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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 108, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 2005, 4:52 PM CDT for Itawamba County, Mississippi. It was in force for 23 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 19, 2005, 4:52 PM CDT (21:52 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 2005, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Itawamba County, MS
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 261 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
- 194 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -113 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1341 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 19, 2:50 PM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 19, 2:50 PM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 250 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2005 .DISCUSSION... A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS OVER WISCONSIN AT THIS TIME. AN UPPER RIDGE IS BUILDING OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF THE U.S. WHILE A CUT OFF LOW IS ANCHORED OFF OF THE NEW ENGLAND COAST. A STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDS SOUTHWARD FROM THE UPPER MIDWEST LOW TO NEAR KANSAS CITY AND THEN SOUTHWESTWARD THROUGH THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES. AN UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE AHEAD OF THE SURFACE FRONT IS MOVING THROUGH NORTHEAST ARKANSAS AT THIS TIME. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED AHEAD OF THIS SHORTWAVE IN THE AFTERNOON INSTABILITY. THERE REMAINS A SLIGHT RISK OVER MUCH OF SEVERE WEATHER INTO THIS EVENING BECAUSE OF THE ONGOING CONVECTION. LARGE HAIL AND LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE. THERE MAY BE A SECOND THREAT OVERNIGHT. AT LAST MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT. THE TRACK OF THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL DIVE SOUTHEASTWARD THROUGH ILLINOIS...MIDDLE KY AND WESTERN HALF OF TN. THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL DRAG A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE AREA LATE TONIGHT AND DURING THE DAY ON FRIDAY. INSTABILITY AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL REMAIN HIGH WITH LIS AROUND -6 AND CAPE GREATER THAN 2000 J/KG. EXPECT AT THE VERY LEAST FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT OVER SOUTHEASTERN MO...POSSIBLY EVOLVING INTO AN MCS. THE BETTER CHANCES FOR RAIN WILL BE OVER W TN AND CLOSER TO THE TN RIVER WHERE DYNAMICS WITH RESPECT TO THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ARE BETTER. SEVERE THREAT STILL LOOKS LIKE LARGE HAIL AND LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS. EXPECT THE FRONT TO BE ENTERING NORTH MS BY TOMORROW AFTERNOON. SO RAIN CHANCES ACROSS WEST TN...NORTHEAST ARKANSAS AND THE BOOTHEEL SHOULD BE MAINLY IN THE MORNING. THE SEVERE THREAT WILL REMAIN THE SAME AND MOVE WITH THE FRONT. WITH THE TRACK MOVING FURTHER EAST...THE COOLER AIR SHOULD STAY EAST OF THE REGION. 850 TEMPS WILL ONLY SLIP A FEW DEGREES SO SURFACE HIGHS WILL STILL BE IN THE LOW TO MID 80S FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. INTERESTING PATTERN SETTING UP ON SUNDAY AND GOING INTO NEXT WEEK. ANOTHER SYSTEM WILL MOVE OVER THE TOP OF THE RIDGE AND HEAD TOWARDS THE NORTHEASTERN US. THIS WILL DRAG A COLD FRONT THROUGH ON SUNDAY. THE UPWARD VERTICAL MOTION AND DEPTH OF MOISTURE WITH THE FRONT ARE REALLY MARGINAL SO HAVE LEFT RAIN CHANCES OUT FOR NOW. THE GFS FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF RUNS...SUPPORTED BY THE EUROPEAN...SHOWS THIS SYSTEM MERGING WITH THE CUT OFF LOW OVER NEW ENGLAND. THE RESULT IS A LARGE UPPER TROUGH OVER THE EASTERN THIRD OF THE US. AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW...LOOKS LIKE WE WILL REMAIN ON THE VERY WESTERN PERIPHERY OF THIS TROUGH. MAY NEED TO BEGIN TO TREND TEMPS DOWN INTO THE 70S FOR HIGHS FOR NEXT WEEK IF THIS SOLUTION CONTINUES TO HOLD. THE GFS SHOWS A SHORTWAVE ARRIVING NEXT THURSDAY RESULTING IN A CHANCE FOR RAIN. ALTHOUGH...THE SYSTEM LOOKS RATHER WEAK AND AM NOT VERY CONFIDENT IN THIS SOLUTION THIS FAR OUT. && .MEG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. MO...NONE. MS...NONE. TN...NONE. && VALLE
Hazardous weather outlook, May 19, 12:44 PM CDT, 4 hours 8 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1244 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2005 ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001>017- 020>024-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092-201100- ALCORN-BENTON-CALHOUN-CARROLL-CHESTER-CHICKASAW-CLAY-COAHOMA- CRAIGHEAD-CRITTENDEN-CROCKETT-CROSS-DECATUR-DESOTO-DUNKLIN-DYER- FAYETTE-GIBSON-GREENE-HARDEMAN-HARDIN-HAYWOOD-HENDERSON-HENRY- ITAWAMBA-LAFAYETTE-LAKE-LAUDERDALE-LAWRENCE-LEE(AR)-LEE(MS)-MADISON- MARSHALL-MCNAIRY-MISSISSIPPI-MONROE-OBION-PANOLA-PEMISCOT-PHILLIPS- POINSETT-PONTOTOC-PRENTISS-QUITMAN-RANDOLPH-SHELBY-ST. FRANCIS- TALLAHATCHIE-TATE-TIPPAH-TIPTON-TISHOMINGO-TUNICA-UNION-WEAKLEY- YALOBUSHA- 1244 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...WEST TENNESSEE AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL. .DAY ONE... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST ARKANSAS AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL UNTIL 7 PM. ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF WEST TENNESSEE EXCEPT THE SOUTHERN MOST ROW OF COUNTIES UNTIL 9 PM. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED IN THE HEAT OF THE AFTERNOON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DISSIPATE SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET. THE MAIN THREAT IS LARGE HAIL AND LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY. AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM IS POSSIBLE OVER NORTH MISSISSIPPI WITH LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL AS THE MAIN THREATS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED. VALLE
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 19, 2:06 PM CDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
206 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0130 PM HAIL 1 N WALNUT GROVE 35.06N 88.05W
05/19/2005 0.75 INCH HARDIN TN FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
&&
JRASpecial weather statement, May 19, 3:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 335 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2005 TNZ092-192100- HARDIN TN- 335 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2005 THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR...HARDIN COUNTY. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTH OF WALNUT GROVE AT 335 PM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH. PEOPLE IN HARDIN COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.
Special weather statement, May 19, 4:32 PM CDT, 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 432 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2005 MSZ005-192145- ALCORN MS- 432 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2005 THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR...ALCORN COUNTY. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER GLEN AT 432 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THIS STORM MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH. PEOPLE IN ALCORN COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITY OF CORINTH...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.
Local storm report, May 19, 4:39 PM CDT, 13 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 1:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardin | 24 min |
| May 19, 3:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardin | 15 min |
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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.