Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 443, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 6, 2003, 7:34 AM CDT for Union County, Mississippi. It was in force for 26 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
- Aug 6, 2003, 7:34 AM CDT (12:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2003, 8:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Union 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 nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 104 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
- 1204 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -124 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1200 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 6.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS54 KMEG 061234
SVRMEM
MSC145-061300-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
734 AM CDT WED AUG 6 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
UNION COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
* UNTIL 800 AM CDT.
* AT 729 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER
NEW HARMONY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.
* CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM THROUGH 800 AM CDT INCLUDE...
BLUE SPRINGS...NEW HARMONY...
.QUARTER SIZE HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE
PATH OF THIS STORM...MOVE TO A STURDY SHELTER
.DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. IF
YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...MOVE INDOORS.
.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 3456 8885 3448 8905 3440 8904 3437 8886
3439 8877
$$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 Aug 6, 2:25 AM CDT, 5 hours 9 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 6, 2:25 AM CDT, 5 hours 9 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 225 AM CDT WED AUG 6 2003 THE AMPLIFIED UPPER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS WITH A TROF IN THE EAST AND A RIDGE OVER THE ROCKYS AND CENTRAL PLAINS. AT THE SURFACE A WEAK COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM SOUTHERN ILLINOIS ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS TO NORTH TEXAS WILL MOVE SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE MID SOUTH TODAY AND CONTINUE TOWARD THE GULF COAST TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. THE RESULT WILL BE CONTINUED WARM HUMID WEATHER WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL SPREAD DRIER AIR INTO THE REGION THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH THE WEEKEND. .MEG...NONE.
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 6, 3:43 AM CDT, 3 hours 51 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>092-070930- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 343 AM CDT WED AUG 6 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...WEST TENNESSEE AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER OVER SOUTHWEST PARTS OF THE MID SOUTH. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT. SOME STORMS MAY BE SEVERE OVER EAST CENTRAL ARKANSAS... NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...AND THE SOUTHWEST CONER OF WEST TENNESSEE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TODAY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/MEG. JCL
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 6, 6:16 AM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
MSZ002>006-009-014-TNZ049-050-052>054-088>092-061200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 616 AM CDT WED AUG 6 2003 THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR...ALCORN...BENTON... CHESTER...FAYETTE...HARDEMAN...HARDIN...HAYWOOD...HENDERSON... MADISON...MARSHALL...MCNAIRY...PRENTISS...SHELBY...TIPPAH...TIPTON... TISHOMINGO AND UNION COUNTIES. AT 614 AM AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF JACKSON TO 4 MILES SOUTH OF KEOWNVILLE AND EXTENDING WESTWARD TO NEAR MILLINGTON...HOLLY SPRINGS AND NEW ALBANY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. EXPECT GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL...AND HEAVY RAINS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF OVER TWO INCHES IN AN HOUR OR LESS COULD CAUSE FLOODING OF ROADS AND LOW SPOTS. THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE. HOWEVER FLOOD WARNINGS MAY BE NEEDED FOR AREAS THAT RECEIVE HEAVY RAINS IN ADDITION TO EARLIER HEAVY RAINFALL. PEOPLE IN ALCORN...BENTON...CHESTER...FAYETTE...HARDEMAN...HARDIN... HAYWOOD...HENDERSON...MADISON...MARSHALL...MCNAIRY...PRENTISS... SHELBY...TIPPAH...TIPTON...TISHOMINGO AND UNION COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BOLIVAR...BOONEVILLE...BROWNSVILLE...CORINTH... COVINGTON...HENDERSON...HOLLY SPRINGS...IUKA...JACKSON...LEXINGTON... NEW ALBANY...RIPLEY AND SELMER...SHOULD MONITOR THESE STORMS CLOSELY. JCL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 6:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Alcorn | 2 hr |
| Aug 6, 6:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Prentiss, Tippah | 32 min |
| Aug 6, 8:12 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Union | 2 hr |
| Aug 6, 8:36 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Lee | 114 min |
| Aug 6, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tate | 37 min |
| Aug 6, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Prentiss | 34 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 2003Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2003
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.