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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Memphis, TN

November 24, 2001Pontotoc County, Union County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 24, 2001, 7:23 AM CST for Pontotoc County, Union County, Mississippi. It was in force for 37 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: Nov 24, 2001, 7:23 AM CST (13:23 UTC)
Expired: Nov 24, 2001, 8:00 AM CST
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Pontotoc County, MS, Union County, MS

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Nov 24, 7:50 AM CST	Thunderstorm Wind	New Harmony, MS	A few power lines 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 watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Nov 24, 5:30 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 93 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: 1509 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -92 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 0 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.

000 
WUUS54 KMEG 241323
SVRMEM
MSC115-145-241400-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
723 AM CST SAT NOV 24 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  PONTOTOC COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
  UNION COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 800 AM CST.

* AT 720 AM CST...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM      
  OVER PINEDALE...MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM THROUGH 800 AM CST INCLUDE...
  ECRU...MYRTLE...
  NEW ALBANY...FURRS...
  NEW HARMONY...BLUE SPRINGS...
  KEOWNVILLE...

.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 3459 8923 3422 8927 3422 8882 3453 8879
          3463 8886

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 24, 2:43 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Coahoma, Quitman	47 min
Nov 24, 3:26 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Panola, Quitman, Tate	49 min
Nov 24, 3:49 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	DeSoto	41 min
Nov 24, 4:52 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	DeSoto	2 hr
Nov 24, 7:08 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Tippah	37 min
Nov 24, 7:45 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Tippah	30 min
Nov 24, 8:09 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Prentiss, Union	36 min
Nov 24, 8:19 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lee, Pontotoc	26 min
Nov 24, 8:43 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Alcorn, Tishomingo	32 min
Nov 24, 8:53 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Prentiss	37 min
Nov 24, 9:30 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Monroe	45 min
Nov 24, 9:46 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Itawamba	44 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.