Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2015
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 80, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 19, 2015, 10:08 PM CDT for Panola County, Mississippi. It was in force for 52 min. 1 report 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 19, 2015, 10:08 PM CDT (03:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 19, 2015, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Panola County, MS
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:08 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 19, 10:39 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 2 Ne Batesville, MS | QUARTER SIZE HAIL FELL AT THE HIGHWAY 35 EXIT NEAR BATESVILLE ON INTERSTATE 55. |
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 31 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 19, 8:02 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KBYH), launched 00:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 52 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
- 593 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1739 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 293 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 5.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
653
WUUS54 KMEG 200308
SVRMEG
MSC107-200400-
/O.NEW.KMEG.SV.W.0080.150420T0308Z-150420T0400Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1008 PM CDT SUN APR 19 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL PANOLA COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
* AT 1008 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
BATESVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BATESVILLE...JOHN W KYLE STATE PARK...SARDIS...HORATIO AND HAYES
CROSSING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN
MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3427 9006 3448 9009 3453 8972 3427 8972
TIME...MOT...LOC 0308Z 260DEG 45KT 3438 9001
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$1 follow-up statement
786
WWUS54 KMEG 200346
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1046 PM CDT SUN APR 19 2015
MSC107-200400-
/O.CON.KMEG.SV.W.0080.000000T0000Z-150420T0400Z/
PANOLA MS-
1046 PM CDT SUN APR 19 2015
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL PANOLA COUNTY...
AT 1046 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CAMBRIDGE...
OR 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF OXFORD...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BATESVILLE...JOHN W KYLE STATE PARK AND HAYES CROSSING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN
MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3428 8997 3441 8993 3453 8972 3427 8972
TIME...MOT...LOC 0346Z 260DEG 45KT 3446 8944
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$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 19, 6:31 PM CDT, 3 hours 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 19, 6:31 PM CDT, 3 hours 37 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 631 PM CDT SUN APR 19 2015 .DISCUSSION... UPDATED FOR 00Z AVIATION DISCUSSION && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 250 PM CDT SUN APR 19 2015/ SKIES ARE PARTLY SUNNY ACROSS MOST OF THE FORECAST AREAS THIS AFTERNOON WITH TEMPERATURES RANGING FROM THE MID 60S TO MID 70S. SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS NORTHERN AND EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA. THIS ACTIVITY IS NOT VERY STRONG AND WE ARE NOT EXPECTING ANY SEVERE WEATHER FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS. A COLD FRONT IS MOVING OUT OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND INTO WESTERN ARKANSAS. SOME THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ALONG THE FRONT IN EAST TEXAS AND BEHIND THE FRONT IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT THIS EVENING AND SOME OF THIS ACTIVITY MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AS THE MAIN THREATS. THE COLD FRONT WILL BE EAST OF THE FORECAST AREA MONDAY MORNING WITH SHOWERS ENDING OVER FAR EASTERN SECTIONS. COOLER AND DRIER AIR WILL BE MOVING INTO THE REGION WITH HIGHS ON MONDAY IN THE UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S. HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION MONDAY NIGHT ALLOWING SKIES TO CLEAR WHICH WILL HELP TEMPERATURES DROP IN TO THE 40S OVER MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA. DRY WEATHER AND SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY. BY TUESDAY NIGHT ANOTHER FRONT WILL START TO DROP SOUTH TOWARD THE FORECAST AREA. SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE FRONT AND THIS ACTIVITY MAY REACH FAR NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA. THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE CLOSER TO THE FORECAST AREA ON WEDNESDAY SO THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. THIS COLD FRONT WILL STALL OUT ACROSS NORTH MISSISSIPPI SO THERE WILL STILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. BY FRIDAY...THE FRONT WILL START TO LIFT SLOWLY NORTH AS A WARM FRONT WITH MORE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED. LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT AND MOVE INTO THE REGION FRIDAY NIGHT WHICH WILL BRING A BETTER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. THE FRONT WILL EVENTUALLY MOVE OUT OF THE REGION ON SATURDAY WITH THE THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS GRADUALLY ENDING SATURDAY NIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE WILL START TO BUILD INTO THE REGION NEXT SUNDAY WITH DRY WEATHER EXPECTED. TEMPERATURES FROM WEDNESDAY THROUGH NEXT SUNDAY WILL BE AT OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL LEVELS. ARS && .AVIATION... 00Z TAF CYCLE VFR CONDS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL A LINE OF SHRAS AND TSRAS MOVES ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING WITH OCNL IFR VSBYS AND GUSTY WINDS. MVFR CIGS WILL PREVAIL AFTER THE LINE MOVES THROUGH UNTIL ABOUT MID MORNING MONDAY BEFORE VFR CONDS RETURN. SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 10 TO 15 MPH WILL TURN W/WNW OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUE...GUSTY AT TIMES ON MONDAY. SJM && .MEG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. MO...NONE. MS...NONE. TN...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 19, 11:53 AM CDT, 10 hours 15 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1153 AM CDT SUN APR 19 2015 ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115- MSZ001>017-020>024-TNZ001>004-019>022-048>055-088>092-201900- ALCORN-BENTON MS-BENTON TN-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- 1153 AM CDT SUN APR 19 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST ARKANSAS... THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...AND WEST TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE IS AN ENHANCED RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EASTERN ARKANSAS...THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...AND MUCH OF NORTH MISSISSIPPI...WITH A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE MID SOUTH TONIGHT. NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DEVELOP THIS EVENING ACROSS THE ENHANCED RISK AREA AND SPREAD EASTWARD LATER TONIGHT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY WITH ANY SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORM THAT DEVELOPS THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE LIKELY THIS EVENING.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 19, 9:09 PM CDT, 59 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
909 PM CDT SUN APR 19 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0857 PM HAIL WILSON 35.57N 90.04W
04/19/2015 E1.00 INCH MISSISSIPPI AR TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
ZDMLocal storm report, Apr 19, 9:12 PM CDT, 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
912 PM CDT SUN APR 19 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0810 PM TSTM WND DMG LAFE 36.21N 90.50W
04/19/2015 GREENE AR EMERGENCY MNGR
NUMEROUS TREES DOWN AND AN AWNING KNOCKED OVER.
&&
ZDMLocal storm report, Apr 19, 9:18 PM CDT, 50 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
918 PM CDT SUN APR 19 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0840 PM TSTM WND DMG MONETTE 35.89N 90.34W
04/19/2015 CRAIGHEAD AR PUBLIC
POWER LINES DOWN WITH POWER OUTAGES.
&&
ZDMLocal storm report, Apr 19, 9:47 PM CDT, 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
947 PM CDT SUN APR 19 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0915 PM HAIL 2 S LULA 34.43N 90.48W
04/19/2015 E1.75 INCH COAHOMA MS EMERGENCY MNGR
&&
ARSLocal storm report, Apr 19, 9:50 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
950 PM CDT SUN APR 19 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0935 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 W HINCHCLIFF 34.31N 90.35W
04/19/2015 QUITMAN MS PUBLIC
THREE LARGE TREES SNAPPED OR UPROOTED
&&
ARSLocal storm report, Apr 19, 10:01 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1001 PM CDT SUN APR 19 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0940 PM TSTM WND GST DYERSBURG 36.04N 89.38W
04/19/2015 M60 MPH DYER TN TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
ZDMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 9:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Quitman, Tunica | 42 min |
| Apr 19, 9:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Coahoma | 51 min |
| Apr 19, 9:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Panola, Quitman | 39 min |
| Apr 19, 9:47 PM CDT | River Flood Advisory | MEG | DeSoto | 10 days |
| Apr 19, 10:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lafayette, Panola | 50 min |
| Apr 19, 10:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, Marshall, Tippah, Union | 32 min |
| Apr 19, 11:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, Lafayette, Marshall, Tippah, Union | 41 min |
| Apr 20, 12:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Monroe | 24 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.