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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 441, NWS Memphis, TN

December 31, 20104 counties in Mississippi; Crockett County, Haywood County, Madison County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 31, 2010, 10:09 PM CST for 4 counties in Mississippi; Crockett County, Haywood County, Madison County, Tennessee. It was in force for 145 days. 23 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: Dec 31, 2010, 10:09 PM CST (04:09 UTC)
Expired: May 25, 2011, 9:15 PM CDT
In force: 145 days
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Chickasaw County, MS, Itawamba County, MS, Lee County, MS, Monroe County, MS, Crockett County, TN, Haywood County, TN, Madison County, TN

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:12 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
Dec 31, 10:20 PM CST	HAIL 1.75	1 Nne New Wren, MS	GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY SHERIFF DEPUTY NEAR THE HWY 278 AND HWY 45 INTERSECTION.
Feb 24, 9:38 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	Wren, MS	TREES/POWER LINES DOWN IN NEW WREN...CASON...SMITHVILLE. 3 MOBILE HOMES WITH SOME DAMAGE.
Mar 26, 10:15 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Aberdeen, MS
Mar 27, 8:55 PM CDT	HAIL 0.88	Aberdeen, MS
Mar 29, 7:45 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Nettleton, MS	QUARTER SIZE HAIL COVERING THE GROUND.
Mar 29, 7:53 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Evergreen, MS	QUARTER SIZE HAIL COVERED THE GROUND LIGHTLY.
Apr 20, 4:00 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Nettleton, MS	TREES DOWN IN THE CITY OF NETTLETON. COUPLE OF HOMES DAMAGED DUE TO FALLEN TREES. EASTERN PART OF NETTLETON AND RURAL POINTS EAST ARE WITHOUT POWER.
Apr 20, 4:05 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Amory, MS	TREES DOWN IN THE TOWNS OF AMORY AND SMITHVILLE. 2 HOMES IN AMORY SUSTAINED DAMAGE DUE TO TREES FALLING.
Apr 20, 4:06 AM CDT	HAIL 0.88	5 E Nettleton, MS
Apr 20, 4:15 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	New Wren, MS	TREES DOWN NEAR THE TOWN OF NEW WREN. VARIOUS SPOTS ACROSS NORTHERN MONROE COUNTY HAVE TREES DOWN.
Apr 20, 5:45 AM CDT	HAIL 0.75	5 E Nettleton, MS
Apr 20, 1:39 PM CDT	HAIL 0.75	New Wren, MS	PENNY SIZED HAIL COVERING MOST OF THE GROUND
Apr 20, 9:00 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Nettleton, MS	TREES DOWN COUNTY WIDE.
Apr 20, 9:00 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Smithville, MS	SEVERAL TREES DOWN OVER NORTHERN MONROE COUNTY.
Apr 20, 9:10 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Amory, MS
Apr 20, 9:13 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Amory, MS	QUARTER SIZED HAIL IN AMORY
Apr 27, 3:17 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Wren, MS	TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN. 3 INJURIES REPORTED IN MONROE COUNTY. POSSIBLE TORNADO DAMAGE.
Apr 27, 3:28 PM CDT	TORNADO	3 S Okolona, MS	TORNADO ON THE GROUND SOUTH OF OKOLONA
Apr 27, 3:32 PM CDT	TORNADO	New Wren, MS	* 4 FATAL * EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTS 4 PRELIMINARY FATALITIES AND SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE. ADDITIONAL INJURIES UNKNOWN.
Apr 27, 3:44 PM CDT	TORNADO 4	Smithville, MS	* 13 FATAL, 40 INJ * DOZENS OF NEWLY CONSTRUCTED TWO STORY FULLY BRICK HOMES LEVELED. TREES DEBARKED. PROFESSIONAL BUILDINGS DESTROYED. ESTIMATED WINDS 190 MPH. 1/2 MILE WIDE. 2.82 MILES LONG. 5 STILL MISSING.
Apr 27, 3:44 PM CDT	TORNADO 5	Smithville, MS	* 14 FATAL, 40 INJ * DOZENS OF NEWLY CONSTRUCTED TWO STORY FULLY BRICK HOMES LEVELED. TREES DEBARKED. PROFESSIONAL BUILDINGS DESTROYED. ESTIMATED WINDS 205 MPH. 1/2 MILE WIDE. 2.82 MILES LONG. END PT. 34.0731, -88.3814.
Apr 27, 3:44 PM CDT	TORNADO	Smithville, MS	AMATEUR RADIO COORDINATOR FOR NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI REPORTS MAJOR DAMAGE IN SMITHVILLE, MS. REPORTS INDICATE THAT 7 HOMES HAVE BEEN DESTROYED AND BETWEEN 15 AND 20 HOMES WITH SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE. INJURIES AND FATALITIES FROM THIS LOCATION ARE UNKNOWN AT THIS TI
May 13, 8:20 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Amory, MS	TREES DOWN ACROSS THE CITY.

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 14 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 11 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 nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 162 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1802 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 71 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 162 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

592 
WUUS54 KMEG 010409
SVRMEG
MSC017-057-081-095-010445-
/O.NEW.KMEG.SV.W.0441.110101T0409Z-110101T0445Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1009 PM CST FRI DEC 31 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL CHICKASAW COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  SOUTHWESTERN ITAWAMBA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  SOUTHEASTERN LEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  MONROE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 1045 PM CST

* AT 1009 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING
  WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ABERDEEN...
  AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ABERDEEN
  AND AMORY.

 THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES AREAS NEAR ABERDEEN LAKE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

.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 3377 8873 3381 8872 3381 8877 3386 8884
      3424 8853 3407 8820 3402 8820 3373 8868
TIME...MOT...LOC 0409Z 222DEG 54KT 3379 8857

$$

2 follow-up statements

028 
WWUS54 KMEG 010428
SVSMEG

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1028 PM CST FRI DEC 31 2010

MSC017-010437-
/O.CAN.KMEG.SV.W.0441.000000T0000Z-110101T0445Z/
CHICKASAW MS-
1028 PM CST FRI DEC 31 2010

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL CHICKASAW COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...

AT 1027 PM CST...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 3392 8841 3393 8851 3393 8857 3396 8862
      3403 8865 3424 8853 3407 8820 3402 8820
TIME...MOT...LOC 0427Z 222DEG 54KT 3391 8825

$$

MSC057-081-095-010445-
/O.CON.KMEG.SV.W.0441.000000T0000Z-110101T0445Z/
LEE MS-ITAWAMBA MS-MONROE MS-
1028 PM CST FRI DEC 31 2010

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CST
FOR NORTHERN MONROE...SOUTHWESTERN ITAWAMBA AND SOUTHEASTERN LEE
COUNTIES...

AT 1027 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND 
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES 
SOUTHEAST OF PARHAM...OR 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF AMORY...MOVING 
NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO AMORY...
HATLEY...JACINTO...RICHMOND...CARDSVILLE...TURON...WREN...BIGBEE...
PARHAM AND BECKER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

.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 3392 8841 3393 8851 3393 8857 3396 8862
      3403 8865 3424 8853 3407 8820 3402 8820
TIME...MOT...LOC 0427Z 222DEG 54KT 3391 8825

$$

573 
WUUS54 KMEG 260134 RRA
SVRMEG
TNC033-075-113-260215-
/O.NEW.KMEG.SV.W.0439.110526T0134Z-110526T0215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
834 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN CROCKETT COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE...
  EAST CENTRAL HAYWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...
  MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 915 PM CDT

* AT 834 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED
  ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM BELLS TO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MERCER...
  OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HUMBOLDT TO 11
  MILES NORTHWEST OF BOLIVAR...AND MOVING EAST AT 65 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO JACKSON.

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.

.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 3550 8867 3546 8874 3543 8896 3543 8911
      3544 8912 3572 8912 3580 8885 3579 8861
      3558 8860
TIME...MOT...LOC 0134Z 253DEG 57KT 3575 8905 3541 8907

$$

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 Dec 31, 5:21 PM CST, 4 hours 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 31, 5:21 PM CST, 4 hours 48 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
521 PM CST FRI DEC 31 2010

.UPDATE...

UPDATED FOR 00Z AVIATION DISCUSSION

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 255 PM CST FRI DEC 31 2010/

DISCUSSION...

THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE
MID SOUTH. SPECIAL 18Z UPPER AIR SOUNDINGS FROM JAN AND LIT AS
WELL AS MESOSCALE ANALYSIS DEPICT SBCAPE VALUES IN THE 750-1500
J/KG RANGE WITH AN ERODING MID LEVEL CAPPING INVERSION. MID LEVEL
FORCING IS THE QUESTION MARK FOR THE SOUTHEAST TWO THIRDS OF THE
REGION. A VORTICITY MAXIMA ACROSS FAR SE TX WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR
CONVECTION ACROSS SOUTHERN LA. SOME OF THIS ACTIVITY MAY SPREAD
INTO NORTHERN MS THIS EVENING. WILL HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE HOW THE
THE REST OF THE EVENT UNFOLDS.

NEW YEARS DAY THROUGH TUESDAY...EXCEPT FOR A RESIDUAL CHANCE OF
RAIN SHOWERS NEAR THE TN RIVER AND AL BORDER NEW YEARS DAY
MORNING...IT WILL BE DRY WITH SLOWLY WARMING TEMPERATURES DURING
THIS TIME FRAME. THE H5 FLOW BECOMES ZONAL BY MONDAY.

WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...THE 12Z GFS AND ECMWF DIVERGE ON THEIR
SOLUTIONS IN THE DAY 5-7 TIME PERIOD. THE GFS PERSISTS WITH THE H5
ZONAL FLOW...WHILE THE ECMWF ROTATES A STRONG UPPER TROUGH THROUGH
THE REGION. WILL KEEP THE CURRENT FORECAST OF LOW POPS WEDNESDAY
NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT.

OKULSKI

&&

.AVIATION...
00Z TAF CYCLE

COLD FRONT NOW LOCATED BETWEEN KMEM AND JBR WILL SLOWLY PUSH EAST
ACROSS THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF THE TAF PERIOD. THUNDERSTORMS
ACCOMPANYING THE FRONT WILL AFFECT KMEM FIRST WITH TEMPORARY IFR
CONDITIONS BETWEEN 00Z AND 02Z. STORMS WILL MARCH INTO KMKL
AND KTUP BETWEEN 02Z AND 05Z. KTUP WILL CONTINUE TO SEE
LIGHTER THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY AFTER 05Z WITH MVFR
CONDITIONS...WHILE KMEM AND KMKL BECOME VFR AND OCCASIONAL SHOWERS.
KJBR WILL HAVE VFR CONDITIONS WITH TEMPO SHOWERS FROM 01Z-04Z.
CONDITIONS WON'T IMPROVE TO VFR AT KTUP UNTIL TOMORROW MORNING.
SOUTH WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL REMAIN GUSTY THIS
EVENING...EVENTUALLY SWINGING TO THE NORTHWEST LATE TONIGHT BEHIND
THE BOUNDARY. SKIES WILL BECOME MORE SCATTERED WITH NORTHWEST
WINDS LATE IN THE PERIOD.

JAB

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
MEM  45  51  28  45 /  60  10   0   0
MKL  44  51  24  44 /  80  10   0   0
JBR  38  46  24  41 /  30  10   0   0
TUP  47  54  29  50 / 100  30   0   0

&&

.MEG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...NONE.
MO...NONE.
MS...NONE.
TN...NONE.
&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 31, 2:53 PM CST, 7 hours 16 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
253 PM CST FRI DEC 31 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>092-012300-
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-
253 PM CST FRI DEC 31 2010

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 OF SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH THIS EVENING
ACROSS MOST OF THE MID SOUTH. DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND
ISOLATED TORNADOES CONTINUE TO BE THE HAZARDS. PLEASE REFER TO
CURRENT WATCH AND WARNING STATEMENTS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...NEW YEARS DAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL CONTINUE TO BE NEEDED THROUGH THIS EVENING.

OKULSKI

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Dec 31, 5:59 PM CST, 4 hours 10 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
559 PM CST FRI DEC 31 2010

ARZ049-058-010045-
PHILLIPS AR-LEE AR-
559 PM CST FRI DEC 31 2010

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 645 PM CST FOR...

  CENTRAL LEE COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
  NORTHWESTERN PHILLIPS COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING WINDS AT LEAST 40 MPH WAS LOCATED 3
MILES WEST OF WATKINS CORNER AT 558 PM CST...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40
MPH.

VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE
POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. AN ISOLATED TORNADO MAY ALSO BE
POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

PEOPLE IN LEE AND PHILLIPS COUNTIES...INCLUDING LOCATIONS NEAR
MARIANNA AND MARVELL...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.

.A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ADVISORY AREA.

&&

LAT...LON 3472 9102 3489 9082 3482 9052 3448 9080
      3432 9098 3434 9101 3435 9100 3447 9100
      3447 9104 3448 9105 3465 9106
TIME...MOT...LOC 2358Z 214DEG 35KT 3450 9099

Special weather statement, Dec 31, 6:01 PM CST, 4 hours 8 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
601 PM CST FRI DEC 31 2010

ARZ036-TNZ088-089-010030-
CRITTENDEN AR-FAYETTE TN-SHELBY TN-
601 PM CST FRI DEC 31 2010

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 630 PM CST FOR...

  EAST CENTRAL CRITTENDEN COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
  WESTERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...
  SHELBY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...

A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING WINDS AT LEAST 40 MPH WAS
LOCATED FROM 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COLLIERVILLE TO 5 MILES WEST OF
SOUTHWEST MEMPHIS AT 601 PM CST...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

PEOPLE IN CRITTENDEN...FAYETTE AND SHELBY COUNTIES...INCLUDING
LOCATIONS NEAR BARTLETT...COLLIERVILLE...CORDOVA...GERMANTOWN...
MEEMAN SHELBY FOREST STATE PARK...MIDTOWN MEMPHIS...MILLINGTON AND
WEST MEMPHIS...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. THIS SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ALERT ALSO INCLUDES LAKE MCKELLAR.

.A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ADVISORY AREA.

&&

LAT...LON 3538 9006 3539 8951 3501 8963 3502 9029
TIME...MOT...LOC 0001Z 213DEG 59KT 3510 8966 3511 9011

Local storm report, Dec 31, 6:16 PM CST, 3 hours 53 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
616 PM CST FRI DEC 31 2010

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

0200 PM     HAIL             5 N WALNUT RIDGE        36.15N 90.96W
12/31/2010  E0.75 INCH       LAWRENCE           AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            PENNY SIZE HAIL REPORTED ON HIGHWAY 67 ALONG THE LAWRENCE
            AND RANDOLPH COUNTY LINES.

0505 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     MORO                    34.79N 90.99W
12/31/2010                   LEE                AR   STORM CHASER

            REPORTED BY A STORM SPOTTER...RELAYED THROUGH THE LEE
            COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER. FUNNEL CLOUD WAS NEAR MORO AND
            MOVED NORTHEAST TOWARD HOLUBS CROSSING.

&&

RRH

Special weather statement, Dec 31, 7:00 PM CST, 3 hours 9 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
700 PM CST FRI DEC 31 2010

ARZ027-035-010130-
CROSS AR-POINSETT AR-
700 PM CST FRI DEC 31 2010

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 730 PM CST FOR...

  CROSS COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
  CENTRAL POINSETT COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL OR LARGER WAS LOCATED 7
MILES NORTHWEST OF WYNNE AT 700 PM CST...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

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

PEOPLE IN CROSS AND POINSETT COUNTIES...INCLUDING LOCATIONS NEAR
HARRISBURG AND WYNNE...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.

.A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ADVISORY AREA.

&&

LAT...LON 3571 9079 3560 9036 3518 9081 3528 9101
TIME...MOT...LOC 0100Z 210DEG 53KT 3533 9086

Special weather statement, Dec 31, 7:21 PM CST, 2 hours 48 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
721 PM CST FRI DEC 31 2010

ARZ018-026>028-MOZ113-010145-
CRAIGHEAD AR-MISSISSIPPI AR-POINSETT AR-GREENE AR-DUNKLIN MO-
721 PM CST FRI DEC 31 2010

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 745 PM CST FOR...

  EASTERN CRAIGHEAD COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
  SOUTH CENTRAL GREENE COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
  NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
  EASTERN POINSETT COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
  EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN DUNKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL OR LARGER AND WINDS AT
LEAST 40 MPH WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GREENFIELD AT 721 PM
CST...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

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

PEOPLE IN CRAIGHEAD...DUNKLIN...GREENE...MISSISSIPPI AND POINSETT
COUNTIES...INCLUDING LOCATIONS NEAR BAY...BROOKLAND...CARAWAY...
HARRISBURG...JONESBORO...LAKE CITY...LEACHVILLE...MONETTE...PARAGOULD
AND TRUMANN...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.

&&

LAT...LON 3610 9056 3596 9013 3549 9059 3561 9083
TIME...MOT...LOC 0121Z 210DEG 55KT 3569 9064

Special weather statement, Dec 31, 7:24 PM CST, 2 hours 45 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
724 PM CST FRI DEC 31 2010

TNZ001>004-019>021-010200-
CARROLL TN-GIBSON TN-HENRY TN-WEAKLEY TN-LAKE TN-OBION TN-DYER TN-
724 PM CST FRI DEC 31 2010

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 800 PM CST FOR...

  NORTHWESTERN CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE...
  NORTHERN DYER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE...
  NORTHERN GIBSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE...
  WESTERN HENRY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE...
  SOUTHEASTERN LAKE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE...
  OBION COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE...
  WEAKLEY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE...

A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING WINDS AT LEAST 40 MPH WAS
LOCATED FROM 3 MILES WEST OF MISTON TO 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MCKENZIE
AT 724 PM CST...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

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

PEOPLE IN CARROLL...DYER...GIBSON...HENRY...LAKE...OBION AND WEAKLEY
COUNTIES...INCLUDING LOCATIONS NEAR MARTIN...MCKENZIE...PARIS...
REELFOOT LAKE STATE PARK AND UNION CITY...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM
CLOSELY. THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT ALSO INCLUDES REELFOOT LAKE.

&&

LAT...LON 3600 8847 3605 8963 3651 8935 3650 8817
TIME...MOT...LOC 0124Z 212DEG 48KT 3623 8948 3617 8855

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 31, 9:33 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Coahoma, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Yalobusha	145 days
Dec 31, 9:55 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Coahoma, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Yalobusha	145 days
Dec 31, 10:18 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Calhoun, Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lafayette, Lee, Monroe and 1 more	3 hr
Dec 31, 10:32 PM CST	Flash Flood Watch	MEG	Alcorn, Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lafayette and 11 more	5 hr
Dec 31, 10:41 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Itawamba, Monroe, Tishomingo	145 days
Dec 31, 10:53 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Alcorn, Benton, Itawamba, Lafayette, Lee, Marshall and 5 more	3 hr
Dec 31, 10:59 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Alcorn, Tippah, Tishomingo	3 hr
Dec 31, 11:08 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Itawamba, Monroe	3 hr
Dec 31, 11:11 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee	34 min
Dec 31, 11:49 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Itawamba, Monroe	26 min
Jan 1, 12:28 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Itawamba, Lafayette, Lee, Pontotoc, Union	108 min
Jan 1, 1:13 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Calhoun, Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc	65 min
Jan 1, 1:31 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Monroe	44 min
Jan 1, 9:39 AM CST	River Flood Warning	MEG	Monroe	22 hr
Jan 1, 9:39 AM CST	River Flood Warning	MEG	Monroe	10 hr
Jan 1, 9:39 AM CST	River Flood Warning	MEG	Lowndes, Monroe	4 days
Dec 31, 6:01 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Shelby	29 min
Dec 31, 6:08 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Shelby, Tipton	2 hr
Dec 31, 9:10 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Shelby, Tipton	35 min
Dec 31, 9:30 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Shelby	3 hr
Dec 31, 9:42 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Dyer	33 min
Dec 31, 11:00 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Lake	30 min
Dec 31, 11:51 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Decatur, Hardin, Henderson	3 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.