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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 119, NWS Memphis, TN

June 26, 2007Itawamba County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 2007, 4:09 PM CDT for Itawamba County, Mississippi. It was in force for 36 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
Jun 26, 2007, 4:09 PM CDT (21:09 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 2007, 4:45 PM CDT
In force
36 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), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 158 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 2007-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 533 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 2007-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -17 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
533 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-43 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
879 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-10 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Jun 26, 2:08 PM CDT, 2 hours 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 26, 2:08 PM CDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
208 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2007

.DISCUSSION...

DETERMINING RAIN CHANCES OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS IS THE MAIN
FORECAST CHALLENGE.

MODELS IN THE SHORT TERM ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT. USED A BLEND OF
THEM WITH A SLIGHT PREFERENCE TO THE GFS MODEL. ONLY MINOR
CHANGES WERE MADE TO THE PREVIOUS FORECAST.

AT 2 PM CDT ACROSS THE MIDSOUTH...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED ALONG A WEAK MOISTURE CONVERGENCE BOUNDARY
FROM TIPTONVILLE TN TO SOMERVILLE TN TO NEW ALBANY MS. THE AIR WAS
MOIST AND UNSTABLE WITH TEMPERATURES RANGING FROM THE MID 70S
WHERE RAIN WAS OCCURRING TO THE MID 90S IN RAINFREE AREAS...MAINLY
ALONG AND WEST OF THE MS RIVER.

FOR THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT...A FEW STRONG/SEVERE
STORMS WITH WET MICROBURSTS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE
MIDSOUTH AS THE AIR IS VERY UNSTABLE. DAMAGING WINDS UP TO
60 MPH...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES...SMALL HAIL...
AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING ARE THE MAIN HAZARDS. MOST OF THE STORMS
SHOULD QUICKLY DISSIPATE AFTER 8 PM CDT WITH THE LOSS OF
DAYTIME HEATING. OTHERWISE...EXPECT PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY
SKIES AND MUGGY LOW TEMPERATURES MAINLY IN THE LOWER 70S.

WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...SIMILAR WEATHER WITH AFTERNOON AND
EVENING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED ALL
ACROSS THE MIDSOUTH AS THE AIR WILL REMAIN MOIST AND UNSTABLE.
KEPT 20 TO 50 PERCENT RAIN CHANCES OVER THE AREA WITH THE HIGHEST
CHANCES WEST OF THE MS RIVER...BUT ALL AREAS MAY GET WET.
UNORGANIZED/PULSE TYPE STORMS ARE EXPECTED WITH WEAK WINDS
IN PLACE. ISOLATED STRONG/SEVERE STORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS
AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE EACH DAY. HIGHS IN THE
LOWER 90S AND LOWS IN THE LOWER 70S ARE AGAIN EXPECTED.

THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...A FRONT WILL APPROACH
FROM THE NORTH AND BRING A BETTER SHOT FOR RAIN. AT THIS
TIME...KEPT RAIN CHANCES AROUND 50 PERCENT...BUT MAY HAVE
TO BE INCREASED TO LIKELY AS RAIN MAY BE BETTER ORGANIZED WITH
SLIGHTLY STRONGER WINDS. A FEW STRONG/SEVERE STORMS REMAIN
POSSIBLE AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AS WELL. TEMPERATURES WILL
REMAIN AROUND NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR...BUT SLIGHTLY COOLER
THAN PREVIOUS DAYS WITH MORE CLOUDS AND RAIN AROUND.

SATURDAY...THE FRONT IS FORECAST TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA...THOUGH
MODELS HAVE BEEN SHOWING TIMING DIFFERENCES...GENERALLY TO SLOWING
DOWN THE TIMING OF THE FRONT. FOR NOW...KEPT HIGHER RAIN CHANCES
SOUTH AND LOWER NORTH...AND KEPT CLEARING CONDITIONS SATURDAY
NIGHT WITH DRIER AIR MOVING IN FROM THE NORTH.

SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...DRY CONDITIONS WITH NEAR NORMAL
TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST WITH LONG TERM MODELS INDICATING
HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN FROM THE NORTH.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
MEM  75  91  75  92 /  20  50  30  40
MKL  70  92  70  92 /  20  40  20  40
JBR  72  89  71  89 /  30  50  40  50
TUP  72  94  71  93 /  20  30  20  20

&&

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

MBS
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 26, 3:07 AM CDT, 13 hours 2 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
307 AM CDT TUE JUN 26 2007

ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-
MSZ001>017-020>024-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092-271015-
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-
307 AM CDT TUE JUN 26 2007

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE MIDSOUTH
TODAY...MAINLY BETWEEN 11 AM AND 8 PM. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OF 1
TO 3 INCHES...WINDS GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL WILL BE
POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE
MIDSOUTH WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...MAINLY BETWEEN 11 AM AND 8
PM. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES...WINDS GUSTS UP TO 50
MPH AND SMALL HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 26, 2:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 26, 2:23 PM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
223 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2007

TNZ020-262000-
GIBSON TN-
223 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2007

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR...GIBSON COUNTY.

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND 40 TO 50
MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF BRADFORD AT 223 PM CDT...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE
ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

PEOPLE IN GIBSON COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY..
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 2:32 PM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
232 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2007

MSZ009-262000-
PRENTISS MS-
232 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2007

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR...PRENTISS COUNTY.

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND 40 TO 50
MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 3 MILES WEST OF BOONEVILLE AT 232 PM CDT...
MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE
ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

PEOPLE IN PRENTISS COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITY OF BOONEVILLE...SHOULD
MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY..
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 2:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
242 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2007

TNZ003-262015-
WEAKLEY TN-
242 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2007

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR...WEAKLEY COUNTY.

A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND 40
TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED FROM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MARTIN TO 11
MILES SOUTHWEST OF GLEASON AT 242 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15
MPH.

VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE
ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

PEOPLE IN WEAKLEY COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITY OF MARTIN...SHOULD
MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY..
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 4:06 PM CDT, 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
406 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2007

MSZ017-262130-
ITAWAMBA MS-
406 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2007

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR...ITAWAMBA COUNTY.

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 3
MILES EAST OF FULTON AT 406 PM CDT. THE STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.

THIS STORM IS INTENSIFYING AND COULD BECOME SEVERE RAPIDLY.

PEOPLE IN ITAWAMBA COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITY OF FULTON...SHOULD
MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY..
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 4:07 PM CDT, 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
407 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2007

MSZ024-262130-
MONROE MS-
407 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2007

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR...MONROE COUNTY.

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 6
MILES SOUTHEAST OF ABERDEEN AT 407 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5
MPH.

THIS STORM IS INTENSIFYING AND COULD BECOME SEVERE RAPIDLY.

PEOPLE IN MONROE COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITY OF ABERDEEN...SHOULD
MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY..

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 26, 1:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGFayette31 min
Jun 26, 4:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGShelby42 min
Jun 26, 4:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGTipton27 min
Jun 26, 4:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLee, Pontotoc30 min
Jun 26, 4:46 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGItawamba, Monroe119 min
Jun 26, 5:50 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGLee, Pontotoc115 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 2007Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2007

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.