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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 130, NWS Memphis, TN

April 12, 202011 counties in Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 12, 2020, 10:39 PM CDT for 11 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 53 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: Apr 12, 2020, 10:39 PM CDT (03:39 UTC)
Expired: Apr 12, 2020, 11:32 PM CDT
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Alcorn County, MS, Benton County, MS, Chickasaw County, MS, Itawamba County, MS, Lee County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Monroe County, MS, Pontotoc County, MS, Prentiss County, MS, Tippah County, MS, Union County, MS

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:40 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
Apr 12, 8:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr

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 12, 6:38 PM CDT, 4 hours 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 12, 6:38 PM CDT, 4 hours 1 minute before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 12, 3:28 PM CDT, 7 hours 11 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 12, 4:42 PM CDT, 5 hours 57 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 12, 4:45 PM CDT, 5 hours 54 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
445 PM CDT SUN APR 12 2020

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

0345 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     2 E SAVANNAH            35.22N  88.20W
04/12/2020                   HARDIN             TN   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            FUNNEL CLOUD SPOTTED 7900 BLOCK OF HIGHWAY 203 AT BURNT
            CHURCH.

&&

Local storm report, Apr 12, 4:47 PM CDT, 5 hours 52 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
447 PM CDT SUN APR 12 2020

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

0345 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 SE SAVANNAH           35.20N  88.21W
04/12/2020                   HARDIN             TN   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            NUMEROUS TREES DOWN FROM BURNT CHURCH THROUGH PYBURN,
            COUNCE AND OLIVET COMMUNITIES.

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Local storm report, Apr 12, 5:30 PM CDT, 5 hours 9 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 12, 6:14 PM CDT, 4 hours 25 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
Apr 12, 8:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Coahoma	54 min
Apr 12, 9:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Coahoma, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Tate, Tunica	43 min
Apr 12, 9:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	DeSoto, Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie and 3 more	55 min
Apr 12, 10:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw, DeSoto, Lafayette, Marshall and 5 more	47 min
Apr 12, 10:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Alcorn, Itawamba, Monroe, Prentiss, Tishomingo	50 min
Apr 13, 12:12 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	MEG	DeSoto	8 hr
Apr 13, 12:12 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	MEG	Coahoma, Tunica	8 hr
Apr 13, 6:06 PM CDT	Frost Advisory	MEG	Alcorn, Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Coahoma, DeSoto and 16 more	39 hr
Apr 12, 7:06 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Crockett, Dyer, Lauderdale	9 days
Apr 12, 9:21 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Madison	3 days
Apr 12, 9:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Shelby	40 min
Apr 12, 10:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Fayette, Lauderdale, Shelby, Tipton	44 min
Apr 12, 10:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Fayette, Hardeman, Haywood, Madison, Tipton	51 min
Apr 12, 11:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chester, Decatur, Hardeman, Hardin, Henderson, McNairy and 1 more	66 min
Apr 12, 11:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Carroll, Dyer, Gibson	24 min
Apr 13, 12:05 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Benton, Carroll, Henry, Lake, Obion, Weakley	40 min
Apr 13, 1:43 AM CDT	High Wind Warning	MEG	Benton, Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer and 15 more	4 hr
Apr 13, 4:22 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Decatur, Perry	21 days
Apr 13, 4:22 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Benton, Henry, Houston, Humphreys, Stewart	4 days
Apr 13, 6:06 PM CDT	Freeze Watch	MEG	Benton, Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer and 14 more	24 hr
Apr 12, 9:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Cross	32 min
Apr 12, 9:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Cross, Poinsett, St. Francis	50 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 2020 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2020

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.