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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 144, NWS Memphis, TN

May 9, 2021Calhoun County, Chickasaw County, Yalobusha County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 2021, 7:18 PM CDT for Calhoun County, Chickasaw County, Yalobusha County, Mississippi. It was in force for 27 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, 7:18 PM CDT (00:18 UTC)
Expired
May 9, 2021, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Calhoun County, MS, Chickasaw County, MS, Yalobusha County, MS

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:17 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 9, 2:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 119 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 2021-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 762 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 00:00Z on 2021-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -37 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
762 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
787 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
81 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.6

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The text

As transmitted.

312 
WUUS54 KMEG 100018
SVRMEG
MSC013-017-161-100045-
/O.NEW.KMEG.SV.W.0144.210510T0018Z-210510T0045Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Memphis TN
718 PM CDT Sun May 9 2021

The National Weather Service in Memphis has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southwestern Chickasaw County in northeastern Mississippi...
  East central Yalobusha County in northwestern Mississippi...
  Central Calhoun County in northeastern Mississippi...

* Until 745 PM CDT.

* At 718 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles southeast
  of Velma, or 12 miles southeast of Water Valley, moving southeast
  at 45 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...
  Houston, Bruce, Calhoun City, Vardaman, Derma, Pittsboro, Pyland,
  Big Creek, Benwood, Bounds, Thorn, Pine Valley, Reid, Loyd, Ellard,
  Shepherd, Tabbville, Skuna, Atlanta and Tyson.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3396 8964 3412 8955 3394 8900 3374 8912
      3374 8919 3373 8919
TIME...MOT...LOC 0018Z 296DEG 38KT 3401 8952 

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

SGW
1 follow-up statement
808 
WWUS54 KMEG 100043
SVSMEG

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
743 PM CDT Sun May 9 2021

MSC013-017-161-100053-
/O.EXP.KMEG.SV.W.0144.000000T0000Z-210510T0045Z/
Chickasaw MS-Yalobusha MS-Calhoun MS-
743 PM CDT Sun May 9 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN CHICKASAW...EAST
CENTRAL YALOBUSHA AND CENTRAL CALHOUN COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 745 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.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CDT for
northeastern and northwestern Mississippi.

LAT...LON 3396 8964 3412 8955 3394 8900 3374 8912
      3374 8919 3373 8919
TIME...MOT...LOC 0043Z 296DEG 38KT 3390 8926 

$$

SGW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 9, 7:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGChickasaw, Lafayette, Lee, Pontotoc, Union40 min
May 9, 7:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGCoahoma, Quitman24 min
May 9, 7:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGTishomingo32 min
May 9, 7:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGChickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc, Union67 min
May 9, 7:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGTishomingo16 min
May 9, 7:45 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMEGCoahoma, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie2 hr

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.