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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 182, NWS Memphis, TN

September 1, 2021Monroe County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 1, 2021, 1:12 PM CDT for Monroe County, Mississippi. It was in force for 18 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
Sep 1, 2021, 1:12 PM CDT (18:12 UTC)
Expired
Sep 1, 2021, 1:30 PM CDT
In force
18 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Monroe County, MS

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 161 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, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2021-09-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 170 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, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2021-09-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 51 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
170 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-55 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
990 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
52 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

020 
WUUS54 KMEG 011812
SVRMEG
MSC095-011830-
/O.NEW.KMEG.SV.W.0182.210901T1812Z-210901T1830Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Memphis TN
112 PM CDT Wed Sep 1 2021

The National Weather Service in Memphis has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Monroe County in northeastern Mississippi...

* Until 130 PM CDT.

* At 112 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Caledonia, or
  11 miles north of Columbus AFB, moving southeast at 25 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  New Hamilton.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3368 8849 3369 8852 3385 8831 3380 8824
      3375 8825 3374 8833 3372 8833 3368 8837
      3369 8839 3368 8840 3367 8842 3368 8843
      3367 8843 3366 8848
TIME...MOT...LOC 1812Z 324DEG 22KT 3376 8837 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$
1 follow-up statement
913 
WWUS54 KMEG 011837
SVSMEG

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
137 PM CDT Wed Sep 1 2021

MSC095-011831-
/O.EXP.KMEG.SV.W.0182.000000T0000Z-210901T1830Z/
Monroe MS-
137 PM CDT Wed Sep 1 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MONROE COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 130 PM CDT...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

LAT...LON 3368 8849 3369 8852 3385 8831 3380 8824
      3375 8825 3374 8833 3372 8833 3368 8837
      3369 8839 3368 8840 3367 8842 3368 8843
      3367 8843 3366 8848
TIME...MOT...LOC 1821Z 324DEG 22KT 3372 8833 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 1, 12:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGMonroe43 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.