Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 265, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 27, 2001, 12:33 AM CST for Benton County, Mississippi. It was in force for 42 min. No storm report in the archive falls 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.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 27, 2001, 12:33 AM CST (06:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 27, 2001, 1:15 AM CST
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Benton County, MS
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 26, 11:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 69 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 617 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 462 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 70 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 132 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 189 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 2.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WUUS54 KMEG 270633
SVRMEM
MSC009-270715-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1233 AM CST TUE NOV 27 2001
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
BENTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
* UNTIL 115 AM CST.
* AT 1231 AM CST...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7
MILES SOUTHWEST OF ASHLAND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM THROUGH 115 AM CST INCLUDE...
ASHLAND...GRAVESTOWN...
CANAAN...
.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 3483 8933 3466 8929 3463 8910 3492 8901
3503 8913What 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 26, 8:35 PM CST, 3 hours 58 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 26, 8:35 PM CST, 3 hours 58 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 835 PM CST MON NOV 26 2001 COLD FRONT EXTENDED FROM SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA SOUTH THROUGH MISSOURI INTO NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF THE WESTERN HALF OF FORECAST AREA. HAVE UPDATED FORECAST A COUPLE OF TIMES ALREADY TO HANDLE TORNADO WATCHES. NO OTHER CHANGES ARE NEEDED TO FORECAST AT THIS TIME. .MEG...NONE.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Nov 26, 8:56 PM CST, 3 hours 37 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>092-270330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 856 PM CST MON NOV 26 2001 ...TORNADO WATCH CANCELLED FOR PARTS OF NORTHEAST ARKANSAS... THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHEAST ARKANSAS. TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 827 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR RANDOLPH AND LAWRENCE COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST ARKANSAS. TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 827 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES. IN ARKANSAS...CLAY...GREENE...CRAIGHEAD...MISSISSIPPI...POINSETT... CROSS...CRITTENDEN...ST. FRANCIS AND LEE. IN MISSOURI...DUNKLIN AND PEMISCOT IN TENNESSEE...LAKE...OBION...WEAKLEY...HENRY...DYER...GIBSON... CARROLL...LAUDERDALE...CROCKETT...TIPTON...HAYWOOD...MADISON... HENDERSON...DECATUR...SHELBY...FAYETTE...HARDEMAN...CHESTER... MCNAIRY AND HARDIN. IN MISSISSIPPI...DESOTO...MARSHALL...BENTON...TIPPAH...ALCORN... PRENTISS...TISHOMINGO...TUNICA...TATE AND UNION.
Special weather statement, Nov 26, 10:26 PM CST, 2 hours 7 minutes before
ARZ009-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001>017-020>024- TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092-270500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1026 PM CST MON NOV 26 2001 ...TORNADO WATCH CANCELLED FOR NORTHEAST ARKANSAS AND MISSOURI BOOTHEEL... THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED ACROSS NORTHEAST ARKANSAS AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL. TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 827 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES. IN ARKANSAS...CLAY...GREENE...CRAIGHEAD...MISSISSIPPI...POINSETT... CROSS...CRITTENDEN...ST. FRANCIS AND LEE. IN MISSOURI...DUNKLIN AND PEMISCOT. TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 827 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES. IN TENNESSEE...LAKE...OBION...WEAKLEY...HENRY...DYER...GIBSON... CARROLL...LAUDERDALE...CROCKETT...TIPTON...HAYWOOD...MADISON... HENDERSON...DECATUR...SHELBY...FAYETTE...HARDEMAN...CHESTER... MCNAIRY AND HARDIN. IN MISSISSIPPI...DESOTO...MARSHALL...BENTON...TIPPAH...ALCORN... PRENTISS...TISHOMINGO...TUNICA...TATE AND UNION.
Local storm report, Nov 26, 11:35 PM CST, 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1135 PM CST MON NOV 26 2001
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1030 PM CEDARVIEW MS WIND DAMAGE
11/26/01 DESOTO ONE HOME DAMAGED.
NUMEROUS TREES DOWN.
1129 PM SPRINGVILLE TN TORNADO
11/26/01 HENRY TWO HOMES DESTROYED.
REPORTED BY HENRY COUNTY
S.O.Local storm report, Nov 26, 11:45 PM CST, 48 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1145 PM CST MON NOV 26 2001
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1030 PM CEDARVIEW MS WIND DAMAGE
11/26/01 DESOTO ONE HOME DAMAGED.
NUMEROUS TREES DOWN.
1120 PM HOLLY SPRING MS WIND DAMAGE
11/26/01 MARSHALL TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWN. REPORTED BY HOLLY
SPRINGS P.D.
1129 PM SPRINGVILLE TN TORNADO
11/26/01 HENRY TWO HOMES DESTROYED.
REPORTED BY HENRY COUNTY
S.O.The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 26, 10:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Tate | 43 min |
| Nov 26, 10:26 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | DeSoto | 34 min |
| Nov 26, 10:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Marshall | 51 min |
| Nov 27, 12:21 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lafayette, Panola | 39 min |
| Nov 27, 12:54 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tippah | 36 min |
| Nov 27, 3:57 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Prentiss | 33 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 2001Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2001
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.