Severe Thunderstorm Warning 271, NWS Memphis, TN

Issued

Nov 28, 2001, 11:56 PM CST (05:56 UTC)

Expired

Nov 29, 2001, 12:45 AM CST

In force

49 min

Issued by

NWS Memphis, TN

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Calhoun County, MS, Lafayette County, MS, Panola County, MS, Yalobusha County, MS

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WUUS54 KMEG 290558
SVRMEM
MSC013-071-107-161-290645-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1156 PM CST WED NOV 28 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CALHOUN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
  LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
  PANOLA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
  YALOBUSHA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 1245 AM CST.

* AT 1153 PM CST...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE          
  THUNDERSTORMS FROM JUST NORTH OF BATESVILLE TO SOUTH OF   
  COFFEEVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. WINDS NEAR 50 MPH
  WERE REPORTED BY A SPOTTER NEAR POPE WITH PASSAGE OF THESE
  STORMS.
 
* CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM THROUGH 1245 AM CST INCLUDE...
  VELMA...
  SARDIS...WATER VALLEY...
  SPRINGDALE...
  TAYLOR...PITTSBORO...
  GLENVILLE...OXFORD...
  HARMONTOWN...TULA...

.DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. SEEK
SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

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

LAT...LON 3438 9011 3386 8958 3385 8928 3406 8913
          3456 8943 3453 8987

NWS Memphis, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Nov 28, 1:56 PM CST, 10 hours earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
156 PM CST WED NOV 28 2001

STATIONARY FRONT ALONG ROUGHLY A NE/SW LINE THRU TUP THIS AFTN. KNQA
SHOWS A LARGE AREA OF MDT-HVY PRECIP POISED TO MOVE INTO WRN PART OF
THE CWFA OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. SFC BOUNDARY WL MOVE SLIGHTLY
NWWD OVRNGT AS UPR TROF BEGINS TO MOVE OUT OF TX. STRONG OVERRUNNING
WL CONT ACRS THE BOUNDARY OVRNGT WL RESULT IN RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES
FOR THE ENTIRE CWFA. MAY BE SOME TSTMS S OF THE BNDRY IN THE WARM
SECTOR. N OF THE BNDRY SOME ELEVATED TSTMS POSSIBLE ALSO. TEMPS WL
BE TRICKY OVRNGT AS FNT DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH FRONT MOVES TO THE NW.

VIGOROUS UPR TROF MOVES OUT OF THE TX TH AFTN...BECOMING NEGATIVELY
TITLED. LOW WL STRENGTHEN AND MOVE ACRS NE MS AND ALONG THE TN RIVER
IN THE AFTN. TREMENDOUS UVV ASSOCD WITH SYSTEM THANKS TO AN ENORMOUS
AMOUNT OF PVA. EXPECT RAIN...OCCASIONALLY HEAVY THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE WEATHER WL BE ON THE WARM SIDE OF THE BNDRY
MAINLY ACRS NE MS THU AFTN. MANY FACTORS COME TOGETHER FOR NE MS WITH
MODERATE INSTABILITY...STRONG LOW LEVEL SHEAR AND STRONG LOW LEVEL
CONVERGENCE IN PLACE IN THE AFTERNOON. WL MENTION THE POSSIBILITY OF
SEVERE STORMS IN ZONES.

TROF MOVES QUICKLY NEWD ON THU NIGHT AND PRECIP WL END BY MIDNIGHT.
SKIES WL REMAIN CLOUDY WITH PLENTY OF LEFT OVER LOW LEVEL MOISTURE
AROUND.

DRY SW FLOW ON FRI. A SHORTWAVE PASSES TO THE N ON SATURDAY AND
MAY RESULT IN A LITTLE MORE CLOUDINESS. SUN-TUE LOOKS DRY WITH FAST
ZONAL FLOW. CHC OF RAIN WED AS SFC HI MOVES OFF THE SE COAST AND
SOME OVERRUNNING DEVELOPS.

.MEG...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THURSDAY ENTIRE CWFA.
SJM

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