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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 208, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 28, 2020, 3:11 PM CDT for Calhoun County, Chickasaw County, Pontotoc County, Mississippi. It was in force for 19 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
- Aug 28, 2020, 3:11 PM CDT (20:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 28, 2020, 3:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 19 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Calhoun County, MS, Chickasaw County, MS, Pontotoc County, MS
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 10:31 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 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 Aug 28, 2:04 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 28, 2:04 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 7:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Tunica | 30 min |
| Aug 27, 7:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lafayette, Panola, Tate | 32 min |
| Aug 27, 8:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Marshall, Panola, Tate | 33 min |
| Aug 27, 8:53 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Panola, Tate | 3 hr |
| Aug 28, 6:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lafayette | 27 min |
| Aug 28, 6:21 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lafayette | 24 min |
| Aug 28, 6:37 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Benton, Lafayette, Marshall, Tippah, Union | 25 min |
| Aug 28, 7:21 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Benton, Tippah | 16 min |
| Aug 28, 8:17 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Monroe | 55 hr |
| Aug 28, 8:17 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Monroe | 52 hr |
| Aug 28, 9:51 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Tippah, Union | 24 min |
| Aug 28, 10:14 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Prentiss, Tippah, Union | 8 min |
| Aug 28, 10:36 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Tishomingo | 9 min |
| Aug 28, 12:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Benton, Marshall, Tippah | 3 min |
| Aug 28, 2:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Chickasaw | 18 min |
| Aug 28, 3:04 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Alcorn | 3 hr |
| Aug 28, 3:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Monroe | 20 min |
| Aug 28, 4:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Monroe | 47 min |
| Aug 28, 4:45 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | MEG | Coahoma, DeSoto, Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Quitman and 4 more | 26 hr |
| Aug 28, 4:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Benton, Marshall, Tippah | 52 min |
| Aug 28, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Benton, Tippah | 46 min |
| Aug 28, 6:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Alcorn | 39 min |
| Aug 27, 7:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll, Henry, Weakley | 43 min |
| Aug 28, 5:55 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Crockett, Dyer, Haywood | 10 min |
| Aug 28, 8:03 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Chester, Hardeman, McNairy | 6 min |
| Aug 28, 10:52 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Hardin | 23 min |
| Aug 28, 4:39 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Shelby | 3 hr |
| Aug 27, 7:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Cross, Lee, St. Francis | 3 hr |
| Aug 27, 7:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Cross, Poinsett | 36 min |
| Aug 27, 7:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Cross, Poinsett | 38 min |
| Aug 27, 7:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Craighead, Poinsett | 35 min |
| Aug 27, 8:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Craighead, Poinsett | 48 min |
| Aug 27, 8:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Craighead, Mississippi, Poinsett | 43 min |
| Aug 27, 8:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Craighead, Greene | 23 min |
| Aug 27, 9:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Craighead, Cross, Poinsett | 3 hr |
| Aug 27, 9:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Craighead, Greene | 48 min |
| Aug 27, 9:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Clay, Greene | 23 min |
| Aug 27, 10:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Clay, Mississippi | 31 min |
| Aug 27, 10:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Clay | 23 min |
| Aug 28, 9:36 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Cross | 3 hr |
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.