Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 22, 2005, 8:09 AM CDT for Itawamba County, Mississippi. It was in force for 51 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
- Apr 22, 2005, 8:09 AM CDT (13:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 22, 2005, 9:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 51 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), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:12 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 nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 157 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
- 1829 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KMEG 221309 SVRMEG MSC057-221400- /O.NEW.KMEG.SV.W.0085.050422T1309Z-050422T1400Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 809 AM CDT FRI APR 22 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... ITAWAMBA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI * UNTIL 900 AM CDT * AT 808 AM CDT...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 EVERGREEN...OR ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FULTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO NEW SALEM AND TREMONT. .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 3436 8854 3408 8854 3407 8819 3437 8816 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KMEG 221324 SVSMEG SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 824 AM CDT FRI APR 22 2005 MSC057-221400- /O.CON.KMEG.SV.W.0085.000000T0000Z-050422T1400Z/ ITAWAMBA MS- 824 AM CDT FRI APR 22 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 900 AM CDT FOR ITAWAMBA COUNTY... AT 822 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NEW SALEM...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FULTON... MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO FULTON...NEW SALEM...FAIRVIEW AND TREMONT. .STAY TUNED TO THIS BROADCAST FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND INFORMATION. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY...CALL 1 800 4 3 2 0 8 7 5. LAT...LON 3436 8854 3408 8854 3407 8819 3437 8816 $$
000 WWUS54 KMEG 221345 SVSMEG SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 845 AM CDT FRI APR 22 2005 MSC057-221355- /O.CAN.KMEG.SV.W.0085.000000T0000Z-050422T1400Z/ ITAWAMBA MS- 845 AM CDT FRI APR 22 2005 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR ITAWAMBA COUNTY IS CANCELLED... DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAD WEAKENED AND WAS NO LONGER SEVERE. LAT...LON 3436 8854 3408 8854 3407 8819 3437 8816 $$
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 Apr 22, 2:53 AM CDT, 5 hours 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 22, 2:53 AM CDT, 5 hours 16 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 253 AM CDT FRI APR 22 2005 .DISCUSSION... COLD FRONT CURRENTLY RUNNING FROM JUST NORTHWEST OF ST. LOUIS TO JUST NORTH OF SAN ANGELO TEXAS THIS MORNING. MAIN LINE OF CONVECTION EXTENDS FROM SOUTHERN ILLINOIS THROUGH WESTERN ARKANSAS AND HAS SHOWN A WEAKENING TREND. WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED TO SEE CURRENT SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CANCELLED BEFORE 11Z EXPIRATION TIME. FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST TODAY. EXPECT NEW CONVECTION TO FIRE UP LATE THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON. SPC HAS EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA IN A MODERATE RISK SO HAVE PUT SEVERE WORDING IN THOSE AREAS. COLD FRONT SHOULD BE MOSTLY OUT OF THE FORECAST BY 00Z SO FAR EASTERN SECTIONS WILL STILL HAVE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 00Z. MUCH COOLER AIR BEGINS TO MOVE IN BEHIND THE FRONT TONIGHT WITH MOST LOCATIONS SEEING TEMPERATURES BELOW 50 DEGREES BY SATURDAY MORNING. COLD ADVECTION WILL BE CONTINUING THROUGH THE DAY SATURDAY AS TEMPERATURES STRUGGLE TO GET ABOVE 60 DEGREES. BY SUNDAY MORNING...CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO DROP PRETTY LOW WITH SECTIONS OF NORTHWEST TENNESSEE SEEING READINGS AT OR BELOW FREEZING. A GRADUAL WARMUP WILL BEGIN ON SUNDAY AS TEMPERATURES REBOUND TOWARD NORMAL LEVELS BY MID WEEK. THE NEXT CHANCE OF RAIN WILL START MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH. BY WEDNESDAY THE FRONT SHOULD BE THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA BUT SHOULD RETURN BACK NORTH BY THURSDAY SO THE RAIN MAY ALSO RETURN. && .MEG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. MO...NONE. MS...NONE. TN...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 22, 7:31 AM CDT, 38 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 731 AM CDT FRI APR 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>092-231100- 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- 731 AM CDT FRI APR 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 FOR TODAY ACROSS PARTS OF WEST TENNESSEE AND NORTH MISSISSIPPI. THE SLIGHT RISK AREA IS GENERALLY EAST OF A LINE FROM UNION CITY TO SOMERVILLE TO CHARLESTON MISSISSIPPI. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE MIDSOUTH TODAY. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... COOL HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE MIDSOUTH THIS WEEKEND. LOW TEMPERATURES MAY REACH AT OR BELOW FREEZING ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST TENNESSEE SUNDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY TODAY.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 22, 3:43 AM CDT, 4 hours 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
343 AM CDT FRI APR 22 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0320 AM HAIL 8 E BOONEVILLE 34.66N 88.43W
04/22/2005 1.75 INCH PRENTISS MS FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
GUSTS TO 60 MPH
&&
DSVSpecial weather statement, Apr 22, 3:50 AM CDT, 4 hours 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 350 AM CDT FRI APR 22 2005 ARZ027-036-220915- CRITTENDEN AR-POINSETT AR- 350 AM CDT FRI APR 22 2005 THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR...CRITTENDEN AND POINSETT COUNTIES. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 14 MILES WEST OF MARKED TREE AT 350 AM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM IS INTENSIFYING AND COULD BECOME SEVERE RAPIDLY. PEOPLE IN CRITTENDEN AND POINSETT COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF MARKED TREE AND TYRONZA...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.
Local storm report, Apr 22, 5:30 AM CDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
530 AM CDT FRI APR 22 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0320 AM HAIL 8 E BOONEVILLE 34.66N 88.43W
04/22/2005 1.75 INCH PRENTISS MS FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
GUSTS TO 60 MPH
0527 AM HAIL SOUTHAVEN 34.97N 90.00W
04/22/2005 0.75 INCH DESOTO MS TRAINED SPOTTER
PENNY SIZE HAIL REPORTED AT CHURCH ROAD AND HWY 51
&&
JFBLocal storm report, Apr 22, 6:04 AM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
604 AM CDT FRI APR 22 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0320 AM HAIL 8 E BOONEVILLE 34.66N 88.43W
04/22/2005 1.75 INCH PRENTISS MS FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
GUSTS TO 60 MPH
0525 AM TSTM WND DMG SOUTHEAST MEMPHIS 35.07N 89.88W
04/22/2005 SHELBY TN PUBLIC
TREES REPORTED DOWN NEAR MENDENHALL AND WINCHESTER ROADS
0527 AM HAIL SOUTHAVEN 34.97N 90.00W
04/22/2005 0.75 INCH DESOTO MS TRAINED SPOTTER
PENNY SIZE HAIL REPORTED AT CHURCH ROAD AND HWY 51
&&
JFBLocal storm report, Apr 22, 7:04 AM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
704 AM CDT FRI APR 22 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0320 AM HAIL 8 E BOONEVILLE 34.66N 88.43W
04/22/2005 1.75 INCH PRENTISS MS FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
GUSTS TO 60 MPH
0525 AM TSTM WND DMG SOUTHEAST MEMPHIS 35.07N 89.88W
04/22/2005 SHELBY TN PUBLIC
TREES REPORTED DOWN NEAR MENDENHALL AND WINCHESTER ROADS
0527 AM HAIL SOUTHAVEN 34.97N 90.00W
04/22/2005 0.75 INCH DESOTO MS TRAINED SPOTTER
PENNY SIZE HAIL REPORTED AT CHURCH ROAD AND HWY 51
0540 AM TSTM WND DMG GERMANTOWN 35.09N 89.79W
04/22/2005 SHELBY TN BROADCAST MEDIA
TREES REPORTED DOWN NEAR POPLAR AND EXETER
&&
JFBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 3:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Prentiss, Tishomingo | 36 min |
| Apr 22, 5:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto | 24 min |
| Apr 22, 5:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto | 29 min |
| Apr 22, 7:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lee | 17 min |
| Apr 22, 9:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Monroe | 42 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.