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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 38, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 31, 2016, 4:09 PM CDT for Hardin County, McNairy County, Tennessee. It was in force for 66 min. 4 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
- Mar 31, 2016, 4:09 PM CDT (21:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2016, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Hardin County, TN, McNairy County, TN
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 4:25 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Savannah, TN | QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN SAVANNAH. |
| Mar 31, 4:28 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 Nnw Counce, TN | AN EF-1 TORNADO CAUSED DAMAGE TO A HOUSE AND RV JUST EAST OF THE TENNESSEE RIVER. |
| Mar 31, 4:45 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 1 W Pickwick Dam, TN | FUNNEL CLOUD WITH STORM ROTATION HALF MILE WEST OF PICKWICK DAM. |
| Mar 31, 4:58 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 N Counce, TN | MANY TREES DOWN AND ONE HOUSE DESTORYED NEAR PICKWICK DAM. THIS IS POSSIBLE TORNADO. |
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 2 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2:35 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KBYH), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 167 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
- 866 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 556 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 125 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 2.8
The text
As transmitted.
243
WUUS54 KMEG 312109
SVRMEG
TNC071-109-312215-
/O.NEW.KMEG.SV.W.0038.160331T2109Z-160331T2215Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
409 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
HARDIN COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE...
MCNAIRY COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 515 PM CDT
* AT 408 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER
ADAMSVILLE...OR 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF SELMER...MOVING EAST AT 35
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...
SAVANNAH...SELMER...PICKWICK LANDING STATE PARK...BIG HILL POND
STATE PARK...ADAMSVILLE...SHILOH...OLIVE HILL...PICKWICK DAM...
MORRIS CHAPEL...CRUMP...EASTVIEW...MICHIE...GUYS...RAMER...
SALTILLO...STANTONVILLE...MILLEDGEVILLE...CYPRESS...OLIVEHILL AND
OLD LAWTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH A TORNADO IS NOT
IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF ONE IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A
PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A STORM SHELTER
OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR WESTERN
TENNESSEE.
LAT...LON 3501 8819 3501 8820 3500 8820 3500 8878
3538 8844 3538 8839 3537 8838 3538 8837
3539 8803 3537 8802 3537 8801 3535 8801
3533 8802 3530 8802 3529 8798 3525 8798
TIME...MOT...LOC 2108Z 253DEG 32KT 3525 8842
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$5 follow-up statements
969
WWUS54 KMEG 312127
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
427 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016
TNC071-109-312215-
/O.CON.KMEG.SV.W.0038.000000T0000Z-160331T2215Z/
HARDIN TN-MCNAIRY TN-
427 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT
FOR HARDIN AND MCNAIRY COUNTIES...
AT 427 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PICKWICK
DAM...OR NEAR PICKWICK LANDING STATE PARK...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SAVANNAH...SELMER...PICKWICK LANDING STATE PARK...BIG HILL POND STATE
PARK...ADAMSVILLE...SHILOH...OLIVE HILL...PICKWICK DAM...MORRIS
CHAPEL...CRUMP...EASTVIEW...MICHIE...GUYS...RAMER...SALTILLO...
STANTONVILLE...MILLEDGEVILLE...CYPRESS...OLIVEHILL AND OLD LAWTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REMAIN ALERT FOR A POSSIBLE TORNADO! TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY
FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU SPOT A TORNADO GO AT ONCE INTO THE
STORM SHELTER OR SMALL CENTRAL ROOM IN A STURDY STRUCTURE.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR WESTERN
TENNESSEE.
LAT...LON 3501 8819 3501 8820 3500 8820 3500 8878
3538 8844 3538 8839 3537 8838 3538 8837
3539 8803 3537 8802 3537 8801 3535 8801
3533 8802 3530 8802 3529 8798 3525 8798
TIME...MOT...LOC 2127Z 275DEG 32KT 3508 8829
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$022
WWUS54 KMEG 312136
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
436 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016
TNC071-109-312215-
/O.CON.KMEG.SV.W.0038.000000T0000Z-160331T2215Z/
HARDIN TN-MCNAIRY TN-
436 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT
FOR HARDIN AND SOUTHEASTERN MCNAIRY COUNTIES...
AT 436 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PICKWICK
LANDING STATE PARK...MOVING EAST AT 35 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...
SAVANNAH...PICKWICK LANDING STATE PARK...ADAMSVILLE...MORRIS
CHAPEL...SHILOH...OLIVE HILL...PICKWICK DAM...CRUMP...MICHIE...
SALTILLO...STANTONVILLE...RED SULPHUR SPRINGS...OLIVEHILL...HICKORY
FLATS...BUCKTOWN...HAMBURG...PITTSBURG LANDING...PHILLIPS...ACTON AND
MOUNT VINSON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REMAIN ALERT FOR A POSSIBLE TORNADO! TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY
FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU SPOT A TORNADO GO AT ONCE INTO THE
STORM SHELTER OR SMALL CENTRAL ROOM IN A STURDY STRUCTURE.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR WESTERN
TENNESSEE.
LAT...LON 3501 8819 3501 8820 3500 8820 3500 8848
3527 8843 3532 8837 3535 8828 3538 8820
3539 8803 3537 8802 3537 8801 3535 8801
3533 8802 3530 8802 3529 8798 3525 8798
TIME...MOT...LOC 2136Z 253DEG 32KT 3510 8820
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$518
WWUS54 KMEG 312143
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
443 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016
TNC109-312153-
/O.CAN.KMEG.SV.W.0038.000000T0000Z-160331T2215Z/
MCNAIRY TN-
443 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MCNAIRY COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR WESTERN
TENNESSEE.
LAT...LON 3501 8819 3501 8820 3500 8820 3500 8838
3529 8837 3532 8837 3538 8820 3539 8803
3536 8801 3530 8802 3529 8798 3525 8798
TIME...MOT...LOC 2143Z 253DEG 32KT 3512 8812
$$
TNC071-312215-
/O.CON.KMEG.SV.W.0038.000000T0000Z-160331T2215Z/
HARDIN TN-
443 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT
FOR HARDIN COUNTY...
AT 443 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WALNUT
GROVE...OR 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF PICKWICK LANDING STATE PARK...MOVING
EAST AT 35 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...
SAVANNAH...PICKWICK LANDING STATE PARK...ADAMSVILLE...MORRIS
CHAPEL...SHILOH...OLIVE HILL...PICKWICK DAM...CRUMP...SALTILLO...RED
SULPHUR SPRINGS...OLIVEHILL...BUCKTOWN...HAMBURG...PITTSBURG
LANDING...PHILLIPS...WALKERTOWN...CERRO GORDO...HURLEY...RIGHT AND
SIBLEY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REMAIN ALERT FOR A POSSIBLE TORNADO! TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY
FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU SPOT A TORNADO GO AT ONCE INTO THE
STORM SHELTER OR SMALL CENTRAL ROOM IN A STURDY STRUCTURE.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR WESTERN
TENNESSEE.
LAT...LON 3501 8819 3501 8820 3500 8820 3500 8838
3529 8837 3532 8837 3538 8820 3539 8803
3536 8801 3530 8802 3529 8798 3525 8798
TIME...MOT...LOC 2143Z 253DEG 32KT 3512 8812
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$312
WWUS54 KMEG 312202
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
502 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016
TNC071-312215-
/O.CON.KMEG.SV.W.0038.000000T0000Z-160331T2215Z/
HARDIN TN-
502 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHERN HARDIN COUNTY...
AT 502 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF OLIVE HILL...OR 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WAYNESBORO...MOVING EAST AT
35 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SAVANNAH...PICKWICK LANDING STATE PARK...OLIVE HILL...PICKWICK DAM...
RED SULPHUR SPRINGS...OLIVEHILL...HAMBURG...BRUTON BRANCH...COUNCE...
CHILDERS HILL...WALKERTOWN...DAMON...SOUTHSIDE...WINN SPRINGS...
MADDOX AND CENTER STAR.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH A TORNADO IS NOT
IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF ONE IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A
PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A STORM SHELTER
OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR WESTERN
TENNESSEE.
LAT...LON 3501 8819 3501 8820 3500 8820 3500 8838
3513 8833 3523 8821 3527 8811 3528 8807
3529 8804 3530 8802 3529 8798 3525 8798
TIME...MOT...LOC 2202Z 253DEG 32KT 3517 8792
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$261
WWUS54 KMEG 312211
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
511 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016
TNC071-312221-
/O.EXP.KMEG.SV.W.0038.000000T0000Z-160331T2215Z/
HARDIN TN-
511 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN HARDIN COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 515 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR WESTERN
TENNESSEE.
LAT...LON 3501 8819 3501 8820 3500 8820 3500 8838
3513 8833 3523 8821 3527 8811 3528 8807
3529 8804 3530 8802 3529 8798 3525 8798
TIME...MOT...LOC 2209Z 253DEG 32KT 3517 8792
$$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 Mar 31, 3:09 PM CDT, 1 hour earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 31, 3:09 PM CDT, 1 hour before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
309 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016
.DISCUSSION...
SKIES ARE CLOUDY OVER PORTIONS OF WEST TENNESSEE WHILE SKIES ARE
PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST AREA.
TEMPERATURES RANGE FROM THE MID 60S TO UPPER 70S. CURRENTLY STRONG
TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST
TENNESSEE WITH A FEW ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OVER PARTS OF
NORTH MISSISSIPPI. A NEW TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED TO COVER
ALL OF NORTH MISSISSIPPI AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE. THE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WHICH COVERS AREAS NORTH OF THE TORNADO
WATCH WILL EXPIRE AT 4 PM. THERE REMAINS SOME THREAT OF LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL WITH THESE STORMS SO WILL KEEP FLASH FLOOD WATCH
GOING UNTIL 7 PM.
A COLD FRONT CURRENTLY EXTENDS FROM NORTHEAST ILLINOIS THROUGH
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND INTO FAR EAST TEXAS. AS THE FRONT MOVES
EAST TONIGHT...MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
ESPECIALLY OVER NORTH MISSISSIPPI. AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES INTO
THE AREA COOLER AND DRIER AIR WILL START TO MOVE INTO THE WESTERN
SECTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA. TEMPERATURES WILL BE AT OR SLIGHT
ABOVE NORMAL TONIGHT WITH LOWS FRIDAY MORNING FROM THE UPPER 40S
TO MID 50S.
THE COLD FRONT SHOULD BE OUT OF THE FORECAST AREA BY FRIDAY
MORNING. THIS WILL BRING AN END TO THE THUNDERSTORMS. TEMPERATURES
WILL BE COOLER ON FRIDAY AND TODAY WITH HIGHS IN THE MID 60S TO
LOWER 70S. HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS FRIDAY
NIGHT KEEPING DRY WEATHER WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW TO MID 40S.
DRY WEATHER AND BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE INTO
SATURDAY WITH HIGHS IN THE LOW TO MID 60S. SATURDAY NIGHT WILL BE
THE COOLEST NIGHT AS THE SURFACE HIGH SETTLES OVER THE REGION.
LOWS SUNDAY MORNING MAY REACH THE MID TO UPPER 30S OVER PORTIONS
OF WEST TENNESSEE.
WINDS SHOULD START TO SHIFT TO THE SOUTH ON SUNDAY AS THE SURFACE
HIGH MOVES EAST OF THE REGION. THIS WILL BRING WARMER AIR INTO THE
FORECAST AREA STARTING SUNDAY AND CONTINUING INTO MONDAY. BY
MONDAY NIGHT...A COLD FRONT WILL DROP SOUTH FROM THE OHIO VALLEY
AND MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND INTO THE FORECAST AREA. IT APPEARS
THAT MOISTURE WILL BE LIMITED AHEAD OF THE FRONT SO NO RAIN IS
EXPECTED.
THE COLD FRONT WILL BE THROUGH THE REGION ON TUESDAY WITH HIGH
PRESSURE BUILDING INTO THE GREAT LAKES REGION. TEMPERATURES WILL
BE COOLER ON TUESDAY BEHIND THE FRONT WITH HIGHS MAINLY IN THE
60S.
ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS ON WEDNESDAY
AND MOVE THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND NEXT
THURSDAY MORNING. SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AHEAD OF THIS
FRONT WHICH WILL MOVE THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA WEDNESDAY...
WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY.
ARS
&&
.AVIATION...18Z TAF SET
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE LIKELY COME TO AN END AT JBR FOR
THIS TAF CYCLE. VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITH WINDS SHIFTING
FROM THE NORTHWEST 10-20KT.
STORMS ARE STILL EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING AT
MKL...MEM AND TUP. LOW CLOUDS HAVE BEEN SLOW TO DISSIPATE TODAY.
SOUTH WINDS CONTINUE AHEAD OF THE THUNDERSTORMS...GENERALLY
10-15KT WITH GUSTS TO 25KT. PREVAILING CIGS WILL BE MVFR.
FOR NOW IT LOOKS LIKE MEM WILL HAVE THE GREATEST THREAT OF
THUNDERSTORMS FROM 20-22Z...MKL FROM 21-24Z...AND TUP 22-02Z.
TEMPORARY IFR CIGS/VSBYS CAN BE EXPECTED IN STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS
ALONG WITH STRONG WIND GUSTS.
SKIES WILL SCATTER OUT AGAIN OVERNIGHT WITH VFR CONDITIONS AND A
RETURN TO NORTHWEST WINDS. VFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TOMORROW.
30
&&
.MEG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR CRITTENDEN-LEE
AR-PHILLIPS-ST. FRANCIS.
MO...NONE.
MS...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR ALCORN-BENTON
MS-CALHOUN-CHICKASAW-COAHOMA-DESOTO-ITAWAMBA-LAFAYETTE-LEE
MS-MARSHALL-MONROE-PANOLA-PONTOTOC-PRENTISS-QUITMAN-
TALLAHATCHIE-TATE-TIPPAH-TISHOMINGO-TUNICA-UNION-YALOBUSHA.
TN...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR CHESTER-
DECATUR-FAYETTE-HARDEMAN-HARDIN-HAYWOOD-HENDERSON-MADISON-
MCNAIRY-SHELBY-TIPTON.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 31, 3:33 PM CDT, 36 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 333 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016 ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115- MSZ001>017-020>024-TNZ001>004-019>022-048>055-088>092-012245- 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- 333 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST ARKANSAS... THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...AND WEST TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT MAINLY OVER NORTH MISSISSIPPI. LARGE AND DAMAGING HAIL...UP TO BASEBALL SIZE...IS POSSIBLE WITH THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS. TORNADOES AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL COULD OCCUR WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM AND A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 31, 3:14 PM CDT, 55 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 314 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016 TNZ053-090>092-312100- HARDIN TN-HARDEMAN TN-CHESTER TN-MCNAIRY TN- 314 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR... NORTHWESTERN HARDIN COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE... NORTHERN HARDEMAN COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE... SOUTHERN CHESTER COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE... NORTHWESTERN MCNAIRY COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE... AT 313 PM CDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING DIME SIZE HAIL OR LARGER AND WINDS AT LEAST 45 MPH WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR MASSEYVILLE TO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BOLIVAR...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. PEOPLE IN NORTHWESTERN HARDIN...NORTHERN HARDEMAN...SOUTHERN CHESTER AND NORTHWESTERN MCNAIRY COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. LAT...LON 3541 8833 3517 8867 3519 8918 3539 8881 TIME...MOT...LOC 2013Z 256DEG 33KT 3534 8875 3517 8908
Local storm report, Mar 31, 3:19 PM CDT, 50 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
319 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0248 PM TSTM WND GST JACKSON 35.63N 88.83W
03/31/2016 E60.00 MPH MADISON TN LAW ENFORCEMENT
AN ESTIMATED WIND GUST OF 60 MPH IN DOWNTOWN JACKSON.
&&
TLSJRSpecial weather statement, Mar 31, 3:20 PM CDT, 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
320 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016
ARZ035-048-049-058-MSZ007-312100-
PHILLIPS AR-ST. FRANCIS AR-CROSS AR-LEE AR-TUNICA MS-
320 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR...
NORTHWESTERN PHILLIPS COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
ST. FRANCIS COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
SOUTH CENTRAL CROSS COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
LEE COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
NORTHWESTERN TUNICA COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI...
AT 320 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL OR
LARGER AND WINDS AT LEAST 40 MPH WAS LOCATED NEAR GARRET GROVE...OR
NEAR BRINKLEY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE
ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
PEOPLE IN NORTHWESTERN PHILLIPS...ST. FRANCIS...SOUTH CENTRAL
CROSS...LEE AND NORTHWESTERN TUNICA COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THIS
STORM CLOSELY.
LAT...LON 3500 9115 3500 9105 3511 9104 3531 9067
3487 9046 3447 9105 3473 9105 3474 9110
3487 9110 3487 9112 3491 9112 3491 9115
TIME...MOT...LOC 2020Z 239DEG 41KT 3485 9110Local storm report, Mar 31, 3:33 PM CDT, 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
333 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0329 PM HAIL REAGAN 35.52N 88.35W
03/31/2016 E1.75 INCH HENDERSON TN EMERGENCY MNGR
GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL IN REAGAN, TENNESSEE
&&
TLSJRLocal storm report, Mar 31, 3:39 PM CDT, 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
339 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0339 PM FUNNEL CLOUD REAGAN 35.52N 88.35W
03/31/2016 HENDERSON TN EMERGENCY MNGR
FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED IN THE REAGAN AREA.
&&
TLSJRLocal storm report, Mar 31, 3:53 PM CDT, 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
353 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0320 PM HAIL 2 E HENDERSON 35.44N 88.61W
03/31/2016 E1.00 INCH CHESTER TN TRAINED SPOTTER
50 MPH WINDS WITH QUARTER SIZED HAIL EAST OF HENDERSON.
0333 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 E JACKS CREEK 35.47N 88.48W
03/31/2016 CHESTER TN TRAINED SPOTTER
STURCTURAL DAMAGE AND TREES DOWN IN THE ROBY COMMUNITY.
ALONG WITH PEA SIZE HAIL.
&&
TLSJRThe office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 7:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Hardin | 27 min |
| Mar 30, 8:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Dyer | 51 min |
| Mar 30, 9:33 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Crockett, Dyer, Lauderdale | 8 days |
| Mar 30, 10:11 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Dyer, Lake, Lauderdale, Obion | 3 hr |
| Mar 31, 12:01 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Shelby | 3 hr |
| Mar 31, 1:08 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Fayette, Shelby | 3 hr |
| Mar 31, 1:36 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Dyer, Fayette, Lake, Lauderdale, Obion, Shelby and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Mar 31, 2:22 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Fayette, Haywood | 3 hr |
| Mar 31, 3:19 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Shelby | 3 hr |
| Mar 31, 3:29 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Obion, Weakley | 40 hr |
| Mar 31, 4:11 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Fayette, Shelby | 64 min |
| Mar 31, 4:19 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Dyer, Fayette, Haywood, Lake, Lauderdale, Obion and 2 more | 56 min |
| Mar 31, 6:44 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Fayette, Shelby | 14 hr |
| Mar 31, 11:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Dyer, Lake, Obion | 47 min |
| Mar 31, 11:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Dyer, Lauderdale | 50 min |
| Mar 31, 12:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Tipton | 48 min |
| Mar 31, 12:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Lauderdale | 34 min |
| Mar 31, 12:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Lake, Obion | 28 min |
| Mar 31, 12:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Lauderdale, Shelby, Tipton | 40 min |
| Mar 31, 1:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Haywood, Shelby, Tipton | 49 min |
| Mar 31, 1:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Shelby | 28 min |
| Mar 31, 1:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Dyer | 25 min |
| Mar 31, 1:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Shelby | 37 min |
| Mar 31, 2:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Hardeman, Haywood, Madison | 49 min |
| Mar 31, 2:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Shelby | 27 min |
| Mar 31, 2:23 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Shelby, Tipton | 2 hr |
| Mar 31, 2:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Hardeman | 47 min |
| Mar 31, 2:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Henderson, Madison | 44 min |
| Mar 31, 2:47 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Dyer, Gibson, Obion | 4 days |
| Mar 31, 2:47 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Dyer | 67 hr |
| Mar 31, 2:47 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Madison | 45 hr |
| Mar 31, 3:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Hardeman | 30 min |
| Mar 31, 3:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Haywood | 29 min |
| Mar 31, 3:06 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Haywood, Madison | 114 min |
| Mar 31, 3:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Hardeman | 46 min |
| Mar 31, 3:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Decatur, Hardin, Henderson, McNairy | 50 min |
| Mar 31, 3:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Hardeman, McNairy | 42 min |
| Mar 31, 3:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Decatur, Hardin, Henderson | 32 min |
| Mar 31, 3:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Decatur, Hardin, Henderson | 36 min |
| Mar 31, 4:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardin | 39 min |
| Mar 31, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 46 min |
| Mar 31, 4:38 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Chester, Decatur, Hardeman, Hardin, Henderson, McNairy | 2 hr |
| Mar 31, 4:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardin | 35 min |
| Mar 31, 5:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Hardin, McNairy | 62 min |
| Mar 31, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Shelby | 46 min |
| Mar 31, 5:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Shelby | 39 min |
| Mar 31, 5:40 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Fayette, Shelby | 24 hr |
| Mar 31, 6:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Hardeman | 35 min |
| Mar 31, 6:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Hardeman, McNairy | 24 min |
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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.