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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 223, NWS Memphis, TN

November 8, 2000Quitman County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 8, 2000, 5:43 PM CST for Quitman County, Mississippi. It was in force for 27 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
Nov 8, 2000, 5:43 PM CST (23:43 UTC)
Expired
Nov 8, 2000, 6:10 PM CST
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Quitman County, MS

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Nov 8, 3:00 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

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.

NWS Memphis, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Nov 8, 3:40 PM CST, 2 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 8, 3:40 PM CST, 2 hours 3 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Nov 8, 11:46 AM CST, 5 hours 57 minutes before
ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001>017-
020>024-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092-090000-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1146 AM CST WED NOV 8 2000

THIS OUTLOOK COVERS THE COUNTY WARNING AREA OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MEMPHIS TENNESSEE...INCLUDING WEST
TENNESSEE...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...EAST ARKANSAS AND THE MISSOURI
BOOTHEEL.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON
AND TONIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH MISSISSIPPI. THE AREA OF CONCERN IS
GENERALLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM CORINTH...TO OXFORD...TO CLARKSDALE...
INCLUDING THE CITY OF TUPELO.

IN ADDITION...HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY ACROSS THE ENTIRE MID-SOUTH
THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...INCLUDING WEST TENNESSEE...NORTH
MISSISSIPPI...EAST ARKANSAS...AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL.

A WARM FRONT WAS SITUATED FROM MIDDLE TENNESSEE ACROSS CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI THIS MORNING. THE FRONT WILL DRIFT NORTH AND WEST
THIS AFTERNOON AS LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPS ALONG THE TEXAS GULF
COAST AND MOVES NORTH ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TONIGHT. A LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP ACROSS NORTH MISSISSIPPI DURING THE
AFTERNOON OR EVENING...WITH SOME STORMS BECOMING SEVERE.

LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT WITH THESE STORMS...BUT WIND
DAMAGE IS ALSO POSSIBLE. THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR SEVERE WEATHER
IN NORTH MISSISSIPPI WILL BE DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING
HOURS.

THIS WEATHER SYSTEM ALSO HAS THE CAPABILITY OF PRODUCING 2 TO 3
INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA BY THURSDAY MORNING. DUE TO
THE PROLONGED DRY SPELL...WIDESPREAD FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED. THE
HEAVY RAIN COULD CAUSE SOME DRAINAGE PROBLEMS IN LOW-LYING AREAS...
AND CAUSE SOME TRAVEL PROBLEMS.

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL
IS POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...MAINLY IN NORTH
MISSISSIPPI.

MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO AND TV FOR THE LATEST
FORECASTS AND INFORMATION.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 8, 4:57 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLake33 min
Nov 8, 5:00 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGHardin30 min
Nov 8, 3:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLee, Prentiss31 min
Nov 8, 4:28 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGLee, Prentiss32 min
Nov 8, 4:46 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGAlcorn, Tishomingo29 min
Nov 8, 5:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLafayette, Marshall33 min
Nov 8, 4:22 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCraighead, Greene38 min
Nov 8, 4:37 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGClay, Greene23 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.