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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 267, NWS Memphis, TN

November 27, 2001Prentiss County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 27, 2001, 3:57 AM CST for Prentiss County, Mississippi. It was in force for 33 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 27, 2001, 3:57 AM CST (09:57 UTC)
Expired
Nov 27, 2001, 4:30 AM CST
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Prentiss County, MS

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Nov 26, 11:00 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 133 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 2001-11-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 617 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 2001-11-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 132 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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The text

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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 27, 3:20 AM CST, 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 27, 3:20 AM CST, 37 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Nov 26, 10:26 PM CST, 5 hours 31 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, 4 hours 22 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, 4 hours 12 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.
Special weather statement, Nov 27, 1:06 AM CST, 2 hours 51 minutes before
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Local storm report, Nov 27, 1:32 AM CST, 2 hours 25 minutes before
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Local storm report, Nov 27, 3:01 AM CST, 56 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 26, 10:17 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGDeSoto, Tate43 min
Nov 26, 10:26 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGDeSoto34 min
Nov 26, 10:39 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMarshall51 min
Nov 27, 12:21 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLafayette, Panola39 min
Nov 27, 12:33 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGBenton42 min
Nov 27, 12:54 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGTippah36 min
Nov 26, 9:11 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningMEGTipton2 hr
Nov 26, 11:09 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGHenry51 min
Nov 26, 11:38 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHardeman, Haywood, Madison52 min
Nov 27, 12:13 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGChester, McNairy47 min
Nov 27, 12:17 AM CSTTornado WarningMEGMadison23 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.