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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 244, NWS Memphis, TN

October 24, 2001Prentiss County, Tishomingo County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 24, 2001, 7:28 PM CDT for Prentiss County, Tishomingo County, Mississippi. It was in force for 62 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Oct 24, 2001, 7:28 PM CDT (00:28 UTC)
Expired: Oct 24, 2001, 8:30 PM CDT
In force: 62 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Prentiss County, MS, Tishomingo County, MS

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Oct 24, 8:00 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Thrashers, MS	Several large tree limbs were blown down.

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 nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 144 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1596 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -115 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 107 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

533 
WUUS54 KMEG 250029
SVRMEM
MSC117-141-250130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
728 PM CDT WED OCT 24 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  PRENTISS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
  TISHOMINGO COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT.

* AT 727 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORMS FROM 5 MILES NORTH OF PINEFLAT TO 12 MILES WEST OF   
  JUMPERTOWN...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH.  THIS LINE HAS A HISTORY OF   
  PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS.

* CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM THROUGH 830 PM CDT INCLUDE...
  PINEFLAT...JUMPERTOWN...
  RIENZI...
  BURNSVILLE...
  THRASHERS...BOONEVILLE...
  WHEELER...IUKA...
  MIDAY...

.A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER...A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE
WARNING. PREPARE TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY.

.STAY TUNED TO THIS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROADCAST FOR THE LATEST
UPDATES AND INFORMATION.

LAT...LON 3503 8819 3501 8835 3477 8837 3474 8875
          3453 8869 3447 8855 3448 8816 3490 8812

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 Oct 24, 3:40 PM CDT, 3 hours 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 24, 3:40 PM CDT, 3 hours 48 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
340 PM CDT WED OCT 24 2001

THE STRONG COLD FRONT CURRENTLY APPROACHING OUR NW COUNTIES WILL
MOVE THROUGH THE ENTIRE CWA FROM NOW THROUGH LATE EVENING. A LINE OF
TSTMS WILL FOLLOW THE FRONT FROM W TO E THROUGH THE EVENING. EXPECT
AN ABRUPT DROP IN TEMPS BEHIND THE FRONT LATER TNT.

THE REST OF THE FCST PERIOD LOOKS DRY WITH COOLER THAN NORMAL TEMPS.

PRELIM VALUES
MEM 47/63/38/63 5000
MKL 44/60/33/60 8000
JBR 43/61/35/62 1000
TUP 49/65/36/62 5000

.MEG...WIND ADVISORY ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 24, 7:05 PM CDT, 23 minutes before

ARZ049-058-MSZ001>015-020>022-250300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
705 PM CDT WED OCT 24 2001

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 800 HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE FOR THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN EAST ARKANSAS...LEE AND PHILLIPS.

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 800 CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN NORTH MISSISSIPPI...DESOTO...TUNICA...COAHOMA...TATE...PANOLA...
QUITMAN...TALLAHATCHIE...MARSHALL...LAFAYETTE...YALOBUSHA...BENTON...
TIPPAH...ALCORN...TISHOMINGO...PRENTISS...UNION...PONTOTOC...CALHOUN.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER
DETAILS OR UPDATES.

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 24, 7:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Alcorn	42 min
Oct 24, 7:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lafayette	52 min
Oct 24, 7:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Lafayette	42 min
Oct 24, 7:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Pontotoc	62 min
Oct 24, 8:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lee	40 min
Oct 24, 8:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Itawamba, Monroe	40 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.