 
         DESTRUCTION IS POSSIBLE. 

THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTHWESTERN YALOBUSHA AND SOUTHEASTERN PANOLA COUNTIES...INCLUDING
THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SHUFORD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A LARGE...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY
TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...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.

A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE
IMMEDIATE TORNADO PRECAUTIONS. THIS IS AN EMERGENCY SITUATION.

&&

LAT...LON 3416 8993 3434 8972 3409 8972 3411 8992
TIME...MOT...LOC 2251Z 235DEG 53KT 3417 8985 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...1.75IN

$$
Permalink to 201512232314-KMEG-WWUS54-SVSMEG
526 
WWUS54 KMEG 232314
SVSMEG

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
514 PM CST WED DEC 23 2015

MSC107-161-232324-
/O.EXP.KMEG.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-151223T2315Z/
YALOBUSHA MS-PANOLA MS-
514 PM CST WED DEC 23 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN YALOBUSHA AND SOUTHEASTERN
PANOLA COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 515 PM CST...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST FOR NORTHWESTERN
MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3416 8993 3434 8972 3409 8972 3411 8992
TIME...MOT...LOC 2312Z 233DEG 52KT 3417 8985 

$$

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