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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 187, NWS Memphis, TN

May 5, 1999Benton County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 5, 1999, 6:45 PM CDT for Benton County, Mississippi. It was in force for 50 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 5, 1999, 6:45 PM CDT (23:45 UTC)
Expired: May 5, 1999, 7:35 PM CDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Whole counties

County Benton County, MS

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:46 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
May 5, 5:00 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	4 hr

The text

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

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 5, 10:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Calhoun, Yalobusha	50 min
May 5, 5:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	DeSoto, Tunica	45 min
May 5, 5:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Tallahatchie	47 min
May 5, 5:53 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Panola, Tallahatchie	32 min
May 5, 6:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	DeSoto	33 min
May 5, 6:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Yalobusha	35 min
May 5, 6:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Lafayette	32 min
May 5, 6:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Marshall	36 min
May 5, 6:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lafayette	46 min
May 5, 12:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Shelby	43 min
May 5, 1:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Fayette	51 min
May 5, 1:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Hardeman	38 min
May 5, 3:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Shelby	48 min
May 5, 3:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Dyer, Lauderdale	48 min
May 5, 4:17 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Shelby	33 min
May 5, 4:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Haywood, Tipton	47 min
May 5, 5:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Crockett, Gibson	33 min
May 5, 5:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Crockett, Haywood	34 min
May 5, 5:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Madison	21 min
May 5, 5:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Shelby	47 min
May 5, 6:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Carroll, Gibson	50 min
May 5, 6:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Fayette	50 min
May 5, 6:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Shelby, Tipton	34 min
May 5, 6:54 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Hardeman, Madison	36 min
May 4, 7:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lawrence	35 min
May 4, 7:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Crittenden	31 min
May 5, 2:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Cross	31 min
May 5, 2:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Craighead, Poinsett	49 min
May 5, 3:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Mississippi	48 min
May 5, 3:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	St. Francis	48 min
May 5, 5:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Phillips	51 min
May 5, 5:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lee	49 min
May 5, 6:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Crittenden	31 min

Nearby

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.