Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 30, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 22, 2005, 4:52 PM CST for Lafayette County, Marshall County, Mississippi. It was in force for 38 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
- Mar 22, 2005, 4:52 PM CST (22:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 22, 2005, 5:30 PM CST
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Lafayette County, MS, Marshall County, MS
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 12:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 48 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
- 6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -170 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 770 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 0 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 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 222252
SVRMEG
MSC071-093-222330-
/O.NEW.KMEG.SV.W.0030.050322T2252Z-050322T2330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
452 PM CST TUE MAR 22 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
* UNTIL 530 PM CST
* AT 449 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
HARMONTOWN...OR ABOUT 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF OXFORD...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LAWS
HILL...CAMBRIDGE...BETHLEHEM AND HOLLY SPRINGS.
.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 3456 8972 3433 8970 3448 8924 3477 8932
3480 8945
$$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 Mar 22, 2:30 PM CST, 2 hours 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 22, 2:30 PM CST, 2 hours 22 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 230 PM CST TUE MAR 22 2005 .DISCUSSION... UPPER LOW SPINNING OVER NE OK/NW AR THIS AFTERNOON. SFC LOW OVER AR WITH WARM FRONT EXTENDED EAST ACRS ERN AR AND INTO SW TN. A DRYLINE EXTENDS TO THE SOUTH OF THE SFC LOW FROM CNTRL AR TO NRN LA. AREA 88DS SHOWING CONVECTION STARTING TO INITIATE ALONG THE DRYLINE OVER ERN AR ARCING NORTHWEST TOWARD THE UPPER LOW. AIRMASS SOUTH OF THE WARM FRONT...IN ADVANCE OF THE DRYLINE...QUICKLY DESTABILIZING. CAPES ABOUT 1000 J/KG WITH SFC DEWPOINTS CLIMBING INTO THE UPPER 50S ATTM. AS COLD POOL ALOFT...-22C AT 500 MB...MOVES CLOSER AND SFC TEMPS CONT TO WARM FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS CAPES SHOULD REACH 2000 J/KG. STEEP LAPSE RATES...LOW WET BULB ZERO FAVOR LARGE HAIL WITH THESE STORMS. EXPECT THE ARC OF DEVELOPING STORMS TO MOVE ACRS THE CWFA THIS AFTN AND EVENING. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 68 IN EFFECT THROUGH 8 PM. THERE IS SOME LEFTOVER SHEAR INVOF OF WARMFNT...SO CANNOT RULE OUT AN ISOLD TORNADO ACRS NE AR/MO BOOTHEEL/NW TN. STORMS WL MOVE INTO MID TN LATE THIS EVENING. EXPECT LINGERING SHOWERS ACRS NRN AND ERN SXNS AFTER MIDNIGHT INTO EARLY WED AS THE UPPER LOW MOVES INTO THE OH VALLEY. THE LOW PULLS AWAY ON WED AS WEAK HIGH PRESSURE BUILD IN DURING THE AFTN. NEXT SYSTEM STARTS TO APPROACH ON THU AS A DECENT SHORTWAVE MOVES OUT OF THE PLAINS WITH SFC CYCLOGENESIS KS/MO REGION. GOOD WAA ACRS THE MID SOUTH SO SFC TEMPS WL CLIMB TOWARD 70 DEGREES. THU NIGHT A WEAK FRONT MOVES INTO THE CWA. SYSTEM SEEMS MOISTURE STARVED SO A 20 POP WL DO FOR NOW. FRONT THEN STALLS ACRS THE REGION FRI INTO THE WEEKEND. MODELS DEPICTING SFC WAVES MOVING ALONG THE FRONT RESULTING IN A POTENTIALLY WET PERIOD. THIS FRONT EVENTUALLY CLEARS THE AREA BY THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK. && .MEG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. MO...NONE. MS...NONE. TN...NONE. && SJM
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 22, 2:45 PM CST, 2 hours 7 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 245 PM CST TUE MAR 22 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>092-231200- 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- 245 PM CST TUE MAR 22 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...WEST TENNESSEE AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL. .DAY ONE... THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF THE MID SOUTH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STRONG SURFACE AND UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE FROM ARKANSAS INTO KENTUCKY TONIGHT. A WARM FRONT EXTENDING FROM THE LOW ACROSS EASTERN ARKANSAS AND WESTERN TENNESSEE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTH THROUGH REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST AREA BY THIS EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT WHICH WILL PASS THROUGH THE AREA TONIGHT. THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL...THOUGH DAMAGING WINDS AND A FEW TORNADOES CANNOT BE RULED OUT. THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE FROM 3 PM UNTIL 6 PM FOR EAST ARKANSAS...NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AND THE MEMPHIS METROPOLITAN AREA. THIS AREA INCLUDES JONESBORO...MEMPHIS AND HELENA. THE GREATEST THREAT WILL BE FROM 6 PM TO 9 PM FOR THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...REMAINDER OF WEST TENNESSEE AND NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. THIS AREA INCLUDES DYERSBURG...JACKSON AND TUPELO. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SJM
In the hours before
Local storm report, Mar 22, 4:04 PM CST, 48 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
404 PM CST TUE MAR 22 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0325 PM HAIL 4 E HICKORY RIDGE 35.40N 90.92W
03/22/2005 1.00 INCH CROSS AR TRAINED SPOTTER
SPOTTER REPORTED QUARTER SIZE HAIL 4 MILES EAST OF
HICKORY RIDGE NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 193 AND
HIGHWAY 42
0340 PM HAIL WALDENBURG 35.56N 90.93W
03/22/2005 0.75 INCH POINSETT AR TRAINED SPOTTER
REPORT OF HAIL ON HIGHWAY 49 IN WALDENBURG.
0348 PM HAIL BELEN 34.27N 90.35W
03/22/2005 1.00 INCH QUITMAN MS TRAINED SPOTTER
0357 PM HAIL 8 W WYNNE 35.23N 90.93W
03/22/2005 1.00 INCH CROSS AR TRAINED SPOTTER
HAIL REPORTED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 193 AND
HIGHWAY 64.
0400 PM HAIL BROOKLAND 35.90N 90.58W
03/22/2005 0.88 INCH CRAIGHEAD AR TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
CORDEROLocal storm report, Mar 22, 4:21 PM CST, 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
421 PM CST TUE MAR 22 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0420 PM HAIL JONESBORO 35.82N 90.69W
03/22/2005 0.75 INCH CRAIGHEAD AR AIRPLANE PILOT
REPORTED BY SPOTTER.
&&
WERLocal storm report, Mar 22, 4:28 PM CST, 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
428 PM CST TUE MAR 22 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0420 PM HAIL JONESBORO 35.82N 90.69W
03/22/2005 1.00 INCH CRAIGHEAD AR BROADCAST MEDIA
NUMEROUS REPORTS OF NICKEL TO QUARTER HAIL REPORTED TO
CHANNEL 8 JONESBORO
&&
WERLocal storm report, Mar 22, 4:32 PM CST, 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
432 PM CST TUE MAR 22 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0430 PM HAIL ROBINSONVILLE 34.82N 90.32W
03/22/2005 1.00 INCH TUNICA MS PUBLIC
0420 PM FUNNEL CLOUD ROBINSONVILLE 34.82N 90.32W
03/22/2005 TUNICA MS PUBLIC
&&
WERSpecial weather statement, Mar 22, 4:39 PM CST, 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 439 PM CST TUE MAR 22 2005 TNZ050-052-090-222300- HARDEMAN TN-HAYWOOD TN-MADISON TN- 439 PM CST TUE MAR 22 2005 THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR...HARDEMAN...HAYWOOD AND MADISON COUNTIES. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF WHITEVILLE AT 439 PM CST...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. THIS STORM IS INTENSIFYING AND COULD BECOME SEVERE RAPIDLY. PEOPLE IN HARDEMAN...HAYWOOD AND MADISON COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.
Local storm report, Mar 22, 4:51 PM CST, 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
451 PM CST TUE MAR 22 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0440 PM TORNADO MARKED TREE 35.53N 90.42W
03/22/2005 POINSETT AR TRAINED SPOTTER
TORNADO ON THE GROUNG
0440 PM TORNADO MARKED TREE 35.53N 90.42W
03/22/2005 POINSETT AR TRAINED SPOTTER
TORNADO ON THE GROUND
&&
WERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 3:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Panola, Quitman | 38 min |
| Mar 22, 4:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Tunica | 24 min |
| Mar 22, 4:14 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Tunica | 46 min |
| Mar 22, 4:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Panola | 43 min |
| Mar 22, 5:00 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | DeSoto | 30 min |
| Mar 22, 5:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, Marshall, Union | 33 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.