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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS Memphis, TN

January 30, 2013Itawamba County, Monroe County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 30, 2013, 4:14 AM CST for Itawamba County, Monroe County, Mississippi. It was in force for 46 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: Jan 30, 2013, 4:14 AM CST (10:14 UTC)
Expired: Jan 30, 2013, 5:00 AM CST
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Itawamba County, MS, Monroe County, MS

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 163 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: 784 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 571 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 508 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 586 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 3.0
Supercell composite: 11.5

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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 Jan 30, 3:35 AM CST, 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 30, 3:35 AM CST, 39 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 30, 3:04 AM CST, 1 hour 10 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 30, 2:24 AM CST, 1 hour 50 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
224 AM CST WED JAN 30 2013

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

0138 AM     TSTM WND DMG     2 NE BETHEL SPRINGS     35.26N 88.58W
01/30/2013                   MCNAIRY            TN   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            POSSIBLE TORNADO. NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES REPORTED
            DOWN ALONG WITH A HOME ON FIRE IN AREA OF WIND DAMAGE.
            RESCUE UNABLE TO REACH PERSONS TRAPPED DUE TO IMPASSABLE
            ROADWAYS.

&&

JLH

Local storm report, Jan 30, 2:27 AM CST, 1 hour 47 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
227 AM CST WED JAN 30 2013

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

1245 AM     NON-TSTM WND DMG 5 SW FULTON             34.21N 88.46W
01/30/2013                   ITAWAMBA           MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES DOWN ON POWER LINES START FIRES IN WOODS NEAR
            DORSEY. ALSO BARN FIRE IN EAST FULTON.

1245 AM     TSTM WND DMG     LEXINGTON               35.65N 88.39W
01/30/2013                   HENDERSON          TN   EMERGENCY MNGR

            POSSIBLE TORNADO WENT FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS COUNTY.
            NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. STRUCTURE DAMAGE.
            ONE HOME DESTROYED.

&&

ZEI

Local storm report, Jan 30, 2:38 AM CST, 1 hour 36 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
238 AM CST WED JAN 30 2013

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

0138 AM     TSTM WND DMG     BETHEL SPRINGS          35.24N 88.61W
01/30/2013                   MCNAIRY            TN   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            POSSIBLE TORNADO. A PERSON TRAPPED BENEATH A MOBILE HOME
            ALONG WITH SEVERAL ADDITIONAL PERSONS TRAPPED IN HOMES
            ALONG SOUTH PARKWAY IN BETHEL SPRINGS. IN ADDITION...A
            VEHICLE HAS BEEN BLOWN FROM THE ROADWAY ALONG BETHEL
            PURDY ROAD IN BETHEL SPRINGS. THERE HAVE BEEN HUNDREDS OF
            CALLS INTO EMERGENCY OFFICIALS REQUESTING RESCUE.

&&

JLH

Local storm report, Jan 30, 3:03 AM CST, 1 hour 11 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jan 30, 3:14 AM CST, 1 hour before

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Local storm report, Jan 30, 3:45 AM CST, 29 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
Jan 29, 9:55 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Dyer, Lake, Obion	65 min
Jan 29, 10:05 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Shelby, Tipton	25 min
Jan 29, 10:22 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Lauderdale	53 min
Jan 29, 10:31 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Lake	3 hr
Jan 29, 10:31 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Crockett, Dyer, Haywood, Lauderdale	59 min
Jan 29, 10:35 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Fayette, Haywood, Lauderdale, Shelby, Tipton	55 min
Jan 29, 10:48 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Obion, Weakley	57 min
Jan 29, 10:48 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Shelby	42 min
Jan 29, 11:28 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Crockett, Fayette, Hardeman, Haywood, Lauderdale, Madison and 2 more	47 min
Jan 29, 11:43 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Lauderdale, Obion, Shelby and 1 more	3 hr
Jan 30, 12:01 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Lauderdale, Obion, Weakley	44 min
Jan 30, 12:13 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chester, Crockett, Fayette, Hardeman, Haywood, Henderson and 2 more	47 min
Jan 30, 12:21 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Fayette, Hardeman	39 min
Jan 30, 12:27 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Carroll, Decatur, Gibson, Henderson, Henry, Weakley	48 min
Jan 30, 12:34 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Fayette, Hardeman, Haywood, Tipton	6 hr
Jan 30, 12:56 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chester, Fayette, Hardeman, Henderson, McNairy, Madison	64 min
Jan 30, 1:00 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Fayette, Hardeman	30 min
Jan 30, 1:10 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Carroll, Crockett, Gibson, Haywood, Henderson, Madison	6 hr
Jan 30, 1:33 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Carroll, Chester, Decatur, Henderson	27 min
Jan 30, 1:35 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Chester, Decatur, Hardin, Henderson, McNairy	25 min
Jan 30, 1:44 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chester, Decatur, Hardin, Henderson, McNairy	61 min
Jan 30, 2:01 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Hardin, McNairy	44 min
Jan 30, 2:09 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Hardin, McNairy	51 min
Jan 30, 2:41 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Shelby	3 hr
Jan 30, 3:00 AM CST	Wind Advisory	MEG	Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer, Fayette and 14 more	15 hr
Jan 30, 4:50 AM CST	River Flood Warning	MEG	Crockett, Dyer, Lauderdale	15 hr
Jan 30, 4:55 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	MEG	Hardin	50 hr
Jan 30, 6:11 AM CST	River Flood Warning	MEG	Obion, Weakley	14 hr
Jan 29, 7:50 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Tunica	25 min
Jan 29, 8:06 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Quitman, Tallahatchie	24 min
Jan 29, 11:07 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Tate, Tunica	38 min
Jan 29, 11:35 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Coahoma, Quitman, Tallahatchie	25 min
Jan 29, 11:35 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Panola, Quitman, Tate	40 min
Jan 29, 11:54 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Benton, DeSoto, Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Tate	36 min
Jan 30, 12:23 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Tate	37 min
Jan 30, 12:31 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Quitman, Tate, Yalobusha	6 hr
Jan 30, 12:31 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Benton, Lafayette, Marshall, Tate, Tippah	29 min
Jan 30, 1:41 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Calhoun, Chickasaw, Lafayette, Marshall, Pontotoc, Union and 1 more	34 min
Jan 30, 2:31 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc, Prentiss and 1 more	44 min
Jan 30, 3:14 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Chickasaw, Monroe	61 min
Jan 30, 10:16 AM CST	River Flood Warning	MEG	Monroe	20 hr
Jan 30, 1:07 PM CST	River Flood Warning	MEG	Monroe	17 hr
Jan 29, 8:09 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Clay, Greene, Lawrence, Randolph	36 min
Jan 29, 8:37 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Clay, Greene, Lawrence, Mississippi, Randolph	38 min
Jan 29, 8:49 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Greene, Lawrence	26 min
Jan 29, 9:03 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Mississippi, Poinsett	42 min
Jan 29, 9:09 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Clay, Greene	36 min
Jan 29, 9:12 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Clay, Craighead, Greene, Mississippi	63 min
Jan 29, 9:17 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Crittenden, Cross, Lee, St. Francis	58 min
Jan 29, 9:44 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Mississippi, Poinsett	46 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 2013 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2013

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.