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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Memphis, TN

April 3, 20106 counties in Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 3, 2010, 5:10 AM CDT for 6 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 35 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: Apr 3, 2010, 5:10 AM CDT (10:10 UTC)
Expired: Apr 3, 2010, 5:45 AM CDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Chickasaw County, MS, Itawamba County, MS, Lee County, MS, Monroe County, MS, Prentiss County, MS, Tishomingo County, MS

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:10 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 Apr 3, 4:21 AM CDT, 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 3, 4:21 AM CDT, 49 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 3, 5:06 AM CDT, 4 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 3, 2:26 AM CDT, 2 hours 44 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
226 AM CDT SAT APR 3 2010

TNZ002-019-020-048-030800-
LAUDERDALE TN-GIBSON TN-OBION TN-DYER TN-
226 AM CDT SAT APR 3 2010

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 300 AM CDT FOR...

  DYER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE...
  NORTHWESTERN GIBSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE...
  SOUTHWESTERN OBION COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE...
  NORTHEASTERN LAUDERDALE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING WINDS AT LEAST 40 MPH WAS LOCATED 13
MILES SOUTHWEST OF UNIONVILLE AT 226 AM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65
MPH.

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

PEOPLE IN DYER...GIBSON...LAUDERDALE AND OBION COUNTIES...INCLUDING
LOCATIONS NEAR DYERSBURG...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. THIS
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT ALSO INCLUDES CHISHOLM LAKE.

Special weather statement, Apr 3, 4:22 AM CDT, 48 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 3, 4:38 AM CDT, 32 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
Apr 3, 2:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Dyer, Lauderdale, Obion	26 min
Apr 3, 4:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chester, Decatur, Hardin, Henderson, McNairy	40 min
Apr 3, 3:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Benton, DeSoto, Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Tate and 2 more	63 min
Apr 3, 3:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Calhoun, Lafayette, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Yalobusha	73 min
Apr 3, 4:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Alcorn, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Lafayette, Lee, Pontotoc and 4 more	62 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 2010 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2010

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.