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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 339, NWS Memphis, TN

July 16, 2009Tallahatchie County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 2009, 10:03 PM CDT for Tallahatchie County, Mississippi. It was in force for 42 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: Jul 16, 2009, 10:03 PM CDT (03:03 UTC)
Expired: Jul 16, 2009, 10:45 PM CDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Tallahatchie County, MS

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 157 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Jul 16, 7:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 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 Jul 16, 6:04 PM CDT, 3 hours 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 16, 6:04 PM CDT, 3 hours 59 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 16, 8:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Coahoma	63 min
Jul 16, 9:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Coahoma, Quitman, Tallahatchie	61 min
Jul 16, 10:06 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Panola, Tate	3 hr
Jul 16, 10:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Tallahatchie	17 min
Jul 16, 10:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Calhoun, Yalobusha	54 min
Jul 16, 11:12 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Calhoun, Tallahatchie, Yalobusha	2 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 2009 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2009

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.