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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 370, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 2, 2008, 6:34 PM CDT for Alcorn County, Prentiss County, Mississippi. It was in force for 41 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
- Aug 2, 2008, 6:34 PM CDT (23:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2008, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Alcorn County, MS, Prentiss County, MS
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 Aug 2, 2:41 PM CDT, 3 hours 53 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 2, 2:41 PM CDT, 3 hours 53 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 2, 1:35 PM CDT, 4 hours 59 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 135 PAM CDT SAT AUG 2 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>092-031015- 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- 135 PM CDT SAT AUG 2 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST ARKANSAS... THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...AND WEST TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT CONTINUED HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST TODAY ACROSS THE MIDSOUTH. HEAT INDEX VALUE WILL LIKELY EXCEED 110 DEGREES. AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM THIS EVENING FOR THE ENTIRE MID SOUTH. A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT AFTER 8 PM THIS EVENING. AN ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORM OR TWO WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER NORTH MISSISSIPPI THIS AFTERNOON...MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM BATESVILLE TO FULTON. STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WOULD BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM THAT DOES DEVELOP. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY HOT AND HUMID WEATHER WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES AT OR ABOVE 105 DEGREES. A HEAT ADVISORY FOR THE ENTIRE MID-SOUTH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 8 PM SUNDAY EVENING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 2, 3:49 PM CDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
349 PM CDT SAT AUG 02 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0340 PM HAIL GOLDEN 34.49N 88.19W
08/02/2008 E0.88 INCH TISHOMINGO MS TRAINED SPOTTER
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ARSLocal storm report, Aug 2, 5:07 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 544 PM CDT SAT AUG 2 2008 MSZ016-022315- LEE MS- 544 PM CDT SAT AUG 2 2008 ...THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR... LEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 4 MILES WEST OF SALTILLO AT 544 PM CDT...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM IS INTENSIFYING AND COULD BECOME SEVERE RAPIDLY. PEOPLE IN LEE COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF TUPELO AND VERONA... SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY..
Local storm report, Aug 2, 5:55 PM CDT, 39 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 558 PM CDT SAT AUG 2 2008 MSZ005-022330- ALCORN MS- 558 PM CDT SAT AUG 2 2008 ...THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR... CENTRAL ALCORN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CORINTH AT 558 PM CDT... MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM IS INTENSIFYING AND COULD BECOME SEVERE RAPIDLY. PEOPLE IN ALCORN COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITY OF CORINTH...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY..
Local storm report, Aug 2, 6:16 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 10:15 AM CDT | Excessive Heat Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Coahoma, DeSoto and 16 more | 10 hr |
| Aug 2, 3:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Tishomingo | 46 min |
| Aug 2, 4:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba | 51 min |
| Aug 2, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba | 50 min |
| Aug 2, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tishomingo | 48 min |
| Aug 2, 5:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lee | 39 min |
| Aug 2, 6:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Lee | 46 min |
| Aug 2, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lee, Pontotoc | 32 min |
| Aug 2, 6:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Union | 23 min |
| Aug 2, 6:39 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc, Union | 2 hr |
| Aug 2, 6:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, Union | 48 min |
| Aug 2, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chickasaw, Lee, Pontotoc, Union | 47 min |
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.