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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS Memphis, TN

May 9, 2006Pontotoc County, Union County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 2006, 3:09 PM CDT for Pontotoc County, Union 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
May 9, 2006, 3:09 PM CDT (20:09 UTC)
Expired
May 9, 2006, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Pontotoc County, MS, Union County, MS

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:09 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 94 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2006-05-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1109 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2006-05-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 164 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1109 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-120 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
657 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
164 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
211 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.8

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KMEG 092009
SVRMEG
MSC115-145-092100-
/O.NEW.KMEG.SV.W.0310.060509T2009Z-060509T2100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
309 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  PONTOTOC COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
  UNION COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 400 PM CDT

* AT 306 PM 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 7 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF PINEDALE...OR 13 MILES EAST OF OXFORD...AND MOVING
  EAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ETTA...
  ECRU...NEW ALBANY...NEW HARMONY AND KEOWNVILLE.

.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 3455 8925 3424 8925 3428 8882 3456 8873
      3460 8882 3460 8899

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS54 KMEG 092033
SVSMEG

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
334 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006

MSC115-145-092100-
/O.CON.KMEG.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-060509T2100Z/
UNION MS-PONTOTOC MS-
334 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT
FOR PONTOTOC AND UNION COUNTIES...

AT 329 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR PINEDALE...OR 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEW ALBANY...MOVING
EAST AT 25 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
MYRTLE...ECRU...NEW HARMONY...SHERMAN...KEOWNVILLE AND BLUE SPRINGS.

LAT...LON 3455 8925 3424 8925 3428 8882 3456 8873
      3460 8882 3460 8899

$$
000 
WWUS54 KMEG 092102
SVSMEG

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
402 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006

MSC115-145-092112-
/O.EXP.KMEG.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-060509T2100Z/
UNION MS-PONTOTOC MS-
402 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR PONTOTOC AND UNION COUNTIES
EXPIRES AT 400 PM CDT...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE STORM WHICH
PROMPTED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAD MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.

LAT...LON 3455 8925 3424 8925 3428 8882 3456 8873
      3460 8882 3460 8899

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 9, 1:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGDeSoto39 min
May 9, 1:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGTate42 min
May 9, 2:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGBenton, Tippah43 min
May 9, 2:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGPanola, Quitman22 min
May 9, 2:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMarshall44 min
May 9, 2:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGAlcorn45 min
May 9, 2:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLafayette36 min
May 9, 3:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGAlcorn, Prentiss, Tishomingo39 min
May 9, 3:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLee52 min
May 9, 3:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMonroe51 min
May 9, 3:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGItawamba40 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.