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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 134, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 2021, 4:17 PM CDT for Craighead County, Mississippi County, Poinsett County, Arkansas; Lauderdale County, Tipton County, Tennessee. It was in force for 28 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
- May 9, 2021, 4:17 PM CDT (21:17 UTC)
- Expired
- May 9, 2021, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Craighead County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, Poinsett County, AR, Lauderdale County, TN, Tipton County, TN
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 2:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 90 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
- 203 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -439 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 759 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 446 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 571 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
426
WUUS54 KMEG 092117
SVRMEG
ARC031-093-111-TNC097-167-092145-
/O.NEW.KMEG.SV.W.0134.210509T2117Z-210509T2145Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Memphis TN
417 PM CDT Sun May 9 2021
The National Weather Service in Memphis has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southeastern Craighead County in eastern Arkansas...
Northeastern Poinsett County in eastern Arkansas...
Southwestern Mississippi County in eastern Arkansas...
Western Tipton County in western Tennessee...
Southwestern Lauderdale County in western Tennessee...
* Until 445 PM CDT.
* At 417 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Dyess, or
near Caraway, moving southeast at 30 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...
Osceola, Lepanto, Caraway, Wilson, Keiser, Fort Pillow State Park,
Joiner, Dyess, Bassett, Marie, Fulton, Etowah, Victoria, Three Way,
West Ridge, Eastview, Lennie, Evadale, Driver and Grider.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3584 9021 3563 8980 3540 9001 3540 9002
3567 9044
TIME...MOT...LOC 2117Z 302DEG 26KT 3568 9025
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
SWB1 follow-up statement
885
WWUS54 KMEG 092137
SVSMEG
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
437 PM CDT Sun May 9 2021
ARC031-093-111-TNC097-167-092146-
/O.EXP.KMEG.SV.W.0134.000000T0000Z-210509T2145Z/
Craighead AR-Poinsett AR-Mississippi AR-Tipton TN-Lauderdale TN-
437 PM CDT Sun May 9 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CRAIGHEAD...
NORTHEASTERN POINSETT...SOUTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI...WESTERN TIPTON AND
SOUTHWESTERN LAUDERDALE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 445 PM CDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. However small hail
is still possible with this thunderstorm.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CDT for
eastern Arkansas...and western Tennessee.
LAT...LON 3584 9021 3563 8980 3540 9001 3540 9002
3567 9044
TIME...MOT...LOC 2136Z 302DEG 26KT 3561 9011
$$
SWBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 7:28 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Clay, Greene | 32 min |
| May 9, 3:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Craighead | 25 min |
| May 9, 3:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Craighead, Mississippi, Poinsett | 36 min |
| May 9, 3:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Mississippi | 28 min |
| May 9, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Cross, Poinsett | 35 min |
| May 9, 4:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Cross, St. Francis | 29 min |
| May 9, 4:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Cross, Lee, St. Francis | 40 min |
| May 9, 4:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lee, St. Francis | 32 min |
| May 9, 4:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Cross, Lee, St. Francis | 40 min |
| May 9, 5:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lee | 24 min |
| May 9, 7:10 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Dyer | 35 min |
| May 9, 8:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Obion | 36 min |
| May 9, 9:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Crockett | 25 min |
| May 9, 3:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Dyer | 44 min |
| May 9, 4:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Benton | 31 min |
| May 9, 5:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Carroll | 30 min |
| May 9, 5:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Fayette, Shelby, Tipton | 21 min |
| May 9, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Henderson, Madison | 36 min |
| May 9, 5:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Hardeman, McNairy | 36 min |
Nearby
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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.