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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 202, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 20, 2006, 4:14 PM CDT for Monroe County, Mississippi. It was in force for 31 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
- Apr 20, 2006, 4:14 PM CDT (21:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 20, 2006, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Monroe County, MS
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 2:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 171 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
- 950 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -159 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -33 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
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 20, 3:29 PM CDT, 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 20, 3:29 PM CDT, 45 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Apr 20, 10:29 AM CDT, 5 hours 45 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1029 AM CDT THU APR 20 2006 TNZ055-201600- DECATUR TN- 1029 AM CDT THU APR 20 2006 THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR...DECATUR COUNTY. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DECATURVILLE AT 1029 AM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THIS STORM IS INTENSIFYING AND COULD BECOME SEVERE RAPIDLY. PEOPLE IN DECATUR COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.
Local storm report, Apr 20, 10:57 AM CDT, 5 hours 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1057 AM CDT THU APR 20 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0808 AM HAIL BARTLETT 35.22N 89.84W
04/20/2006 M0.75 INCH SHELBY TN TRAINED SPOTTER
0808 AM HAIL BARTLETT 35.22N 89.84W
04/20/2006 M1.00 INCH SHELBY TN TRAINED SPOTTER
0812 AM HAIL 1 N BELMONT 34.52N 88.21W
04/20/2006 M0.75 INCH TISHOMINGO MS EMERGENCY MNGR
0815 AM HAIL 1 S TISHOMINGO 34.62N 88.23W
04/20/2006 M0.88 INCH TISHOMINGO MS LAW ENFORCEMENT
0906 AM HAIL MEDON 35.46N 88.87W
04/20/2006 M0.88 INCH MADISON TN FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
1042 AM HAIL SALTILLO 34.38N 88.69W
04/20/2006 M1.00 INCH LEE MS LAW ENFORCEMENT
1043 AM HAIL SALTILLO 34.38N 88.69W
04/20/2006 M0.88 INCH LEE MS TRAINED SPOTTER
1051 AM HAIL SALTILLO 34.38N 88.69W
04/20/2006 M1.50 INCH LEE MS LAW ENFORCEMENT
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AARONSpecial weather statement, Apr 20, 3:56 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 5:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Decatur | 19 min |
| Apr 20, 8:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 23 min |
| Apr 20, 8:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette | 15 min |
| Apr 20, 8:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardeman | 25 min |
| Apr 20, 9:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Madison | 40 min |
| Apr 20, 8:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tishomingo | 29 min |
| Apr 20, 10:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lee | 27 min |
| Apr 20, 10:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba | 32 min |
| Apr 20, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Monroe | 45 min |
| Apr 20, 8:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Phillips | 33 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 2006Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2006
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.