Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 511, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 2011, 2:25 PM CDT for Chickasaw County, Mississippi. It was in force for 50 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 16, 2011, 2:25 PM CDT (19:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 2011, 3:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Chickasaw County, MS
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:25 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 146 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
- 808 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -190 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1856 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
031
WUUS54 KMEG 161925
SVRMEG
MSC017-162015-
/O.NEW.KMEG.SV.W.0511.110616T1925Z-110616T2015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
225 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL CHICKASAW COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 315 PM CDT
* AT 225 PM CDT...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 6 MILES WEST OF
TREBLOC...OR 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HOUSTON. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY
STATIONARY.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HOUSTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
.THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
.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 3389 8902 3391 8880 3381 8880 3381 8891
3376 8892 3375 8893 3375 8902
TIME...MOT...LOC 1925Z 271DEG 1KT 3381 8895
$$2 follow-up statements
152
WWUS54 KMEG 161938
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
238 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011
MSC017-162015-
/O.CON.KMEG.SV.W.0511.000000T0000Z-110616T2015Z/
CHICKASAW MS-
238 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM CDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL CHICKASAW COUNTY...
AT 237 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
SPARTA...OR 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HOUSTON. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY
STATIONARY.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MC CONDY...
SPARTA AND BUENA VISTA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
.STAY TUNED TO THIS BROADCAST FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND INFORMATION.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY...CALL 1 800 4 3 2 0 8 7 5.
&&
LAT...LON 3389 8902 3391 8880 3381 8880 3381 8891
3376 8892 3375 8893 3375 8902
TIME...MOT...LOC 1937Z 271DEG 1KT 3381 8895
$$078
WWUS54 KMEG 162016
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
316 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011
MSC017-162026-
/O.EXP.KMEG.SV.W.0511.000000T0000Z-110616T2015Z/
CHICKASAW MS-
316 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL CHICKASAW COUNTY
HAS EXPIRED...
AT 316 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED...AND NO
LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 3389 8902 3391 8880 3381 8880 3381 8891
3376 8892 3375 8893 3375 8902
TIME...MOT...LOC 1938Z 271DEG 1KT 3381 8895
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Prentiss, Tippah, Tishomingo | 47 min |
| Jun 15, 7:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Coahoma | 46 min |
| Jun 15, 10:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Itawamba, Lee | 41 min |
| Jun 15, 10:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Lee, Monroe | 41 min |
| Jun 16, 12:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chickasaw, Monroe | 52 min |
| Jun 16, 2:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Chickasaw | 114 min |
| Jun 16, 3:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Chickasaw | 47 min |
| Jun 16, 3:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Chickasaw | 63 min |
| Jun 16, 3:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chickasaw, Lee, Pontotoc | 39 min |
| Jun 16, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Panola | 41 min |
| Jun 16, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tunica | 46 min |
| Jun 16, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto | 44 min |
| Jun 16, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Tate | 44 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 2011Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2011
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.