Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 217, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 2008, 11:01 AM CDT for Tishomingo County, Mississippi. It was in force for 44 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
- May 8, 2008, 11:01 AM CDT (16:01 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 2008, 11:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Tishomingo County, MS
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 8:04 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 4.0 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -51 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 517 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 May 8, 10:50 AM CDT, 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 8, 10:50 AM CDT, 11 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 8, 8:15 AM CDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 815 AM CDT THU MAY 8 2008 ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115- MSZ001>017-020>024-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092-091015- 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- 815 AM CDT THU MAY 8 2008 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 OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY OVER MUCH OF WEST TENNESSEE AND NORTH MISSISSIPPI GENERALLY EAST OF A LINE FROM UNION CITY TENNESSEE TO MEMPHIS TO COFFEEVILLE MISSISSIPPI. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE MID-SOUTH TODAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE THE COLD FRONT. SOME SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES AS THE SEVERE WEATHER THREATS. PLEASE REFER TO ANY CURRENT SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES AND WARNINGS AS WELL AS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERTS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE AND NORTH MISSISSIPPI SOUTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM HENDERSON TENNESSEE TO MEMPHIS TO CLARKSDALE MISSISSIPPI. THE FRONT WILL STALL OUT ACROSS NORTH MISSISSIPPI AND AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ALONG THE FRONT WHICH WILL TRIGGER MORE THUNDERSTORMS. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THERE IS ALSO A RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE ENTIRE MID-SOUTH SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP AND MOVE ALONG THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY PRODUCING MORE THUNDERSTORMS. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS TODAY...FRIDAY NIGHT AND AGAIN SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. PLEASE RELAY ANY SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS.
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 8, 8:25 AM CDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
825 AM CDT THU MAY 08 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0804 AM TORNADO 3 W TUPELO 34.26N 88.78W
05/08/2008 LEE MS OTHER FEDERAL
0804 AM TORNADO 4 W TUPELO 34.26N 88.80W
05/08/2008 LEE MS TRAINED SPOTTER
ROOFS DAMAGED, SHEDS DESTROYED, TREES DOWN
&&
RJOLocal storm report, May 8, 8:32 AM CDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
832 AM CDT THU MAY 08 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0804 AM TORNADO 3 W TUPELO 34.26N 88.78W
05/08/2008 LEE MS OTHER FEDERAL
0804 AM TORNADO 4 W TUPELO 34.26N 88.80W
05/08/2008 LEE MS TRAINED SPOTTER
ROOFS DAMAGED, SHEDS DESTROYED, TREES DOWN
0815 AM TORNADO 4 NNW TUPELO 34.32N 88.76W
05/08/2008 LEE MS OTHER FEDERAL
DEPT OF TRANSPORTATION BUILDING DAMAGE AT MALL AT BARNS
CROSSING
&&
RJOSpecial weather statement, May 8, 9:12 AM CDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 912 AM CDT THU MAY 8 2008 MSZ002-013-081445- MARSHALL MS-LAFAYETTE MS- 912 AM CDT THU MAY 8 2008 ...THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR... NORTHWESTERN LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... SOUTHEASTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HARMONTOWN AT 912 AM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM IS INTENSIFYING AND COULD BECOME SEVERE RAPIDLY. PEOPLE IN LAFAYETTE AND MARSHALL COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.. .A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LAFAYETTE COUNTY.
Local storm report, May 8, 9:23 AM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
923 AM CDT THU MAY 08 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0804 AM TORNADO 3 W TUPELO 34.26N 88.78W
05/08/2008 LEE MS OTHER FEDERAL
0804 AM TORNADO 4 W TUPELO 34.26N 88.80W
05/08/2008 LEE MS TRAINED SPOTTER
ROOFS DAMAGED, SHEDS DESTROYED, TREES DOWN
0815 AM TORNADO 4 NNW TUPELO 34.32N 88.76W
05/08/2008 LEE MS OTHER FEDERAL
DEPT OF TRANSPORTATION BUILDING DAMAGE AT MALL AT BARNS
CROSSING
0842 AM TSTM WND DMG 6 SSW MARIETTA 34.42N 88.51W
05/08/2008 ITAWAMBA MS AMATEUR RADIO
POSSIBLE TORNADO, SEVERAL HOMES WITH MISSING ROOFS AND
TREES DOWN
&&
RJOSpecial weather statement, May 8, 9:52 AM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 952 AM CDT THU MAY 8 2008 MSZ004-014-081515- TIPPAH MS-UNION MS- 952 AM CDT THU MAY 8 2008 ...THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR... SOUTHERN TIPPAH COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... NORTHERN UNION COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF ETTA AT 952 AM CDT... MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM IS NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE AND NO WARNINGS ARE ANTICIPATED. PEOPLE IN TIPPAH AND UNION COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITY OF NEW ALBANY...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.. .A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ALERT AREA.
Local storm report, May 8, 10:17 AM CDT, 44 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1017 AM CDT THU MAY 08 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0804 AM TORNADO 3 W TUPELO 34.26N 88.78W
05/08/2008 LEE MS OTHER FEDERAL
0804 AM TORNADO 4 W TUPELO 34.26N 88.80W
05/08/2008 LEE MS TRAINED SPOTTER
ROOFS DAMAGED, SHEDS DESTROYED, TREES DOWN
0815 AM TORNADO 4 NNW TUPELO 34.32N 88.76W
05/08/2008 LEE MS OTHER FEDERAL
DEPT OF TRANSPORTATION BUILDING DAMAGE AT MALL AT BARNS
CROSSING
0842 AM TSTM WND DMG 6 SSW MARIETTA 34.42N 88.51W
05/08/2008 ITAWAMBA MS AMATEUR RADIO
POSSIBLE TORNADO, SEVERAL HOMES WITH MISSING ROOFS AND
TREES DOWN
0900 AM FLASH FLOOD SALTILLO 34.38N 88.69W
05/08/2008 LEE MS PUBLIC
WATER STREET AND WILLOW BEND CIRCLE FLOODED. 3 INCHES OF
RAINFALL OBSERVED IN ONE HOUR.
0900 AM FLASH FLOOD 1 S SALTILLO 34.37N 88.69W
05/08/2008 LEE MS PUBLIC
OLD SALTILLO ROAD FLOODED.
&&
MBSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 7:51 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lee, Pontotoc | 39 min |
| May 8, 8:26 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Lee, Prentiss, Tishomingo | 49 min |
| May 8, 8:33 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Lee, Pontotoc | 6 hr |
| May 8, 9:09 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Prentiss, Tishomingo | 21 min |
| May 8, 10:37 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lee, Prentiss | 38 min |
| May 8, 11:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Monroe | 46 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 2008Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2008
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.