Find VTEC Product:

IEM VTEC Product Browser

This application allows easy navigation of National Weather Service issued products with Valid Time Event Coding (VTEC).

13 Nov 2024 Update: The tool was updated to use non-hash link style URLs. A shim is in place to translate the old URLs to the new ones, so nothing should be broken (famous last words). This was done to allow the HTML5 History API to provide a better user experience.

Tab Functionality:
Above this section, you will notice six selectable tabs. Click on the tab to show the information.

  • Help: This page!
  • Event Info: Details of the selected event.
  • Text Data: The raw text product for this event.
  • Interactive Map: An interactive map showing the event and RADAR.
  • Storm Reports: Local Storm Reports.
  • List Events: List all events of the given phenomena, significance, year, and issuing office.

Web Services Used:
This application is fully driven by IEM web services.

2015 [KMEG] MEMPHIS Tornado (TO) Warning (W) Number 13

Listing of Counties/Parishes/Zones Included in Product

RADAR Composite at Issuance Time

Storm Based Warning History

941 
WFUS54 KMEG 232113
TORMEG
MSC027-119-232200-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0013.151223T2113Z-151223T2200Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL QUITMAN COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI...
  SOUTHEASTERN COAHOMA COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 400 PM CST

* AT 313 PM CST...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO
  WAS LOCATED NEAR CLARKSDALE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

  THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. 

  HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO. 

  SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS 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. 

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  LAMBERT AND BELEN AROUND 325 PM CST.
  MARKS AROUND 330 PM CST.
  DARLING AROUND 335 PM CST.
  SLEDGE AROUND 340 PM CST.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
RIVERVIEW...FALCON...HINCHCLIFF...WEST MARKS...SABINO...ESSEX...
HOPSON...LYON...LURAND AND BARKSDALE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3419 9060 3442 9032 3442 9030 3444 9030
      3451 9021 3446 9020 3430 9019 3428 9015
      3426 9015 3408 9051
TIME...MOT...LOC 2113Z 234DEG 48KT 3417 9049 

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

$$
644 
WWUS54 KMEG 232126
SVSMEG

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

MSC027-232135-
/O.CAN.KMEG.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-151223T2200Z/
COAHOMA MS-
326 PM CST WED DEC 23 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COAHOMA 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 3423 9044 3426 9042 3426 9040 3430 9040
      3442 9032 3442 9030 3444 9030 3451 9021
      3446 9020 3430 9019 3428 9015 3426 9015
      3423 9020 3418 9036
TIME...MOT...LOC 2125Z 233DEG 51KT 3426 9035 

$$

MSC119-232200-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-151223T2200Z/
QUITMAN MS-
326 PM CST WED DEC 23 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CST FOR CENTRAL
QUITMAN COUNTY...
    
AT 325 PM CST...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO WAS
LOCATED OVER BELEN...OR 13 MILES EAST OF CLARKSDALE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO. 

SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS 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. 

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  DARLING AROUND 335 PM CST.
  SLEDGE AROUND 340 PM CST.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
RIVERVIEW...FALCON...HINCHCLIFF...WEST MARKS...BARKSDALE AND ESSEX.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3423 9044 3426 9042 3426 9040 3430 9040
      3442 9032 3442 9030 3444 9030 3451 9021
      3446 9020 3430 9019 3428 9015 3426 9015
      3423 9020 3418 9036
TIME...MOT...LOC 2125Z 233DEG 51KT 3426 9035 

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

$$
Permalink to 201512232113-KMEG-WFUS54-TORMEG
941 
WFUS54 KMEG 232113
TORMEG
MSC027-119-232200-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0013.151223T2113Z-151223T2200Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL QUITMAN COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI...
  SOUTHEASTERN COAHOMA COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 400 PM CST

* AT 313 PM CST...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO
  WAS LOCATED NEAR CLARKSDALE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

  THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. 

  HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO. 

  SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS 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. 

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  LAMBERT AND BELEN AROUND 325 PM CST.
  MARKS AROUND 330 PM CST.
  DARLING AROUND 335 PM CST.
  SLEDGE AROUND 340 PM CST.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
RIVERVIEW...FALCON...HINCHCLIFF...WEST MARKS...SABINO...ESSEX...
HOPSON...LYON...LURAND AND BARKSDALE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3419 9060 3442 9032 3442 9030 3444 9030
      3451 9021 3446 9020 3430 9019 3428 9015
      3426 9015 3408 9051
TIME...MOT...LOC 2113Z 234DEG 48KT 3417 9049 

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

$$
Permalink to 201512232126-KMEG-WWUS54-SVSMEG
644 
WWUS54 KMEG 232126
SVSMEG

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

MSC027-232135-
/O.CAN.KMEG.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-151223T2200Z/
COAHOMA MS-
326 PM CST WED DEC 23 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COAHOMA 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 3423 9044 3426 9042 3426 9040 3430 9040
      3442 9032 3442 9030 3444 9030 3451 9021
      3446 9020 3430 9019 3428 9015 3426 9015
      3423 9020 3418 9036
TIME...MOT...LOC 2125Z 233DEG 51KT 3426 9035 

$$

MSC119-232200-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-151223T2200Z/
QUITMAN MS-
326 PM CST WED DEC 23 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CST FOR CENTRAL
QUITMAN COUNTY...
    
AT 325 PM CST...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO WAS
LOCATED OVER BELEN...OR 13 MILES EAST OF CLARKSDALE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO. 

SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS 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. 

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  DARLING AROUND 335 PM CST.
  SLEDGE AROUND 340 PM CST.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
RIVERVIEW...FALCON...HINCHCLIFF...WEST MARKS...BARKSDALE AND ESSEX.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3423 9044 3426 9042 3426 9040 3430 9040
      3442 9032 3442 9030 3444 9030 3451 9021
      3446 9020 3430 9019 3428 9015 3426 9015
      3423 9020 3418 9036
TIME...MOT...LOC 2125Z 233DEG 51KT 3426 9035 

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

$$

All Storm Reports within Event Political Coverage

Storm Reports within Product Polygon

This table lists other events issued by the selected office for the selected year. Click on the row to select that event.