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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 155, NWS Memphis, TN

May 28, 1996Lee County, Prentiss County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 1996, 2:04 AM CDT for Lee County, Prentiss County, Mississippi. It was in force for 26 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: May 28, 1996, 2:04 AM CDT (07:04 UTC)
Expired: May 28, 1996, 2:30 AM CDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Whole counties

Counties Lee County, MS, Prentiss County, MS

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:03 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
May 28, 2:10 AM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Booneville, MS

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 28, 1:12 AM CDT, 52 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 27, 7:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Pontotoc	39 min
May 27, 7:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Lee	36 min
May 27, 8:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Itawamba	52 min
May 27, 8:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Benton, Tippah	44 min
May 27, 10:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	DeSoto	34 min
May 28, 12:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Itawamba	35 min
May 28, 12:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	DeSoto, Tate	50 min
May 28, 1:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Tippah, Union	27 min
May 28, 4:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Coahoma	40 min
May 28, 5:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Tallahatchie	40 min
May 27, 9:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Shelby	38 min
May 27, 9:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Fayette	38 min
May 27, 10:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Hardeman	25 min
May 27, 10:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chester, Madison	38 min
May 28, 4:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Madison	46 min
May 28, 4:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Haywood	33 min
May 28, 5:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Carroll	36 min
May 28, 5:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Madison	31 min
May 28, 5:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Henry	32 min
May 28, 5:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Haywood	33 min
May 28, 5:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Fayette	48 min
May 28, 6:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chester	28 min
May 28, 6:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Hardeman, McNairy	44 min
May 28, 6:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Fayette	35 min
May 28, 6:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Hardin	36 min
May 27, 8:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Cross, St. Francis	62 min
May 27, 9:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Crittenden	33 min
May 27, 10:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lee	46 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 1996 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.