Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 128, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 6, 2021, 5:24 PM CDT for 11 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 66 min. 9 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 6, 2021, 5:24 PM CDT (22:24 UTC)
- Expired
- May 6, 2021, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 66 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, Itawamba County, MS, Lafayette County, MS, Lee County, MS, Monroe County, MS, Pontotoc County, MS, Prentiss County, MS, Tishomingo County, MS, Union County, MS, Yalobusha County, MS
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:26 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 5:47 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 2 Wnw Tupelo, MS | |
| May 6, 6:00 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Tupelo, MS | IN THE PALMETTO COMMUNITY MULTIPLE TREES DOWN, TREE ACROSS ROAD 158 AND 261, SHINGLES BLOWN OFF A HOUSE |
| May 6, 6:00 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 2 Wnw Tupelo, MS | |
| May 6, 6:12 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Tupelo, MS | TREES DOWN ON POWERS LINES ON SIMPSON DR. POWER POLE DOWN ON DAYBRIGHT DR. |
| May 6, 6:15 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Belmont, MS | TREES ON HOUSES. |
| May 6, 6:20 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Saltillo, MS | TREES DOWN, LARGE TREE DOWN ON A HOUSE/PORCH |
| May 6, 6:22 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Ecru, MS | SHINGLE DAMAGE ON HOUSE IN ECRU |
| May 6, 6:24 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Pontotoc, MS | TREE DOWN ACROSS HWY 15 JUST SOUTH OF PONTOTOC. |
| May 6, 6:30 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Smithville, MS | TREE SNAPPED AT BASE. MORE TREES DOWN IN BIGBEE NEARBY. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1745 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 76 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
910
WUUS54 KMEG 062224
SVRMEG
MSC013-017-057-071-081-095-115-117-141-145-161-062330-
/O.NEW.KMEG.SV.W.0128.210506T2224Z-210506T2330Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Memphis TN
524 PM CDT Thu May 6 2021
The National Weather Service in Memphis has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Lafayette County in northwestern Mississippi...
Chickasaw County in northeastern Mississippi...
Eastern Yalobusha County in northwestern Mississippi...
Calhoun County in northeastern Mississippi...
Union County in northeastern Mississippi...
Pontotoc County in northeastern Mississippi...
Itawamba County in northeastern Mississippi...
Lee County in northeastern Mississippi...
Monroe County in northeastern Mississippi...
Southern Tishomingo County in northeastern Mississippi...
Southern Prentiss County in northeastern Mississippi...
* Until 630 PM CDT.
* At 523 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Cherokee to near Keownville to near Harmontown,
moving southeast at 70 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Tupelo, Oxford, New Albany, Amory, Pontotoc, Aberdeen, Fulton,
Houston, Water Valley, Baldwyn, Verona, Okolona, Trace State Park,
Holly Springs National Forest, Tombigbee State Park, Tishomingo
State Park, Saltillo, Guntown, Belmont and Bruce.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3367 8849 3368 8872 3381 8872 3381 8893
3375 8893 3374 8904 3372 8951 3387 8951
3387 8972 3453 8972 3453 8933 3450 8926
3452 8924 3452 8894 3474 8812 3375 8825
3374 8833 3368 8837 3366 8851
TIME...MOT...LOC 2223Z 322DEG 63KT 3468 8801 3450 8890 3449 8958
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
SJM1 follow-up statement
011
WWUS54 KMEG 062302
SVSMEG
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
602 PM CDT Thu May 6 2021
MSC117-141-145-062309-
/O.CAN.KMEG.SV.W.0128.000000T0000Z-210506T2330Z/
Union MS-Tishomingo MS-Prentiss MS-
602 PM CDT Thu May 6 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR UNION...SOUTHERN TISHOMINGO
AND SOUTHERN PRENTISS COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
LAT...LON 3366 8851 3367 8849 3368 8872 3381 8872
3381 8893 3375 8893 3374 8904 3372 8951
3387 8951 3387 8972 3444 8972 3438 8924
3436 8883 3439 8882 3446 8857 3446 8816
3375 8825 3374 8833 3368 8837
TIME...MOT...LOC 2259Z 322DEG 63KT 3421 8757 3403 8846 3402 8913
$$
MSC013-017-057-071-081-095-115-161-062330-
/O.CON.KMEG.SV.W.0128.000000T0000Z-210506T2330Z/
Lafayette MS-Chickasaw MS-Yalobusha MS-Calhoun MS-Pontotoc MS-
Itawamba MS-Lee MS-Monroe MS-
602 PM CDT Thu May 6 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT
FOR LAFAYETTE...CHICKASAW...EASTERN YALOBUSHA...CALHOUN...PONTOTOC...
ITAWAMBA...LEE AND MONROE COUNTIES...
At 559 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Haleyville to near Amory to 6 miles west of
Houlka, moving southeast at 70 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Wind gust of 60 mph reported at the Tupelo airport.
Locations impacted include...
Tupelo, Oxford, Amory, Pontotoc, Aberdeen, Fulton, Houston, Water
Valley, Verona, Okolona, Trace State Park, Holly Springs National
Forest, Tombigbee State Park, Saltillo, Guntown, Bruce, Calhoun City,
Shannon, Vardaman and Plantersville.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3366 8851 3367 8849 3368 8872 3381 8872
3381 8893 3375 8893 3374 8904 3372 8951
3387 8951 3387 8972 3444 8972 3438 8924
3436 8883 3439 8882 3446 8857 3446 8816
3375 8825 3374 8833 3368 8837
TIME...MOT...LOC 2259Z 322DEG 63KT 3421 8757 3403 8846 3402 8913
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
SJMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 4:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | DeSoto | 32 min |
| May 6, 4:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Alcorn | 36 min |
| May 6, 4:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Benton, DeSoto, Marshall, Tate, Tippah | 32 min |
| May 6, 5:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Lee, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Tishomingo, Union | 25 min |
| May 6, 5:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Lafayette, Panola, Pontotoc | 27 min |
| May 6, 6:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc | 50 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.