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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 262, NWS Memphis, TN

December 3, 2005Marshall County, Tate County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 3, 2005, 10:09 PM CST for Marshall County, Tate County, Mississippi. It was in force for 36 min. 1 report 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: Dec 3, 2005, 10:09 PM CST (04:09 UTC)
Expired: Dec 3, 2005, 10:45 PM CST
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Marshall County, MS, Tate County, MS

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:11 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
Dec 3, 10:32 PM CST	HAIL 0.25	15 E Senatobia, MS

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

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 watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Dec 3, 10:01 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 31 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 2212 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 278 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 321 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KMEG 040409
SVRMEG
MSC093-137-040445-
/O.NEW.KMEG.SV.W.0262.051204T0409Z-051204T0445Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1009 PM CST SAT DEC 3 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
  TATE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 1045 PM CST

* AT 1003 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.  THIS   
  STORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HERNANDO...AND       
  MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MARIANNA...
  RED BANKS...MT PLEASANT...HOLLY SPRINGS AND SLAYDEN.

.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 3477 8975 3458 8983 3458 8933 3494 8936
      3496 8966 3478 8969

$$

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS54 KMEG 040419
SVSMEG

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1019 PM CST SAT DEC 3 2005

MSC093-137-040445-
/O.CON.KMEG.SV.W.0262.000000T0000Z-051204T0445Z/
MARSHALL MS-TATE MS-
1019 PM CST SAT DEC 3 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CST
FOR TATE AND MARSHALL COUNTIES...

AT 1011 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES
WEST OF BARR...OR ABOUT NEAR SENATOBIA...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
MARIANNA...RED BANKS...MT PLEASANT...HOLLY SPRINGS AND SLAYDEN.

LAT...LON 3477 8975 3458 8983 3458 8933 3494 8936
      3496 8966 3478 8969

$$

000 
WWUS54 KMEG 040436
SVSMEG

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1036 PM CST SAT DEC 3 2005

MSC093-137-040445-
/O.CON.KMEG.SV.W.0262.000000T0000Z-051204T0445Z/
MARSHALL MS-TATE MS-
1036 PM CST SAT DEC 3 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CST
FOR TATE AND MARSHALL COUNTIES...

AT 1028 PM CST...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS REPORTED
PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. 
THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES EAST 
OF HOLLY SPRINGS TO 10 MILES EAST OF SENATOBIA...MOVING EAST AT 55 
MPH.

THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY
RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY.

LAT...LON 3477 8975 3458 8983 3458 8933 3494 8936
      3496 8966 3478 8969

$$

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 Dec 3, 9:18 PM CST, 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 3, 9:18 PM CST, 51 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
918 PM CST SAT DEC 3 2005

.DISCUSSION...

COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM SOUTHWEST KENTUCKY THROUGH NORTHWEST
TENNESSEE INTO NORTHEAST TEXAS. EARLIER SHOWERS HAD FORMED NORTH OF
THE FRONT AND HAVE MOVED INTO MIDDLE TENNESSEE. THUNDERSTORMS ARE
NOW STARTING TO DEVELOP SOUTH OF THE FRONT. WITH WARM ATMOSPHERE
SOUTH OF THE FRONT CANT RULE OUT SOME SEVERE STORMS. CURRENT
FORECAST HAS A GOOD HANDLE ON THE SITUATION SO NO CHANGES ARE
PLANNED AT THIS TIME.

&&

.MEG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...NONE.
MO...NONE.
MS...NONE.
TN...NONE.
&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 3, 4:25 PM CST, 5 hours 44 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
425 PM CST SAT DEC 3 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>092-050030-
ALCORN-BENTON(MS)-CALHOUN-CARROLL-CHESTER-CHICKASAW-CLAY-COAHOMA-
CRAIGHEAD-CRITTENDEN-CROCKETT-CROSS-DESOTO-DECATUR-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-
425 PM CST SAT DEC 3 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST ARKANSAS...
THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...AND WEST TENNESSEE.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE
MID-SOUTH TONIGHT.

A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO LIFT NORTHEAST ACROSS THE
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TONIGHT. THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL HELP TO
DRAG A COLD FRONT ACROSS THE MID-SOUTH. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED
TO DEVELOP ALONG AND JUST BEHIND THE COLD FRONT LATER THIS
EVENING. INCREASING INSTABILITY COMBINED WITH STRONG WIND FIELDS
WILL ALLOW SOME THUNDERSTORMS TO BECOME SEVERE. THE PRIMARY THREAT
FROM MOST OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL. ALTHOUGH ANY
THUNDERSTORMS THAT CAN DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL HAVE THE
POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND ISOLATED
TORNADOES. THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE BETWEEN
6 PM AND 9 PM WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER...BETWEEN 9 PM AND
11 PM ACROSS FAR WEST TENNESSEE AND NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...AND BETWEEN
11 PM AND 3 AM FARTHER EAST ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF WEST TENNESSEE
AND NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...EMERGENCY MANAGERS...AND HAM RADIO
OPERATORS IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE
TONIGHT.

JLH

In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 3, 10:08 PM CST, 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1008 PM CST SAT DEC 03 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0955 PM     HAIL             LEWISBURG               34.87N 89.82W
12/03/2005  0.88 INCH        DESOTO             MS   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

&&

DSV

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 3, 10:21 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Benton, Tippah	24 min
Dec 3, 10:35 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Panola, Quitman	25 min
Dec 3, 10:50 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Benton, Lafayette, Marshall, Tippah	25 min
Dec 3, 11:32 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lafayette	28 min
Dec 3, 11:55 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Itawamba, Lee, Prentiss, Tishomingo	35 min
Dec 4, 12:06 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Pontotoc	24 min
Dec 4, 12:42 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Itawamba	19 min
Dec 4, 1:27 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Coahoma, Tallahatchie	33 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.