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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 115, NWS Memphis, TN

May 2, 2003Itawamba County, Monroe County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 2, 2003, 1:57 PM CDT for Itawamba County, Monroe 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 outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 2, 2003, 1:57 PM CDT (18:57 UTC)
Expired: May 2, 2003, 2:30 PM CDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Itawamba County, MS, Monroe County, MS

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 2, 1:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 154 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: 134 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -350 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1399 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 248 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

143 
WUUS54 KMEG 021857
SVRMEM
MSC057-095-021930-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
155 PM CDT FRI MAY 2 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  ITAWAMBA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
  MONROE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 230 PM CDT.

* AT 154 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7
  MILES SOUTHEAST OF NEW SALEM...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM THROUGH 230 PM CDT INCLUDE...
  TURON
  RIGGINS

.STAY TUNED TO THIS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROADCAST FOR THE LATEST
UPDATES AND INFORMATION. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY...CALL 1 800 4
3 2 0 8 7 5.

LAT...LON 3417 8836 3400 8839 3386 8763 3410 8758

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 May 2, 9:34 AM CDT, 4 hours 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 2, 9:34 AM CDT, 4 hours 23 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
934 AM CDT FRI MAY 2 2003

BRIEF SEVERE WEATHER EPISODE NOW WELL EAST OF FORECAST AREA THIS
MORNING LEAVING PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES FOR NOW. BRACING FOR
NEXT ROUND OF SEVERE WEATHER AS FRONTAL BOUNDARY SLOWLY APPROACHES
FROM THE NORTH. CURRENT FORECAST APPEARS TO BE IN GOOD SHAPE SO NO
CHANGES ARE PLANNED AT THIS TIME.

.MEG...NONE.

Hazardous weather outlook, May 2, 3:17 AM CDT, 10 hours 40 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>092-030900-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
317 AM CDT FRI MAY 2 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTH
MISSISSIPPI...WEST TENNESSEE AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL.

.DAY ONE...TODAY

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE MID SOUTH TODAY AS A
COLD FRONT MOVES SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE AREA. SOME STORMS MAY BE
SEVERE ACROSS NORTH MISSISSIPPI THIS AFTERNOON WITH ISOLATED SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST ARKANSAS
AND OVER SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON.

JCL

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 2, 8:21 AM CDT, 5 hours 36 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
821 AM CDT FRI MAY 02 2003

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0710 AM    DUKEDOM                   TN   0.88 INCH HAIL
05/02/03   WEAKLEY                        REPORTED BY DUKEDOM POST
                                          OFFICE.

0750 AM    PURYEAR                   TN   1.00 INCH HAIL
05/02/03   HENRY                          NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZE
                                          HAIL.

0800 AM    BUCHANAN                  TN   0.88 INCH HAIL
05/02/03   HENRY

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.