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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 234, NWS Memphis, TN

April 25, 20114 counties in Arkansas; Shelby County, Tennessee; DeSoto County, Tunica County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 25, 2011, 9:35 PM CDT for 4 counties in Arkansas; Shelby County, Tennessee; DeSoto County, Tunica County, Mississippi. It was in force for 55 min. 5 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: Apr 25, 2011, 9:35 PM CDT (02:35 UTC)
Expired: Apr 25, 2011, 10:30 PM CDT
In force: 55 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Crittenden County, AR, Cross County, AR, Lee County, AR, St. Francis County, AR, DeSoto County, MS, Tunica County, MS, Shelby County, TN

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:36 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
Apr 25, 10:23 PM CDT	HAIL 0.88	Walls, MS
Apr 25, 10:30 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Southaven, MS	FENCE DAMAGE. MULTIPLE FENCE PANELS BLOWN DOWN.
Apr 25, 10:35 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	5 W Germantown, TN	FENCE BLOWN OVER AT THE CORNER OF RAINES AND KIRBY ACROSS FROM KIRBY HIGH SCHOOL, WINDS ESTIMATED AT 60MPH.
Apr 25, 10:35 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Memphis, MS	FENCE BLOWN OVER AT THE CORNER OF RAINES AND KIRBY ACROSS FROM KIRBY HIGH SCHOOL, WINDS ESTIMATED AT 60MPH.
Apr 25, 10:35 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Southaven, MS	MULTIPLE FENCE PANELS BLOWN DOWN.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 55 minutes after it went out.

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
Apr 25, 4:50 PM CDT	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 48 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 1507 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 914 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 388 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 511 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 4.0
Supercell composite: 19.6

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

504 
WUUS54 KMEG 260235
SVRMEG
ARC035-037-077-123-MSC033-143-TNC157-260330-
/O.NEW.KMEG.SV.W.0234.110426T0235Z-110426T0330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
935 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CRITTENDEN COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN CROSS COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
  LEE COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
  EASTERN ST. FRANCIS COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
  WESTERN DESOTO COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
  NORTHERN TUNICA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
  WESTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT

* AT 935 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 80 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED
  ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM EARLE TO NEW HOME TO AUBREY...OR ALONG
  A LINE EXTENDING FROM EARLE TO 7 MILES WEST OF HUGHES TO
  MARIANNA...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO AUBREY...
  BRICKEYS...CRAWFORDSVILLE...EARLE...EDMONDSON...HAYNES...HORSESHOE
  LAKE...HUGHES...JENNETTE...JERICHO...MARIANNA...MARION...NEW HOME
  AND PARKIN.

 THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES AREAS NEAR BRANDYWINE LAKE...HORN LAKE...
  HORSESHOE LAKE...LAKE MCKELLAR...MIDWAY LAKE...ROBCO LAKE AND
  WAPANOCCA LAKE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

.A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A STORM SHELTER OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

.THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE ACROSS
ARKANSAS. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK SHELTER NOW 
INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!

&&

LAT...LON 3499 9073 3536 9058 3539 8976 3506 8988
      3469 9023 3466 9105
TIME...MOT...LOC 0235Z 263DEG 42KT 3526 9045 3498 9053
          3474 9077

$$

2 follow-up statements

467 
WWUS54 KMEG 260253
SVSMEG

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
953 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011

ARC035-037-077-123-MSC033-143-TNC157-260330-
/O.CON.KMEG.SV.W.0234.000000T0000Z-110426T0330Z/
CROSS AR-LEE AR-ST. FRANCIS AR-CRITTENDEN AR-DESOTO MS-TUNICA MS-
SHELBY TN-
953 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM CDT
FOR WESTERN SHELBY...NORTHERN TUNICA...WESTERN DESOTO...CRITTENDEN...
EASTERN ST. FRANCIS...LEE AND SOUTHEASTERN CROSS COUNTIES...

AT 953 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 80 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM BOOKER TO SIMSBORO TO
WHITEHALL...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF
MARION TO 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF HUGHES TO 10 MILES EAST OF MARIANNA...
MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO AUBREY...
BRICKEYS...CRAWFORDSVILLE...EARLE...EDMONDSON...HAYNES...HORSESHOE
LAKE...HUGHES...JENNETTE...JERICHO...MARIANNA...MARION...NEW HOME AND
PINCKNEY.

 THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES AREAS NEAR HORN LAKE...HORSESHOE LAKE...
  LAKE MCKELLAR...MIDWAY LAKE...ROBCO LAKE AND WAPANOCCA LAKE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A STORM SHELTER OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE ACROSS 
ARKANSAS. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK SHELTER NOW
INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!

&&

LAT...LON 3466 9105 3501 9067 3537 9046 3539 8976
      3506 8988 3472 9020 3471 9023 3469 9023
TIME...MOT...LOC 0253Z 258DEG 35KT 3529 9024 3501 9032
          3477 9056

$$

667 
WWUS54 KMEG 260308
SVSMEG

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1008 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011

ARC037-260318-
/O.CAN.KMEG.SV.W.0234.000000T0000Z-110426T0330Z/
CROSS AR-
1008 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CROSS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

AT 1008 PM 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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3504 9047 3537 9032 3539 8976 3506 8988
      3473 9019 3471 9023 3469 9023 3468 9076
TIME...MOT...LOC 0308Z 258DEG 35KT 3532 9006 3504 9014
          3480 9039

$$

ARC035-077-123-MSC033-143-TNC157-260330-
/O.CON.KMEG.SV.W.0234.000000T0000Z-110426T0330Z/
LEE AR-ST. FRANCIS AR-CRITTENDEN AR-DESOTO MS-TUNICA MS-SHELBY TN-
1008 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM CDT
FOR WESTERN SHELBY...NORTHERN TUNICA...WESTERN DESOTO...CRITTENDEN...
EASTERN ST. FRANCIS AND EASTERN LEE COUNTIES...

AT 1008 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM MEEMAN SHELBY FOREST STATE PARK
TO NORFOLK TO PETERS...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM MEEMAN SHELBY
FOREST STATE PARK TO 9 MILES SOUTH OF WEST MEMPHIS TO 11 MILES SOUTH
OF HUGHES...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BRICKEYS...
CRAWFORDSVILLE...EDMONDSON...HORSESHOE LAKE...HUGHES...JENNETTE...
JERICHO...MARION...PINCKNEY...SIMSBORO...SUNSET...WEST MEMPHIS...
EUDORA AND HOLLYWOOD.

 THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES AREAS NEAR HORN LAKE...HORSESHOE LAKE...
  LAKE MCKELLAR...MIDWAY LAKE...ROBCO LAKE AND WAPANOCCA LAKE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A STORM SHELTER OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

&&

LAT...LON 3504 9047 3537 9032 3539 8976 3506 8988
      3473 9019 3471 9023 3469 9023 3468 9076
TIME...MOT...LOC 0308Z 258DEG 35KT 3532 9006 3504 9014
          3480 9039

$$

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 25, 6:36 PM CDT, 2 hours 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 25, 6:36 PM CDT, 2 hours 59 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
636 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011

.UPDATE...
UPDATED FOR AVIATION.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 416 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011/

DISCUSSION...
..SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK / EXTENDED FLOODING EVENT
ABOUT TO UNFOLD ACROSS THE MIDSOUTH...

GOES IR IMAGERY SHOWED A NEGATIVELY TILTED UPPER LEVEL TROF
DIGGING INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AT MIDAFTERNOON. NUMEROUS
CLUSTERS OF SEVERE STORMS HAVE FORMED AHEAD OF THIS FEATURE...
INTO TWO LINEAR CLUSTERS. EXPECT THE TWO LINEAR CLUSTERS TO
CONSOLIDATE INTO A SOLID QLCS BY THE TIME IT ENTERS EASTERN AR
EARLY THIS EVENING. HAVE DECIDED TO INCLUDE LAWRENCE AND RANDOLPH
INTO TORNADO WATCH 205... BASED ON PROXIMITY TO THE LEADING
CLUSTER OF STORMS.

SIMILAR TO TODAY...EXPECT POST SQUALL LINE COLD OUTFLOW POOL TO
PREVAIL OVER MUCH OF THE MIDSOUTH TUESDAY MORNING. THIS AIRMASS
SHOULD QUICKLY MODIFY... WITH A WARM FRONT LIKELY LIFTING INTO THE
TO THE I40 CORRIDOR BY NOON... AND THROUGH MOST OF THE MIDSOUTH
DURING TUESDAY AFTERNOON. NAM SUGGESTS SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS
STORMS ALONG THE FRONT... REPRESENTING AN AFTERNOON SEVERE THREAT.
NAM SOUNDINGS SHOW MODERATE HELICITY...BUT EXPECT ENHANCED
HELICITY NEAR THE WARM FRONT.

ENVIRONMENTAL HELICITY IMPROVES MARKEDLY BY TUESDAY EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT WEDNESDAY MORNING. 18Z NAM IS A LITTLE FURTHER NORTH
WITH A SURFACE TRIPLE POINT... TAKING IT THROUGH NORTHEAST AR.
THIS SOLUTION WOULD REPRESENT AN ENHANCED TORNADO THREAT FOR
EASTERN ARKANSAS AND EVEN THE MEMPHIS METRO WEDNESDAY MORNING.
ECMWF CONCURS... BUT IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE 12Z GFS IS
CONSIDERABLY FASTER THAN EITHER MODEL. GIVEN THE NEAR CONCURRENT
NAM/ECMWF SOLUTIONS...HAVE STUCK WITH A MORE WESTERLY SOLUTION TO THE
MODERATE RISK WEDNESDAY MORNING...INCLUDING THE MEMPHIS METRO.

EXPECT A STRONGLY FORCED SQUALL LINE TO FORM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...
LIFTING EAST AHEAD OF A SHARP MIDLEVEL TROF. WIDESPREAD DAMAGING
WINDS... QLCS TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE.

OVERALL... FEW CHANGES FROM EARLIER FORECASTS. FLASH FLOOD THREAT
REMAINS SIGNIFICANT AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING...PARTICULARLY
OVER AREAS SUCH AS FAR NORTHEAST AR THAT HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED UP
TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN. SOME OF THE HEAVIEST RAIN ACROSS THE MIDSOUTH
WILL LIKELY FALL TONIGHT AND AGAIN TUESDAY NIGHT.

QUIETER WEATHER FOR THE LATTER HALF OF THE WEEK. EXPECT A COLD
FRONTAL PASSAGE ON OR ABOUT SUNDAY BASED ON GFS/ECMWF SOLUTIONS.
RIVER FLOODING WILL CONTINUE.

PWB

&&

.AVIATION...
00Z TAFS

LARGE CONVECTIVE CLUSTERS OVER AR WILL LIKELY FORM INTO A
CONSOLIDATED LINE OF TSRA OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. LATEST HRRR
MODEL RUNS SUGGEST CONVECTIVE LINE WILL NOT MAKE INTO MEM UNTIL
04Z OR 05Z. THIS TIMING MAY NEED TO BE MOVED FORWARD AN HOUR IF
A CONVECTIVE BOW BECOMES DOMINATE OVER SOUTHERN AR.

PWB

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
MEM  68  81  67  75 / 100  60  90 100
MKL  65  80  67  75 / 100  70  90 100
JBR  62  78  60  70 / 100  60  90  90
TUP  66  84  71  76 /  80  60  80 100

&&

.MEG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR CLAY-GREENE-
     LAWRENCE-RANDOLPH.

     FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR CRAIGHEAD-
     CRITTENDEN-CROSS-LEE AR-MISSISSIPPI-PHILLIPS-POINSETT-ST.
     FRANCIS.

MO...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT.

MS...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR ALCORN-BENTON MS-
     COAHOMA-DESOTO-LAFAYETTE-MARSHALL-PANOLA-PRENTISS-QUITMAN-
     TATE-TIPPAH-TISHOMINGO-TUNICA-UNION.

TN...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR LAKE-OBION.

     FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR CARROLL-CHESTER-
     CROCKETT-DECATUR-DYER-FAYETTE-GIBSON-HARDEMAN-HARDIN-
     HAYWOOD-HENDERSON-HENRY-LAUDERDALE-MADISON-MCNAIRY-SHELBY-
     TIPTON-WEAKLEY.

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 25, 3:46 PM CDT, 5 hours 49 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
346 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011

ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-
MSZ001>017-020>024-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092-261645-
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-
346 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT
OVER AREAS TO THE WEST OF A UNION CITY TO JACKSON TENNESSEE... TO
CHARLESTON MISSISSIPPI. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS TO THE EAST OF THIS LINE.

STRONG...LONG TRACK TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE MODERATE
RISK AREA THIS EVENING AND EARLY OVERNIGHT. OTHER THREATS ACROSS ALL
THE MIDSOUTH INCLUDE VERY STRONG AND DAMAGING STRAIT LINE WINDS
SUFFICIENT TO TOPPLE LARGE TREES. LARGE HAIL WILL ALSO BE
POSSIBLE.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF THE MIDSOUTH...
GENERALLY NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM TUPELO MISSISSIPPI TO GLENDORA
MISSISSIPPI. SEE THE LATEST FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY AND TUESDAY
NIGHT OVER ALL OF THE MIDSOUTH. THERE WILL BE AN ENHANCED RISK OF
STRONG LONG TRACKED TORNADOES LATE TUESDAY EVENING AND EARLY
WEDNESDAY MORNING.

ON WEDNESDAY...THERE IS A MODERATE RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. THERE MAY BE AN ENHANCED RISK OF
TORNADOES AHEAD OF A LOW PRESSURE AND WARM FRONT LIFTING NORTH
THROUGH THE DELTA.

MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY WILL
SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL TO THE MIDSOUTH...RESULTING IN THE THREAT FOR
SIGNIFICANT AND LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH
CONTINUES THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. CONSULT THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH
FOR DETAILS.

AREA RIVERS WILL RISE THROUGH NEXT WEEK...PUTTING STRESS ON LEVEES.
SIGNIFICANT... POSSIBLY RECORD BREAKING RIVER FLOODING IS POSSIBLE
ON THE MISSISSIPPI BY LATE NEXT WEEK AS RUN OFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL
UPSTREAM BEGINS TO WORK ITS WAY SOUTH.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED FROM TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

PWB

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 25, 4:03 PM CDT, 5 hours 32 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
403 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1230 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 SE BARTLETT           35.18N 89.80W
04/25/2011                   SHELBY             TN   PUBLIC

            LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN IN THE BELLE TREES NEIGBORHOOD.

1240 PM     TORNADO          COLLIERVILLE            35.06N 89.68W
04/25/2011                   SHELBY             TN   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TORNADO REPORTED TO EMA BY LAW ENFOREMENT

1241 PM     TORNADO          BARTLETT                35.22N 89.84W
04/25/2011                   SHELBY             TN   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TORNADO REPORTED TO EMA BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.

1246 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     OLIVE BRANCH            34.95N 89.83W
04/25/2011                   DESOTO             MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED NEAR THE KROGER NEAR COMMERCE AND
            MT PLEASANT.

1246 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     1 N COLLIERVILLE        35.07N 89.68W
04/25/2011                   SHELBY             TN   PUBLIC

            WINDS ESTIMATED AT 55 MPH. LOW LYING FUNNEL CLOUD AT
            HOUSTON LEVEE AND WOLF RIVER.

0238 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     6 W HUNTINGDON          36.01N 88.52W
04/25/2011                   CARROLL            TN   EMERGENCY MNGR

            FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR MCLEMORESVILLE.

0238 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     NW VALE                 36.12N 88.27W
04/25/2011                   CARROLL            TN   EMERGENCY MNGR

            FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR MIXIE 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF VALE.

&&

ZEI

Local storm report, Apr 25, 5:36 PM CDT, 3 hours 59 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
536 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0210 PM     TORNADO          4 SW ALAMO              35.74N 89.17W
04/25/2011                   CROCKETT           TN   STORM CHASER

            POSSIBLE TORNADO BETWEEN JOHNSON GROVE RD AND HWY 88.
            DAMAGE TO TWO HOUSES AND NUMEROUS TREES DOWN.

&&

JAB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 25, 7:44 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Clay, Greene	3 hr
Apr 25, 8:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Clay	35 min
Apr 25, 8:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Cross, Lee, Phillips, St. Francis	66 min
Apr 25, 9:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Cross, Poinsett	45 min
Apr 25, 9:15 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Clay	3 hr
Apr 25, 9:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Poinsett	42 min
Apr 25, 9:33 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Lee, Poinsett and 1 more	3 hr
Apr 25, 9:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Phillips	61 min
Apr 25, 9:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Craighead, Crittenden, Mississippi, Poinsett	45 min
Apr 25, 10:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Mississippi	47 min
Apr 25, 10:38 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Mississippi	3 hr
Apr 25, 10:45 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Clay, Greene	3 hr
Apr 25, 10:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Mississippi	43 min
Apr 26, 12:14 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	MEG	Clay, Craighead, Greene, Lawrence, Randolph	12 hr
Apr 26, 1:32 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	MEG	Clay, Greene	10 hr
Apr 26, 3:18 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Phillips	3 hr
Apr 26, 6:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lee, Phillips	30 min
Apr 26, 11:39 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	MEG	Clay, Craighead, Greene, Lawrence, Randolph	8 hr
Apr 26, 3:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Lee, St. Francis	52 min
Apr 26, 3:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Cross, Lee, St. Francis	44 min
Apr 26, 3:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Crittenden, Cross, Mississippi, Poinsett, St. Francis	51 min
Apr 26, 4:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Cross, Lee, St. Francis	45 min
Apr 26, 4:09 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Cross, Lee, St. Francis	6 hr
Apr 26, 4:13 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	MEG	Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Lawrence and 6 more	13 hr
Apr 26, 4:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Cross, Lee, St. Francis	55 min
Apr 26, 4:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Craighead, Mississippi	50 min
Apr 26, 5:06 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Phillips	54 min
Apr 26, 5:26 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Lee, Phillips	6 hr
Apr 26, 5:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Crittenden, St. Francis	48 min
Apr 26, 5:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Crittenden, Cross, St. Francis	41 min
Apr 26, 5:49 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Crittenden, Cross, Mississippi, Poinsett, St. Francis	6 hr
Apr 26, 5:52 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Lee, Phillips	53 min
Apr 26, 5:53 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Crittenden	37 min
Apr 26, 6:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Lee, Phillips, St. Francis	58 min
Apr 26, 6:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Crittenden	50 min
Apr 26, 6:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Phillips	60 min
Apr 26, 6:31 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Crittenden, Mississippi	6 hr
Apr 26, 6:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Mississippi	42 min
Apr 26, 6:34 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Phillips	56 min
Apr 26, 6:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Crittenden, Lee, St. Francis	38 min
Apr 26, 6:56 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Crittenden, Lee	6 hr
Apr 25, 10:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Fayette, Hardeman, Haywood, Madison, Shelby, Tipton	39 min
Apr 25, 10:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chester, Fayette, Hardeman, Haywood, McNairy, Madison and 2 more	50 min
Apr 25, 11:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Carroll, Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Haywood, Henderson and 2 more	49 min
Apr 25, 11:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Gibson, Henry, Obion, Weakley	38 min
Apr 25, 11:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Carroll, Chester, Decatur, Gibson, Hardin, Henderson and 1 more	40 min
Apr 25, 11:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chester, Decatur, Fayette, Hardeman, Hardin, McNairy and 1 more	45 min
Apr 25, 11:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Carroll, Henry, Weakley	35 min
Apr 26, 12:09 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Hardin, McNairy	36 min
Apr 26, 12:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Carroll, Chester, Decatur, Henderson	47 min
Apr 26, 12:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Decatur, Hardin, McNairy	33 min
Apr 26, 9:53 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Hardin	14 days
Apr 26, 1:41 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	MEG	Decatur, Perry	26 hr
Apr 26, 3:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Obion, Weakley	41 min
Apr 26, 4:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lake	45 min
Apr 26, 4:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Lake, Obion	24 min
Apr 26, 5:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Fayette, Shelby, Tipton	43 min
Apr 26, 6:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Fayette, Shelby, Tipton	38 min
Apr 26, 6:34 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Fayette, Shelby, Tipton	41 min
Apr 26, 6:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Fayette, Shelby	59 min
Apr 26, 6:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Crockett, Haywood, Lauderdale, Tipton	47 min
Apr 25, 8:15 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Lowndes, Monroe	7 days
Apr 25, 10:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	DeSoto, Marshall, Tate, Tunica	59 min
Apr 25, 10:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Coahoma, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Tate, Tunica	57 min
Apr 25, 10:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Benton, Marshall, Tate, Tippah, Union	62 min
Apr 25, 11:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Coahoma, Lafayette, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Union and 1 more	59 min
Apr 25, 11:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Alcorn, Benton, Itawamba, Lafayette, Lee, Prentiss and 3 more	76 min
Apr 26, 12:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Calhoun, Chickasaw, Lafayette, Lee, Pontotoc, Union and 1 more	59 min
Apr 26, 12:14 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Alcorn, Lee, Prentiss, Tippah, Union	31 min
Apr 26, 12:16 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Lafayette, Pontotoc, Union	29 min
Apr 26, 12:24 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Calhoun, Lafayette, Pontotoc	36 min
Apr 26, 12:41 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc, Union	19 min
Apr 26, 12:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Calhoun, Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc and 2 more	64 min
Apr 26, 1:30 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Lafayette	43 hr

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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.