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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at May 6, 2009, 2:22 AM CDT for Tunica County, Mississippi; Lee County, Phillips County, Arkansas. It was in force for 38 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 6, 2009, 2:22 AM CDT (07:22 UTC)
- Expired
- May 6, 2009, 3:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Lee County, AR, Phillips County, AR, Tunica County, MS
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 2:26 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | West Helena, AR | SEVERAL TREES DOWN |
| May 6, 2:55 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Wsw Tunica, MS | TREES DOWN ON FOX ISLAND ROAD JUST WEST OF TUNICA. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this tornado warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
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 5, 10:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| May 6, 12:54 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 46 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
- -164 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 617 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KMEG 060722
TORMEG
ARC077-107-MSC143-060800-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0014.090506T0722Z-090506T0800Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
222 AM CDT WED MAY 6 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN LEE COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
NORTHEASTERN PHILLIPS COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
NORTHERN TUNICA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 300 AM CDT
* AT 222 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR LEXA...OR 6 MILES WEST
OF WEST HELENA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ST
FRANCIS NATIONAL PARK...TUNICA...NORTH TUNICA AND ROBINSONVILLE.
THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES FLOWER LAKE AND TUNICA LAKE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
.THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. THIS
STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG TO VIOLENT TORNADOES. IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY
.THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A STORM SHELTER. IF NO
STORM SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE
BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE
BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
&&
LAT...LON 3485 9041 3484 9040 3485 9038 3486 9036
3486 9033 3472 9022 3451 9074 3463 9081
TIME...MOT...LOC 0722Z 240DEG 33KT 3458 9072
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KMEG 060734
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
234 AM CDT WED MAY 6 2009
ARC077-107-MSC143-060800-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-090506T0800Z/
PHILLIPS AR-LEE AR-TUNICA MS-
234 AM CDT WED MAY 6 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT FOR NORTHERN
TUNICA...SOUTHEASTERN LEE AND NORTHEASTERN PHILLIPS COUNTIES...
AT 233 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED
NEAR ST FRANCIS NATIONAL PARK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
WHITEHALL...AUSTIN...FOX ISLAND...DIAMOND WOODS...BOWDRE...
COMMERCE...TUNICA...ROBINSONVILLE...NORTH TUNICA AND HOLLYWOOD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. THIS
STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG TO VIOLENT TORNADOES. IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A STORM SHELTER. IF NO
STORM SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE
BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE
BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
&&
LAT...LON 3459 9070 3469 9071 3485 9041 3484 9040
3486 9036 3486 9033 3472 9022 3454 9065
TIME...MOT...LOC 0734Z 246DEG 26KT 3462 9059
$$000
WWUS54 KMEG 060751
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
251 AM CDT WED MAY 6 2009
ARC077-107-060801-
/O.CAN.KMEG.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-090506T0800Z/
PHILLIPS AR-LEE AR-
251 AM CDT WED MAY 6 2009
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN LEE AND NORTHEASTERN PHILLIPS
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
AT 251 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA
AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING IS CANCELLED.
.STAY TUNED TO THIS BROADCAST FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND INFORMATION.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY...CALL 1 800 4 3 2 0 8 7 5.
LAT...LON 3468 9047 3469 9046 3474 9039 3475 9033
3477 9031 3478 9027 3472 9022 3463 9047
TIME...MOT...LOC 0751Z 246DEG 26KT 3467 9045
$$
MSC143-060800-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-090506T0800Z/
TUNICA MS-
251 AM CDT WED MAY 6 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT FOR NORTHERN
TUNICA COUNTY...
AT 250 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR FOX ISLAND...OR 11
MILES NORTHEAST OF ST FRANCIS NATIONAL PARK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30
MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
TUNICA...NORTH TUNICA AND HOLLYWOOD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A STORM SHELTER. IF NO
STORM SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE
BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE
BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
&&
LAT...LON 3468 9047 3469 9046 3474 9039 3475 9033
3477 9031 3478 9027 3472 9022 3463 9047
TIME...MOT...LOC 0751Z 246DEG 26KT 3467 9045
$$What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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 tornado warning went out at May 5, 11:26 PM CDT, 2 hours 56 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 5, 11:26 PM CDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1126 PM CDT TUE MAY 5 2009
.UPDATE...
UPDATED TO ADD 06Z AVIATION DISCUSSION.
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1006 PM CDT TUE MAY 5 2009/
UPDATE...
EXPANDED FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA...
INCLUDING NE AR...MO BOOTHEEL...AND NW TN. ADDED HEAVY RAINFALL
MENTION IN THESE AREAS.
DISCUSSION...
HEAVY RAINFALL/FLASH FLOODING POTENTIAL TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON IS INCREASING OVER THE ENTIRE AREA...PARTICULARLY NORTH
OF I-40 WHERE FLASH FLOOD WATCH WAS EXPANDED. ALSO...THINK SEVERE
WEATHER POTENTIAL TONIGHT IS INCREASING SOUTH OF A FORREST CITY AR
TO SAVANNAH TN LINE.
REGARDING HEAVY RAINFALL POTENTIAL...THINK THIS IS INCREASING OVER
THE AREA...PARTICULARLY NORTH OF I-40. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER NW AR WHICH WILL MOVE EAST
THROUGH THE NIGHT AND BRING HEAVY RAINFALL TO AREAS NORTH OF I-40
AS WELL AS AREAS SOUTH. THINK 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL CAN BE
EXPECTED IN THESE AREAS...AS WELL AS AREAS SOUTH OF I-40...WHICH
MAY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING.
REGARDING SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...THIS IS INCREASING OVER
NORTH MS. LATEST RUC/NAM MODELS INDICATES A SURFACE LOW DEVELOPING
OVER WESTERN AR AND MOVING EAST THROUGH THE NIGHT ALONG OR JUST
SOUTH OF I-40. THIS WILL ALLOW THE AIR TO DESTABILIZE SOUTH OF
I-40 WITH STRONG LOW LEVEL JET...850 MB 40 KTS OR GREATER.
THUS...CONCERNED SURFACE WARM FRONT CURRENTLY NEAR A TEXARKANA AR
TO GREENWOOD MS LINE WILL MOVE NORTHEAST THROUGH THE NIGHT...WHICH
COULD PUT NORTH MS IN THE WARM SECTOR AFTER MIDNIGHT CDT. LARGE HAIL
AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN HAZARDS...THOUGH COULD NOT
RULE OUT TORNADOES WITH HIGH 0-3 SRH VALUES. WILL EXPAND SLIGHT
RISK AREA A BIT FARTHER NORTH TO INCLUDE ALL OF NORTH MS AND ADD
A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE IN HWO. FARTHER NORTH...A FEW ELEVATED
STORMS MAY PRODUCE HAIL...BUT SEVERE POTENTIAL APPEARS TO BE
LOWER NORTH OF THE FORECAST SURFACE LOW TRACK.
HAVE UPDATED THE FORECAST.
MBS
PREV DISCUSSION...
/ISSUED 402 PM CDT TUE MAY 5 2009/
DISCUSSION...
WEAK SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE REGION TO THE NORTH OF A
STATIONARY FRONT STALLED ACROSS CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI THIS AFTERNOON
WILL MOVE EAST TONIGHT. AN UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE IN ZONAL FLOW
ALOFT HAS HELPED TO INITIATE A LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND
THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND A BOW ECHO OVER THE
ARKLATEX THIS AFTERNOON JUST TO THE NORTH OF THE STALLED FRONT.
MODELS CONTINUE TO INDICATE BEST FORCING FOR ASCENT TO CONTINUE
ALONG AND JUST NORTH OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY THROUGH THE NIGHT
AS A LOW LEVEL JET INCREASES IN STRENGTH AND NOSES INTO THE FRONT.
MODELS CONTINUE TO INDICATE THAT THE FRONT WILL MOVE SLIGHTLY
NORTHWARD AHEAD OF A DEVELOPING SURFACE WAVE MOVING ALONG THE
FRONT TONIGHT. THINK THAT THE FRONT WILL ONLY MOVE SLIGHTLY NORTH
OF ITS CURRENT POSITION INTO NORTH MISSISSIPPI BY 12Z WEDNESDAY.
APPARENT ELEVATED INSTABILITY (AS INFERRED FROM CONVECTIVE OVER THE
ARKLATEX) SHOULD PERSIST JUST NORTH OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY INTO
NORTH MISSISSIPPI TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING AS LOW LEVEL JET
CONTINUES TO ADVECT INSTABILITY NORTHWARD ABOVE SHALLOW FRONTAL
INVERSION. IN ADDITION...SUFFICIENT SHEAR ASSOCIATED WITH 60+KT
MID LEVEL JET SHOULD MOVE OVER THE AREA DURING THE SHORT TERM
PERIOD. THIS SHOULD ALLOW THE BOW ECHO OVER THE ARKLATEX TO
SUSTAIN ITSELF AS IT MOVES EAST TONIGHT WITH SOME THREAT FOR A FEW
SEVERE STORMS INTO PORTIONS OF NORTH MISSISSIPPI AFTER MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. WILL PLACE THIS AREA IN A SLIGHT
RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. HEAVY RAINFALL
WILL LIKELY ACCOMPANY THE SYSTEM AS WELL WITH A COUPLE INCHES OF
RAIN POSSIBLE. WILL KEEP THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN PLACE AS IS.
THE INITIAL MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM SHOULD MOVE EAST OF THE
AREA BY MIDDAY WEDNESDAY AS THE SHORTWAVE PULLS EAST. THIS SHOULD
BRING AN END TO CONVECTION AS SUBSIDENCE BEHIND THE SYSTEM
DEVELOPS AND THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS PUSHED BACK SOUTH BY THE
MORNING CONVECTION.
THE FRONT SHOULD MOVE BACK NORTH AS A WARM FRONT WEDNESDAY NIGHT
WITH MUCH OF THE AREA PLACED BACK INTO THE WARM SECTOR ON
THURSDAY. BUILDING INSTABILITY FROM DAYTIME HEATING ALONG WITH
LOWER HEIGHTS ASSOCIATED WITH FAST WEST NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT AND
EMBEDDED WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL LEAD TO ADDITIONAL
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. CONSIDERING THE
DEGREE OF EXPECTED SHEAR AND INSTABILITY...A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME
SEVERE.
A COLD FRONT WILL DROP SOUTH INTO THE MID SOUTH ON FRIDAY WITH
ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT AHEAD OF THE FRONT.
AGAIN...SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY AND SHEAR ALONG WITH LIFT ALONG AND
AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL AGAIN SUPPORT THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS.
THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL LIKELY STALL ACROSS THE MID SOUTH
THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS THE UPPER FLOW REMAINS PRIMARILY ZONAL.
THIS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL AND POTENTIAL
FLOODING THROUGH THIS PERIOD. THE FRONT SHOULD DROP SOUTH BY EARLY
NEXT WEEK BEFORE RETURNING NORTH AS A WARM FRONT WITH ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL CHANCES.
JLH
&&
.AVIATION...
06Z TAF CYCLE
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE ACROSS TAF SITES
OVERNIGHT AS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES UP INTO THE MID SOUTH
TOWARDS WEDNESDAY MORNING. BASED ON LATEST MODEL DATA THINK CHANCE
FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL 07/00Z...WITH NO
PRECIPITATION THEREAFTER. VFR CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE TO MVFR
CONDITIONS MAINLY AFTER 07Z...AND PERHAPS IFR CONDITIONS BETWEEN
09-13Z. SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL VEER SOUTH THEN VEER SOUTHWEST/WEST
TOWARDS 07/00Z.
CJC
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
MEM 62 76 65 84 / 100 80 10 40
MKL 61 74 60 82 / 100 80 10 40
JBR 58 75 61 82 / 100 50 10 40
TUP 62 73 64 85 / 100 90 30 40
&&
.MEG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR CLAY-CRAIGHEAD-
CRITTENDEN-CROSS-GREENE-LAWRENCE-LEE AR-MISSISSIPPI-
PHILLIPS-POINSETT-RANDOLPH-ST. FRANCIS.
MO...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR DUNKLIN-
PEMISCOT.
MS...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR ALCORN-BENTON
MS-CALHOUN-CHICKASAW-COAHOMA-DESOTO-ITAWAMBA-LAFAYETTE-LEE
MS-MARSHALL-MONROE-PANOLA-PONTOTOC-PRENTISS-QUITMAN-
TALLAHATCHIE-TATE-TIPPAH-TISHOMINGO-TUNICA-UNION-YALOBUSHA.
TN...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR CARROLL-
CHESTER-CROCKETT-DECATUR-DYER-FAYETTE-GIBSON-HARDEMAN-
HARDIN-HAYWOOD-HENDERSON-HENRY-LAKE-LAUDERDALE-MADISON-
MCNAIRY-OBION-SHELBY-TIPTON-WEAKLEY.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, May 5, 10:37 PM CDT, 3 hours 45 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1037 PM CDT TUE MAY 5 2009 ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115- MSZ001>017-020>024-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092-070545- 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- 1037 PM CDT TUE MAY 5 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST ARKANSAS... THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...AND WEST TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A JONESBORO ARKANSAS TO PARSONS TENNESSEE LINE...INCLUDING MEMPHIS... JACKSON...CLARKSDALE...AND TUPELO. LARGE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS IS THE MAIN HAZARD. DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND A FEW TORNADOES MAY BE POSSIBLE SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40 AFTER 1 AM CDT. NORTH OF THE SLIGHT RISK AREA...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM OR TWO CAN BE EXPECTED WITH HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH. HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT ACROSS ENTIRE MIDSOUTH AS A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY MORNING ACROSS NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. THE MAIN HAZARDS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY MORNING ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA. ADDITIONAL CHANCES FOR STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL OCCUR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AFTERNOON. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NEEDED ALONG AND SOUTH OF A JONESBORO ARKANSAS TO PARSON TENNESSEE LINE TONIGHT. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED ACROSS NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI WEDNESDAY MORNING AND ACROSS PARTS OF THE AREA THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. MBS
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 5, 11:09 PM CDT, 3 hours 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1109 PM CDT TUE MAY 5 2009 MSZ015-022-023-060500- PONTOTOC MS-CALHOUN MS-CHICKASAW MS- 1109 PM CDT TUE MAY 5 2009 ...THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR... CALHOUN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... CHICKASAW COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN PONTOTOC COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF PITTSBORO AT 1110 PM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM IS INTENSIFYING AND COULD BECOME SEVERE RAPIDLY. PEOPLE IN CALHOUN...CHICKASAW AND PONTOTOC COUNTIES...INCLUDING LOCATIONS NEAR HOUSTON AND OKOLONA...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT. THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT ALSO INCLUDES DAVIS LAKE. .A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ALERT AREA.
Special weather statement, May 6, 12:09 AM CDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1209 AM CDT WED MAY 6 2009 MSZ015>017-023-024-060615- LEE MS-ITAWAMBA MS-PONTOTOC MS-MONROE MS-CHICKASAW MS- 1209 AM CDT WED MAY 6 2009 ...THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR... NORTHERN CHICKASAW COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... SOUTHWESTERN ITAWAMBA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... SOUTHERN LEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... NORTHERN MONROE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... SOUTHEASTERN PONTOTOC COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF HOULKA AT 1209 AM CDT... MOVING EAST AT 30 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 CHICKASAW...ITAWAMBA...LEE...MONROE AND PONTOTOC COUNTIES...INCLUDING LOCATIONS NEAR AMORY...HOUSTON...OKOLONA AND VERONA...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 AM CDT. THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT ALSO INCLUDES DAVIS LAKE. .A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ALERT AREA.
Special weather statement, May 6, 12:22 AM CDT, 2 hours before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1222 AM CDT WED MAY 6 2009 ARZ048-049-060600- LEE AR-ST. FRANCIS AR- 1222 AM CDT WED MAY 6 2009 ...THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR... EXTREME NORTHWESTERN LEE COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS... WESTERN ST. FRANCIS COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF WHEATLEY AT 1222 AM CDT... MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. PEOPLE IN LEE AND ST. FRANCIS COUNTIES...INCLUDING LOCATIONS NEAR FORREST CITY...MADISON AND PALESTINE...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT. .A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ALERT AREA.
Special weather statement, May 6, 12:41 AM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1241 AM CDT WED MAY 6 2009 MSZ013-015-021-022-060615- LAFAYETTE MS-PONTOTOC MS-YALOBUSHA MS-CALHOUN MS- 1241 AM CDT WED MAY 6 2009 ...THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR... NORTHERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... WESTERN PONTOTOC COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... SOUTHEASTERN LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... NORTHEASTERN YALOBUSHA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BANNER AT 1242 AM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. PEOPLE IN CALHOUN...LAFAYETTE...PONTOTOC AND YALOBUSHA COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 AM CDT. .A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ALERT AREA.
Special weather statement, May 6, 2:16 AM CDT, 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 216 AM CDT WED MAY 6 2009 MSZ001-002-008-012-060815- DE SOTO MS-MARSHALL MS-TATE MS-PANOLA MS- 216 AM CDT WED MAY 6 2009 ...THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR... EASTERN DESOTO COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... WESTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... NORTHEASTERN PANOLA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... EASTERN TATE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL WAS LOCATED OVER COMO AT 217 AM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 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 DESOTO...MARSHALL...PANOLA AND TATE COUNTIES...INCLUDING LOCATIONS NEAR JOHN W KYLE STATE PARK...OLIVE BRANCH AND SENATOBIA... SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 AM CDT. .A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ALERT AREA.
Special weather statement, May 6, 2:19 AM CDT, 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 219 AM CDT WED MAY 6 2009 MSZ013>016-022-023-060745- UNION MS-LAFAYETTE MS-LEE MS-PONTOTOC MS-CALHOUN MS-CHICKASAW MS- 219 AM CDT WED MAY 6 2009 ...THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR... NORTHEASTERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... CHICKASAW COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... LEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... PONTOTOC COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... UNION COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... SOUTHEASTERN LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL WAS LOCATED 3 MILES WEST OF PYLAND AT 220 AM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 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 CALHOUN...CHICKASAW...LAFAYETTE...LEE...PONTOTOC AND UNION COUNTIES...INCLUDING LOCATIONS NEAR HOUSTON...NEW ALBANY... PONTOTOC...TOMBIGBEE STATE PARK...TRACE STATE PARK...TUPELO AND VERONA...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 AM CDT. THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT ALSO INCLUDES DAVIS LAKE. .A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ALERT AREA.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 10:13 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Coahoma, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie | 62 min |
| May 5, 11:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chickasaw, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc | 42 min |
| May 5, 11:33 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Calhoun, Chickasaw, Lafayette, Panola, Pontotoc, Quitman and 3 more | 57 min |
| May 6, 12:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Yalobusha | 41 min |
| May 6, 12:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chickasaw, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc | 21 min |
| May 6, 12:23 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lafayette, Lee, Monroe and 3 more | 12 hr |
| May 6, 1:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Chickasaw, Monroe | 70 min |
| May 6, 1:27 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Tunica | 6 hr |
| May 6, 2:29 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Coahoma, DeSoto, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Tate and 1 more | 6 hr |
| May 6, 2:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Tunica | 44 min |
| May 6, 2:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Quitman, Tate, Tunica | 50 min |
| May 6, 2:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Coahoma | 60 min |
| May 6, 2:47 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Tate, Tunica | 43 min |
| May 6, 3:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Panola, Tate, Tunica | 45 min |
| May 6, 3:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Tunica, Yalobusha | 66 min |
| May 6, 3:29 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Lee, Tishomingo | 22 min |
| May 6, 3:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, DeSoto, Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Tate | 44 min |
| May 6, 4:00 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Benton, Lafayette, Marshall, Tate, Tippah | 45 min |
| May 6, 4:06 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Benton, Itawamba, Lafayette, Lee, Marshall and 7 more | 6 hr |
| May 6, 4:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Lafayette, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Yalobusha | 60 min |
| May 6, 4:18 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lafayette, Panola | 42 min |
| May 6, 4:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Benton, Lafayette, Marshall, Tippah, Union | 53 min |
| May 6, 4:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Chickasaw, Lafayette, Pontotoc, Union, Yalobusha | 48 min |
| May 6, 5:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Lee, Prentiss, Tippah, Tishomingo, Union | 42 min |
| May 6, 5:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Chickasaw, Lee, Pontotoc, Union | 68 min |
| May 6, 5:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Chickasaw, Tallahatchie, Yalobusha | 65 min |
| May 6, 5:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Itawamba, Lee, Prentiss, Tishomingo | 43 min |
| May 6, 5:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe | 68 min |
| May 6, 5:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chickasaw, Monroe | 63 min |
| May 6, 8:21 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Tallahatchie | 114 min |
| May 6, 9:43 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Monroe | 32 hr |
| May 6, 9:43 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Monroe | 32 hr |
| May 6, 10:07 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Lafayette, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Yalobusha | 113 min |
| May 6, 10:29 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Tate, Tunica | 19 hr |
| May 6, 10:29 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Quitman | 22 hr |
| May 6, 10:29 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Tallahatchie | 22 hr |
| May 6, 10:29 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Tallahatchie | 22 hr |
| May 6, 10:29 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Lafayette, Marshall, Union | 11 hr |
| May 6, 12:02 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Lafayette, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Tunica | 6 hr |
| May 6, 12:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lafayette, Lee, Monroe and 2 more | 118 min |
| May 6, 2:25 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Chickasaw, Lafayette, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc and 1 more | 8 hr |
| May 6, 1:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Cross, Lee, St. Francis | 69 min |
| May 6, 1:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lee, Phillips | 64 min |
| May 6, 1:51 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lee, Phillips | 39 min |
| May 6, 2:58 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Clay, Craighead, Greene, Lawrence, Poinsett, Randolph | 3 hr |
| May 6, 5:01 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Lee, St. Francis | 6 days |
| May 6, 11:55 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Mississippi | 17 days |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.