Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Memphis, TN
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.
- 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
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
$$
SGW2 follow-up statements
254
WWUS54 KMEG 171035
SVSMEG
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
535 AM CDT Wed Mar 17 2021
MSC107-137-171100-
/O.CON.KMEG.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-210317T1100Z/
Tate MS-Panola MS-
535 AM CDT Wed Mar 17 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CDT
FOR EASTERN TATE AND NORTHERN PANOLA COUNTIES...
At 535 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Como, or 9
miles west of John W Kyle State Park, moving northeast at 40 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Senatobia, Sardis, Como, Barr, Independence, Looxahoma, Lurline,
Aiken, Wyatte, Crossroad, Tyro, McGhee, Glenville, Thyatira,
Poagville, New Town, Bluff and Bett.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3477 8987 3463 8967 3456 8967 3455 8972
3450 8972 3441 8989 3446 9012
TIME...MOT...LOC 1035Z 219DEG 33KT 3448 8995
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
SGW021
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
$$
SGWThe office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 17, 3:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Lafayette, Pontotoc, Yalobusha | 37 min |
| Mar 17, 6:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Tunica | 40 min |
| Mar 17, 6:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Marshall | 14 min |
| Mar 17, 7:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Tate and 1 more | 48 min |
| Mar 17, 8:24 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Benton, DeSoto, Marshall, Tate, Tunica | 2 hr |
| Mar 17, 9:04 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Benton, DeSoto, Marshall, Tate, Tippah | 3 hr |
| Mar 17, 10:29 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Prentiss, Tishomingo | 3 hr |
| Mar 17, 3:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Prentiss, Tishomingo | 27 min |
| Mar 17, 4:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Lafayette, Pontotoc, Union | 28 min |
| Mar 17, 4:28 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Itawamba, Prentiss, Tishomingo | 5 hr |
| Mar 17, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, Lafayette, Marshall, Union | 32 min |
| Mar 17, 4:52 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Lee, Prentiss, Tishomingo | 4 hr |
| Mar 17, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Union | 49 min |
| Mar 17, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Chickasaw, Pontotoc | 20 min |
| Mar 17, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe | 45 min |
| Mar 17, 5:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Chickasaw | 4 hr |
| Mar 17, 5:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe | 35 min |
| Mar 17, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Monroe | 47 min |
| Mar 17, 6:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Lafayette, Marshall, Yalobusha | 42 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.