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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 122, NWS Memphis, TN

May 4, 20214 counties in Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 4, 2021, 3:33 PM CDT for 4 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 57 min. 2 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
May 4, 2021, 3:33 PM CDT (20:33 UTC)
Expired
May 4, 2021, 4:30 PM CDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Chickasaw County, MS, Itawamba County, MS, Lee County, MS, Monroe County, MS

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:32 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 4, 3:40 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGE Amory, MSLARGE TREE DOWN BETWEEN WREN AND ABERDEEN.
May 4, 3:50 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGOkolona, MSNUMEROUS TREES DOWN WITH DAMAGE TO HOUSES, VEHICLES AND POWER LINES.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 4, 12:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 154 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2021-05-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 10 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2021-05-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 62 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
10 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-373 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1101 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
62 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
100 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

423 
WUUS54 KMEG 042033
SVRMEG
MSC017-057-081-095-042130-
/O.NEW.KMEG.SV.W.0122.210504T2033Z-210504T2130Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Memphis TN
333 PM CDT Tue May 4 2021

The National Weather Service in Memphis has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Eastern Chickasaw County in northeastern Mississippi...
  Southern Itawamba County in northeastern Mississippi...
  Southern Lee County in northeastern Mississippi...
  Monroe County in northeastern Mississippi...

* Until 430 PM CDT.

* At 332 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Okolona,
  moving east at 40 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Amory, Aberdeen, Okolona, Shannon, Smithville, Prairie, New Salem,
  New Wren, Trebloc, Nettleton, Hatley, Gattman, Quincy, Turon,
  Egypt, Wise Gap, Wren, McCondy, Leotis and Buena Vista.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3377 8872 3381 8872 3381 8892 3408 8890
      3408 8883 3412 8882 3417 8819 3375 8825
TIME...MOT...LOC 2032Z 261DEG 36KT 3398 8875 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

SWB
1 follow-up statement
250 
WWUS54 KMEG 042112
SVSMEG

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
412 PM CDT Tue May 4 2021

MSC017-081-042122-
/O.CAN.KMEG.SV.W.0122.000000T0000Z-210504T2130Z/
Chickasaw MS-Lee MS-
412 PM CDT Tue May 4 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN CHICKASAW AND SOUTHERN
LEE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of 
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 700 PM CDT for
northeastern Mississippi.

LAT...LON 3377 8861 3380 8862 3387 8860 3395 8855
      3405 8851 3410 8845 3417 8819 3375 8825
TIME...MOT...LOC 2112Z 261DEG 36KT 3404 8827 

$$

MSC057-095-042130-
/O.CON.KMEG.SV.W.0122.000000T0000Z-210504T2130Z/
Itawamba MS-Monroe MS-
412 PM CDT Tue May 4 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN ITAWAMBA AND CENTRAL MONROE COUNTIES...

At 412 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Detroit, or 12
miles east of Amory, moving east at 40 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Amory, Aberdeen, Smithville, Hatley, Gattman, Sipsey Fork, Becker,
Quincy, Turon, Splunge, Wise Gap, Athens, East Aberdeen, Bigbee,
Greenwood Springs and Parham.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3377 8861 3380 8862 3387 8860 3395 8855
      3405 8851 3410 8845 3417 8819 3375 8825
TIME...MOT...LOC 2112Z 261DEG 36KT 3404 8827 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

SJM

The office that day

Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 4, 4:47 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMEGDeSoto73 min
May 4, 7:15 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGMonroe30 min
May 4, 9:44 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGMonroe46 min
May 4, 9:48 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGCalhoun, Chickasaw, Yalobusha57 min
May 4, 10:44 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGCalhoun, Chickasaw, Lee, Pontotoc46 min
May 4, 10:52 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGMonroe23 min
May 4, 11:44 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGChickasaw31 min
May 4, 12:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGChickasaw, Monroe36 min
May 4, 12:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGPanola, Tate24 min
May 4, 1:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLafayette, Marshall, Panola, Tate24 min
May 4, 1:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGBenton, Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Tate, Union33 min
May 4, 1:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGTallahatchie, Yalobusha37 min
May 4, 2:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGBenton, Union28 min
May 4, 2:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGCalhoun, Lafayette, Union, Yalobusha22 min
May 4, 2:25 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMEGYalobusha3 hr
May 4, 2:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGAlcorn, Benton, Tippah30 min
May 4, 2:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGItawamba, Lee, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Tishomingo, Union26 min
May 4, 2:54 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMEGLafayette3 hr
May 4, 2:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCalhoun, Chickasaw47 min
May 4, 3:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGAlcorn, Benton, Tippah19 min
May 4, 3:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGItawamba, Lee, Prentiss, Tishomingo, Union16 min
May 4, 3:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGItawamba, Lee28 min
May 4, 3:58 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMEGLee3 hr
May 4, 4:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGDeSoto35 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.