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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Memphis, TN

March 13, 2003Coahoma County, Quitman County, Tallahatchie County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 13, 2003, 8:21 AM CST for Coahoma County, Quitman County, Tallahatchie County, Mississippi. It was in force for 39 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
Mar 13, 2003, 8:21 AM CST (14:21 UTC)
Expired
Mar 13, 2003, 9:00 AM CST
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Coahoma County, MS, Quitman County, MS, Tallahatchie County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 89 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 12:00Z on 2003-03-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1365 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 12:00Z on 2003-03-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 38 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1365 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-44 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
688 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
46 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

526 
WUUS54 KMEG 131421
SVRMEM
MSC027-119-135-131500-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
821 AM CST THU MAR 13 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  COAHOMA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
  QUITMAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
  TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 900 AM CST.

* AT 815 AM CST...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER
  SHERARD...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM THROUGH 900 AM CST INCLUDE...
  LYON...CLARKSDALE...
  JONESTOWN...
  BELEN...DENTON...
  MARKS...LAMBERT...
  DARLING...

.IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG
BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.

.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 3426 9079 3403 9070 3398 9013 3438 9021

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 13, 8:56 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGPanola, Tallahatchie, Yalobusha49 min
Mar 13, 9:39 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCalhoun36 min
Mar 13, 11:01 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMonroe44 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.