Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2019
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 9, 2019, 2:00 PM CST for Hardin County, McNairy County, Tennessee; Alcorn County, Tishomingo County, Mississippi. It was in force for 45 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
- Mar 9, 2019, 2:00 PM CST (20:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 9, 2019, 2:45 PM CST
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Alcorn County, MS, Tishomingo County, MS, Hardin County, TN, McNairy County, TN
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 10:32 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KBYH), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 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
- 313 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -148 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 477 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 313 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 287 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.7
The text
As transmitted.
734
WUUS54 KMEG 092000
SVRMEG
MSC003-141-TNC071-109-092045-
/O.NEW.KMEG.SV.W.0021.190309T2000Z-190309T2045Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Memphis TN
200 PM CST SAT MAR 9 2019
The National Weather Service in Memphis has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northwestern Tishomingo County in northeastern Mississippi...
Northeastern Alcorn County in northeastern Mississippi...
Southeastern McNairy County in western Tennessee...
Hardin County in western Tennessee...
* Until 245 PM CST.
* At 200 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm was located near Corinth,
moving northeast at 65 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Corinth, Savannah, Pickwick Landing State Park, Walnut Grove,
Pickwick Dam, Pineflat, Olive Hill, Shiloh, Eastview, Michie, Guys,
Ramer, Stantonville, Pebble Hill, Hamburg, Wenasoga, Phillips,
Bruton Branch, Tulu and Acton.
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.
&&
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 500 PM CST for northeastern
Mississippi...and western Tennessee.
LAT...LON 3501 8820 3498 8819 3493 8861 3503 8868
3537 8803 3537 8801 3535 8800 3533 8802
3530 8802 3529 8798 3501 8799
TIME...MOT...LOC 2000Z 240DEG 56KT 3500 8854
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 4:20 AM CST | Wind Advisory | MEG | Benton, Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer and 15 more | 14 hr |
| Mar 9, 7:16 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | MEG | Benton, Carroll, Dyer, Gibson, Henry, Lake and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Mar 9, 9:07 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Fayette, Hardeman | 38 min |
| Mar 9, 9:47 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Fayette, Madison | 43 min |
| Mar 9, 11:33 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MEG | Dyer, Gibson, Obion | 4 days |
| Mar 9, 11:52 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Henderson | 38 min |
| Mar 9, 1:01 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Fayette, Haywood, Shelby, Tipton | 44 min |
| Mar 9, 1:36 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Crockett, Dyer, Lake, Lauderdale, Obion | 54 min |
| Mar 9, 1:39 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Benton, Carroll, Crockett, Gibson, Henry, Weakley | 66 min |
| Mar 9, 1:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | McNairy | 35 min |
| Mar 9, 2:08 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Hardin, McNairy | 52 min |
| Mar 9, 2:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Hardeman, McNairy | 50 min |
| Mar 9, 3:08 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Hardin, McNairy | 52 min |
| Mar 9, 3:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Hardin | 20 min |
| Mar 9, 3:52 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Hardin | 38 min |
| Mar 9, 3:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardeman | 34 min |
| Mar 9, 12:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Quitman, Tunica | 46 min |
| Mar 9, 12:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Panola, Quitman, Tate, Tunica | 34 min |
| Mar 9, 1:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, Marshall | 26 min |
| Mar 9, 2:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, Marshall, Tippah | 26 min |
| Mar 9, 4:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Chickasaw, Yalobusha | 39 min |
| Mar 9, 4:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Chickasaw, Monroe | 47 min |
| Mar 9, 5:01 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Tishomingo | 44 min |
| Mar 9, 5:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe | 49 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.