Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 21, 2001, 10:03 PM CST for Itawamba County, Lee 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
- Feb 21, 2001, 10:03 PM CST (04:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 21, 2001, 10:40 PM CST
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Itawamba County, MS, Lee County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 21, 10:35 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Evergreen, MS | Numerous trees and 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 nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 139 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 587 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 74 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 342 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 462 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KMEG 220404 SVRMEM MSC057-081-220440- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1003 PM CST WED FEB 21 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... ITAWAMBA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI LEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI * UNTIL 1040 PM CST * AT 959 PM CST...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES WEST OF VERONA...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. * CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM THROUGH 1030 PM CST INCLUDE... SHANNON...TUPELO... PLANTERSVILLE... FAIRVIEW...FULTON... .DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. SEEK SHELTER IN AB STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. .STAY TUNED TO THIS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROADCAST FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND INFORMATION. LAT...LON 3434 8883 3408 8883 3410 8827 3442 8827
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 Feb 21, 7:10 PM CST, 2 hours 53 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 21, 7:10 PM CST, 2 hours 53 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 710 PM CST WED FEB 21 2001 ZONE FORECAST PACKAGE NEEDED MINOR UPDATING TO REMOVE THE TERM DEVELOPING SINCE RAIN HAS DEVELOPED SOMEWHERE5 IN ALL ZONE GROUPS. .MEG...NONE.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 21, 9:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lafayette, Pontotoc | 25 min |
| Feb 21, 10:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba | 31 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.