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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 263, NWS Memphis, TN

June 2, 2010Itawamba County, Lee County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 2010, 2:44 PM CDT for Itawamba County, Lee County, Mississippi. It was in force for 36 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
Jun 2, 2010, 2:44 PM CDT (19:44 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 2010, 3:20 PM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Itawamba County, MS, Lee County, MS

The radar

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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 Jun 2, 12:54 PM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 12:54 PM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 2, 1:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
135 PM CDT WED JUN 2 2010

ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-
MSZ001>017-020>024-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092-032045-
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 WED JUN 2 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST ARKANSAS...
THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...AND WEST TENNESSEE.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS NORTH OF A
JONESBORO ARKANSAS TO HUNTINGDON TENNESSEE LINE THROUGH 8 PM.
DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH AND HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS
ARE THE MAIN HAZARDS.

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE
EXPECTED THROUGH 8 PM ACROSS THE REST OF THE MIDSOUTH. DAMAGING
WINDS UP TO 60 MPH AND HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS ARE THE
MAIN HAZARDS.

LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES AND FLASH FLOODING
ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE MIDSOUTH THROUGH 8 PM.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

STRONG TO PERHAPS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY
THROUGH TUESDAY AS A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES INTERACT
WITH A WARM...MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS. DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY
RAINFALL ARE THE MAIN THREATS WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT BECOME
SEVERE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THROUGH 8 PM TODAY...ESPECIALLY
IN THE SLIGHT RISK AREA NORTH OF A JONESBORO ARKANSAS TO
HUNTINGDON TENNESSEE LINE.

MBS

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 2, 1:36 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 2, 1:49 PM CDT, 55 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 2, 2:11 PM CDT, 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
211 PM CDT WED JUN 2 2010

ARZ009-018-MOZ113-021945-
CLAY AR-GREENE AR-DUNKLIN MO-
211 PM CDT WED JUN 2 2010

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 245 PM CDT FOR...

  SOUTHERN CLAY COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
  NORTHERN GREENE COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
  CENTRAL DUNKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL OR LARGER AND WINDS AT
LEAST 40 MPH WAS LOCATED 5 MILES EAST OF KNOBEL AT 211 PM CDT...
MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE
ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

PEOPLE IN CLAY...DUNKLIN AND GREENE COUNTIES...INCLUDING LOCATIONS
NEAR KENNETT...MARMADUKE...PIGGOTT AND RECTOR...SHOULD MONITOR THIS
STORM CLOSELY.

.A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ADVISORY
AREA.
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 2:15 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 2, 2:23 PM CDT, 21 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 2, 2:41 PM CDT, 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
241 PM CDT WED JUN 2 2010

MSZ003-004-009-014-016-022015-
TIPPAH MS-BENTON MS-PRENTISS MS-UNION MS-LEE MS-
241 PM CDT WED JUN 2 2010

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 315 PM CDT FOR...

  SOUTH CENTRAL BENTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  NORTHERN LEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  SOUTHWESTERN PRENTISS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  SOUTHERN TIPPAH COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  UNION COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL OR LARGER AND WINDS AT
LEAST 40 MPH WAS LOCATED 4 MILES EAST OF NEW ALBANY AT 241 PM CDT...
MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.

VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE
ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

PEOPLE IN BENTON...LEE...PRENTISS...TIPPAH AND UNION COUNTIES...
INCLUDING LOCATIONS NEAR BALDWYN AND NEW ALBANY...SHOULD MONITOR THIS
STORM CLOSELY.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 1:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLake48 min
Jun 2, 2:18 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGLake117 min
Jun 2, 2:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLake, Obion52 min
Jun 2, 4:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGDyer, Lake26 min
Jun 2, 4:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGDyer, Lauderdale, Tipton42 min
Jun 2, 5:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLauderdale33 min
Jun 2, 2:36 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGLafayette, Lee, Pontotoc, Union2 hr
Jun 2, 3:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGTallahatchie, Yalobusha30 min
Jun 2, 5:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCalhoun39 min
Jun 2, 5:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGCalhoun, Coahoma, Tallahatchie, Yalobusha2 hr
Jun 2, 5:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCalhoun, Chickasaw49 min
Jun 2, 2:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGClay, Greene31 min
Jun 2, 2:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLawrence, Randolph23 min
Jun 2, 3:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGClay, Greene, Randolph34 min
Jun 2, 3:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCrittenden, Cross, Mississippi, Poinsett29 min

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.