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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 378, NWS Memphis, TN

August 2, 2008Calhoun County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 2, 2008, 8:35 PM CDT for Calhoun County, Mississippi. It was in force for 40 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, 8:35 PM CDT (01:35 UTC)
Expired
Aug 2, 2008, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Calhoun County, MS

The radar

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 2, 7:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

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, 5 hours 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 2, 2:41 PM CDT, 5 hours 54 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 2, 8:14 PM CDT, 21 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
814 PM 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>092-031200-
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-
814 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...TONIGHT

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE OVER
NORTH MISSISSIPPI THIS EVENING. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED.

CONTINUED HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST TONIGHT ACROSS THE
MIDSOUTH. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL ONLY DROP INTO THE UPPER 70S AND
WILL PROVIDE LITTLE RELIEF. A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

HOT AND HUMID WEATHER WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE REST OF 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.

KRM

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 2, 5:55 PM CDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 2, 5:58 PM CDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before
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, 2 hours 19 minutes before
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Local storm report, Aug 2, 7:03 PM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
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Local storm report, Aug 2, 7:37 PM CDT, 58 minutes before
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Local storm report, Aug 2, 8:27 PM CDT, 8 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 2, 7:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLafayette, Pontotoc, Union50 min
Aug 2, 7:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGChickasaw45 min
Aug 2, 7:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLafayette, Panola48 min
Aug 2, 8:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCalhoun, Lafayette, Pontotoc, Union45 min
Aug 2, 8:26 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGLafayette, Pontotoc, Union2 hr
Aug 2, 8:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCalhoun, Lafayette, Yalobusha25 min
Aug 2, 9:10 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGLafayette2 hr
Aug 2, 9:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCalhoun, Lafayette, Yalobusha47 min
Aug 2, 9:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGYalobusha47 min
Aug 3, 4:12 AM CDTExcessive Heat WarningMEGCoahoma, DeSoto, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Tate and 2 more24 hr
Aug 3, 3:44 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMEGTallahatchie91 min
Aug 3, 3:46 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryMEGAlcorn, Prentiss, Tishomingo13 hr
Aug 3, 5:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGDeSoto, Tate, Tunica51 min
Aug 3, 6:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCoahoma, Tunica47 min
Aug 3, 6:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGPanola, Quitman, Tunica24 min
Aug 3, 6:43 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGTunica2 hr
Aug 3, 6:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGPhillips39 min
Aug 3, 6:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLee, Phillips38 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.