Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2004
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 331, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 12, 2004, 5:56 PM CDT for Pontotoc County, Mississippi. It was in force for 34 min. 7 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 12, 2004, 5:56 PM CDT (22:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 12, 2004, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Pontotoc County, MS
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 12, 6:00 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | 9 Ne Pontotoc, MS | SLIGHTLY SMALLER THAN GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED ON HWY 9 BETWEEN PONTOTOC AND SHERMAN |
| Sep 12, 6:00 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | 9 Ne Pontotoc, MS | SLIGHTLY SMALLER THAN GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED ON HWY 9 BETWEEN PONTOTOC AND SHERMAN |
| Sep 12, 6:00 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | 9 Ne Pontotoc, MS | SLIGHTLY SMALLER THAN GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED ON HWY 9 BETWEEN PONTOTOC AND SHERMAN |
| Sep 12, 6:00 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | 9 Ne Pontotoc, MS | SLIGHTLY SMALLER THAN GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED ON HWY 9 BETWEEN PONTOTOC AND SHERMAN |
| Sep 12, 6:00 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | 9 Ne Pontotoc, MS | SLIGHTLY SMALLER THAN GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED ON HWY 9 BETWEEN PONTOTOC AND SHERMAN |
| Sep 12, 6:00 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | 9 Ne Pontotoc, MS | SLIGHTLY SMALLER THAN GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED ON HWY 9 BETWEEN PONTOTOC AND SHERMAN |
| Sep 12, 6:00 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | 9 Ne Pontotoc, MS | SLIGHTLY SMALLER THAN GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED ON HWY 9 BETWEEN PONTOTOC AND SHERMAN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 107 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
- 1709 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KMEG 122256 SVRMEM MSC115-122330- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 556 PM CDT SUN SEP 12 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... PONTOTOC COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI * UNTIL 630 PM CDT * AT 556 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER SHERMAN...NEARLY STATIONARY. * CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM THROUGH 630 PM CDT INCLUDE... SHERMAN... .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 3435 8910 3414 8912 3412 8884 3436 8884 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 12, 2:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tippah | 30 min |
| Sep 12, 4:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lafayette | 28 min |
| Sep 12, 4:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tishomingo | 26 min |
| Sep 12, 4:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Union | 37 min |
| Sep 12, 4:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Marshall | 2 hr |
| Sep 12, 5:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Union | 34 min |
| Sep 12, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Pontotoc | 26 min |
| Sep 12, 5:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Union | 3 hr |
| Sep 12, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Union | 33 min |
| Sep 12, 6:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lee | 24 min |
| Sep 12, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lee, Pontotoc | 32 min |
| Sep 12, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chickasaw | 35 min |
| Sep 12, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lee | 32 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 2004Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2004
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.