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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Memphis, TN

May 30, 2004Prentiss County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 2004, 11:08 PM CDT for Prentiss County, Mississippi. It was in force for 37 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 30, 2004, 11:08 PM CDT (04:08 UTC)
Expired
May 30, 2004, 11:45 PM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Prentiss County, MS

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 30, 9:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr
May 30, 10:55 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 134 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 00:00Z on 2004-05-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3112 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 00:00Z on 2004-05-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 182 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
3112 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
741 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
182 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
177 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
3.7
Supercell composite
13.9

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KMEG 310408
SVRMEM
MSC117-310445-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1109 PM CDT SUN MAY 30 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  PRENTISS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT

* AT 1109 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORMS FROM 8 MILES NORTH OF THRASHERS TO 11 MILES WEST OF
  WHEELER...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM THROUGH 1145 PM CDT INCLUDE...
  BOONEVILLE...
  WHEELER...THRASHERS...
  MARIETTA...
  BURTON...

.DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. IF
YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...MOVE INDOORS.

.A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER...A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE
WARNING. PREPARE TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY.

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

LAT...LON 3452 8854 3452 8872 3473 8870 3474 8832
          3448 8832 3449 8852

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 30, 8:46 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGDeSoto29 min
May 30, 9:15 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGDeSoto, Marshall30 min
May 30, 9:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCoahoma25 min
May 30, 9:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGDeSoto, Tate28 min
May 30, 10:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLafayette, Panola43 min
May 30, 10:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMarshall51 min
May 30, 10:13 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGPanola32 min
May 30, 10:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGBenton31 min
May 30, 10:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGTallahatchie, Yalobusha43 min
May 30, 10:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGTippah, Union36 min
May 30, 10:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLafayette30 min
May 30, 10:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGAlcorn34 min
May 30, 11:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGTishomingo45 min
May 30, 11:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLee, Pontotoc23 min
May 30, 11:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGUnion22 min
May 30, 11:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCalhoun, Chickasaw35 min
May 30, 11:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGItawamba23 min
May 30, 11:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLee17 min
May 30, 11:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGChickasaw, Itawamba, Monroe49 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.