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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Memphis, TN

March 17, 2021Panola County, Tate County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 17, 2021, 5:24 AM CDT for Panola County, Tate County, Mississippi. It was in force for 20 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 17, 2021, 5:24 AM CDT (10:24 UTC)
Expired
Mar 17, 2021, 5:44 AM CDT
In force
20 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Panola County, MS, Tate County, MS

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:24 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 36 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 00:00Z on 2021-03-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2021-03-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 200 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2044 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
200 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
260 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

369 
WUUS54 KMEG 171024
SVRMEG
MSC107-137-171100-
/O.NEW.KMEG.SV.W.0013.210317T1024Z-210317T1100Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Memphis TN
524 AM CDT Wed Mar 17 2021

The National Weather Service in Memphis has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Eastern Tate County in northwestern Mississippi...
  Northern Panola County in northwestern Mississippi...

* Until 600 AM CDT.

* At 524 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Pleasant
  Grove, or 7 miles northwest of Batesville, moving northeast at 40
  mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Senatobia, Sardis, Como, Barr, Independence, Pleasant Grove,
  Looxahoma, Lurline, Aiken, Wyatte, Crossroad, Tyro, McGhee,
  Ballentine, Glenville, Thyatira, Poagville, Horatio, New Town and
  Bluff.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3439 9017 3477 8987 3463 8967 3456 8967
      3455 8972 3450 8972 3431 9003
TIME...MOT...LOC 1024Z 219DEG 33KT 3440 9003 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

SGW
2 follow-up statements
254 
WWUS54 KMEG 171035
SVSMEG

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
535 AM CDT Wed Mar 17 2021

MSC107-137-171100-
/O.CON.KMEG.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-210317T1100Z/
Tate MS-Panola MS-
535 AM CDT Wed Mar 17 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CDT
FOR EASTERN TATE AND NORTHERN PANOLA COUNTIES...

At 535 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Como, or 9
miles west of John W Kyle State Park, moving northeast at 40 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to 
         roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Senatobia, Sardis, Como, Barr, Independence, Looxahoma, Lurline,
Aiken, Wyatte, Crossroad, Tyro, McGhee, Glenville, Thyatira,
Poagville, New Town, Bluff and Bett.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3477 8987 3463 8967 3456 8967 3455 8972
      3450 8972 3441 8989 3446 9012
TIME...MOT...LOC 1035Z 219DEG 33KT 3448 8995 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

SGW
021 
WWUS54 KMEG 171044
SVSMEG

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
544 AM CDT Wed Mar 17 2021

MSC107-137-171054-
/O.CAN.KMEG.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-210317T1100Z/
Tate MS-Panola MS-
544 AM CDT Wed Mar 17 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN TATE AND NORTHERN
PANOLA COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 3477 8987 3463 8967 3456 8967 3455 8972
      3450 8972 3441 8989 3446 9012
TIME...MOT...LOC 1042Z 219DEG 33KT 3455 8988 

$$

SGW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 17, 3:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCalhoun, Lafayette, Pontotoc, Yalobusha37 min
Mar 17, 6:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCoahoma, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Tunica40 min
Mar 17, 6:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMarshall14 min
Mar 17, 7:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLafayette, Marshall, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Tate and 1 more48 min
Mar 17, 8:24 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMEGBenton, DeSoto, Marshall, Tate, Tunica2 hr
Mar 17, 9:04 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGAlcorn, Benton, DeSoto, Marshall, Tate, Tippah3 hr
Mar 17, 10:29 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGAlcorn, Prentiss, Tishomingo3 hr
Mar 17, 3:18 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGItawamba, Prentiss, Tishomingo27 min
Mar 17, 4:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCalhoun, Lafayette, Pontotoc, Union28 min
Mar 17, 4:28 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMEGItawamba, Prentiss, Tishomingo5 hr
Mar 17, 4:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGBenton, Lafayette, Marshall, Union32 min
Mar 17, 4:52 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGItawamba, Lee, Prentiss, Tishomingo4 hr
Mar 17, 4:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGChickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Union49 min
Mar 17, 4:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCalhoun, Chickasaw, Pontotoc20 min
Mar 17, 5:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGChickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe45 min
Mar 17, 5:55 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGCalhoun, Chickasaw4 hr
Mar 17, 5:55 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGChickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe35 min
Mar 17, 6:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGItawamba, Monroe47 min
Mar 17, 6:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGLafayette, Marshall, Yalobusha42 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.