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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 309, NWS Memphis, TN

May 9, 2006Lafayette County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 2006, 2:54 PM CDT for Lafayette County, Mississippi. It was in force for 36 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued: May 9, 2006, 2:54 PM CDT (19:54 UTC)
Expired: May 9, 2006, 3:30 PM CDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Lafayette County, MS

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Memphis, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 9, 11:00 AM CDT, 3 hours 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 9, 11:00 AM CDT, 3 hours 54 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1100 AM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006

.UPDATE...
ISSUED EARLIER UPDATES FOR PRECIP TRENDS AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH 314.

TRIMMED HIGH TEMPS DOWN ACROSS AREAS TO BE AFFECTED BY CONVECTION
AND RAISED TO LIKELY POPS. ALTHOUGH CONVECTION IS MOVING INTO MORE
STABLE AIR...DOESNT SEEM TO BE LOSING ITS PUNCH QUITE YET.
&&

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

WAGNER

Hazardous weather outlook, May 9, 10:18 AM CDT, 4 hours 36 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1018 AM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006

ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-
MSZ001>017-020>024-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092-101730-
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-
1018 AM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS THE ENTIRE MID-
SOUTH TODAY AND TONIGHT.

A THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX MOVING OUT OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS WILL MOVE
ACROSS THE MID-SOUTH THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. A FEW STORMS WILL
BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND AS THE PRIMARY
THREATS THROUGH ABOUT 3 PM. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM FOR WEST TENNESSEE...THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL AND
MUCH OF NORTHEAST ARKANSAS.

AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE AND ASSOCIATED STRONG UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCE WILL APPROACH THE MID SOUTH LATER TONIGHT. EXPECT
ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP IN ADVANCE OF THIS SYSTEM
MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS COMBINED WITH
STRENGTHENING WIND FIELDS WILL ALLOW SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS
TO BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND ISOLATED
TORNADOES. THE GREATEST THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER WITH THIS SYSTEM
WILL BE AFTER MIDNIGHT...MAINLY ALONG AND WEST OF A DYERSBURG TO
MEMPHIS TO CLARKSDALE LINE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ONGOING ACROSS THE MID SOUTH WEDNESDAY
MORNING AND WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE DAY. THE
ATMOSPHERE WILL REMAIN UNSTABLE AND WIND FIELDS WILL REMAIN
STRONG. THIS WILL SUPPORT THE CONTINUATION OF SEVERE WEATHER
THROUGH WEDNESDAY...ESPECIALLY FOR AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF DAMAGING
WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS
SHOULD COME TO AN END WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...AND LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS FOR SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS IS REQUESTED
IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA...AND WILL BE POSSIBLE
ACROSS THE REST OF THE MID-SOUTH THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 9, 12:07 PM CDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 9, 12:28 PM CDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1228 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006

TNZ048-049-091800-
LAUDERDALE TN-TIPTON TN-
1228 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR...LAUDERDALE AND TIPTON
COUNTIES.

A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE
HAIL AND 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED FROM ASHPORT TO 9 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF FULTON AT 1228 PM CDT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE AND NO WARNINGS ARE
ANTICIPATED.

PEOPLE IN LAUDERDALE AND TIPTON COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITY OF
COVINGTON...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.

Local storm report, May 9, 1:34 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 9, 2:40 PM CDT, 14 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 9, 2:48 PM CDT, 6 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 9, 2:51 PM CDT, 3 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 9, 11:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lake, Obion	30 min
May 9, 12:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Tipton	26 min
May 9, 1:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Shelby	39 min
May 9, 1:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Hardeman	43 min
May 9, 2:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Hardeman, McNairy	40 min
May 9, 3:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Hardin	28 min
May 9, 1:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Tate	42 min
May 9, 2:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Benton, Tippah	43 min
May 9, 2:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Panola, Quitman	22 min
May 9, 2:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Marshall	44 min
May 9, 2:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Alcorn	45 min
May 9, 3:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Pontotoc, Union	51 min
May 9, 3:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Alcorn, Prentiss, Tishomingo	39 min
May 9, 3:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lee	52 min
May 9, 3:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Monroe	51 min
May 9, 3:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Itawamba	40 min
May 9, 10:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lawrence	35 min
May 9, 10:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Clay, Greene	44 min
May 9, 10:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Craighead, Lawrence	50 min
May 9, 11:53 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Mississippi	52 min
May 9, 12:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Cross, St. Francis	48 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.