Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 596, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 2011, 2:38 PM CDT for Itawamba County, Prentiss County, Tishomingo County, Mississippi. It was in force for 52 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 24, 2011, 2:38 PM CDT (19:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 2011, 3:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Itawamba County, MS, Prentiss County, MS, Tishomingo County, MS
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 1:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2424 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -104 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1313 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
623 WUUS54 KMEG 241938 SVRMEG MSC057-117-141-242030- /O.NEW.KMEG.SV.W.0596.110624T1938Z-110624T2030Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 238 PM CDT FRI JUN 24 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... ITAWAMBA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... SOUTHEASTERN PRENTISS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... SOUTHERN TISHOMINGO COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... * UNTIL 330 PM CDT * AT 238 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 NEAR FULTON... AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO FULTON AND TISHOMINGO STATE PARK. THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES AREAS NEAR BAY SPRINGS 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 3409 8819 3410 8853 3452 8853 3464 8812 TIME...MOT...LOC 1938Z 299DEG 20KT 3429 8840 $$
1 follow-up statement
783 WWUS54 KMEG 242015 SVSMEG SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 315 PM CDT FRI JUN 24 2011 MSC117-141-242025- /O.CAN.KMEG.SV.W.0596.000000T0000Z-110624T2030Z/ TISHOMINGO MS-PRENTISS MS- 315 PM CDT FRI JUN 24 2011 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN PRENTISS AND SOUTHERN TISHOMINGO COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... AT 315 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS CANCELLED. LAT...LON 3447 8814 3409 8819 3410 8853 3446 8853 TIME...MOT...LOC 2015Z 299DEG 20KT 3419 8818 $$ MSC057-242030- /O.CON.KMEG.SV.W.0596.000000T0000Z-110624T2030Z/ ITAWAMBA MS- 315 PM CDT FRI JUN 24 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM CDT FOR ITAWAMBA COUNTY... AT 315 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 TREMONT...OR 12 MILES EAST OF FULTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO FULTON... JACINTO...KIRKVILLE...EASTMAN...BOUNDS CROSSROADS...TILDEN...ABNEY... DORSEY...CARDSVILLE...TURON...CADAMY AND CLAY. 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 3447 8814 3409 8819 3410 8853 3446 8853 TIME...MOT...LOC 2015Z 299DEG 20KT 3419 8818 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 12:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Panola, Quitman | 42 min |
| Jun 24, 12:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Panola, Quitman, Tunica | 51 min |
| Jun 24, 1:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Panola, Tate, Tunica | 44 min |
| Jun 24, 1:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie | 43 min |
| Jun 24, 1:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lafayette, Panola, Yalobusha | 54 min |
| Jun 24, 1:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Lee, Monroe | 62 min |
| Jun 24, 1:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lafayette, Marshall, Pontotoc, Union | 59 min |
| Jun 24, 1:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Panola, Tate | 53 min |
| Jun 24, 1:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Lee, Prentiss, Tishomingo | 60 min |
| Jun 24, 1:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Yalobusha | 67 min |
| Jun 24, 2:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lee, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Union | 57 min |
| Jun 24, 2:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Lafayette, Panola, Pontotoc, Yalobusha | 50 min |
| Jun 24, 2:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, Lafayette, Marshall, Tippah, Union | 43 min |
| Jun 24, 2:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Quitman, Tallahatchie | 60 min |
| Jun 24, 2:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Chickasaw, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc | 52 min |
| Jun 24, 2:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Union | 33 min |
| Jun 24, 2:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Tallahatchie, Yalobusha | 32 min |
| Jun 24, 3:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Monroe | 47 min |
| Jun 24, 3:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Tallahatchie | 41 min |
| Jun 24, 3:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tallahatchie | 44 min |
| Jun 24, 3:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe | 46 min |
| Jun 24, 3:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Itawamba | 41 min |
| Jun 24, 3:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Lee | 50 min |
| Jun 24, 3:46 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe | 108 min |
| Jun 24, 3:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Monroe | 28 min |
| Jun 24, 4:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Monroe | 29 min |
Nearby
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.