Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 190, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 15, 2021, 6:21 PM CDT for DeSoto County, Tate County, Tunica 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
- Oct 15, 2021, 6:21 PM CDT (23:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 15, 2021, 6:39 PM CDT
- In force
- 18 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties DeSoto County, MS, Tate County, MS, Tunica County, MS
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:25 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 12:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Oct 15, 6:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 20 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
- 567 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 671 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted.
469
WUUS54 KMEG 152321
SVRMEG
MSC033-137-143-160000-
/O.NEW.KMEG.SV.W.0190.211015T2321Z-211016T0000Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Memphis TN
621 PM CDT Fri Oct 15 2021
The National Weather Service in Memphis has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
DeSoto County in northwestern Mississippi...
Northeastern Tunica County in northwestern Mississippi...
Northern Tate County in northwestern Mississippi...
* Until 700 PM CDT.
* At 621 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Eudora, or 12
miles west of Hernando, moving east at 35 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Southaven, Olive Branch, Horn Lake, Hernando, Lake Cormorant,
Phillipp, Eudora, Lewisburg, Wakefield, Newport, Clack, Trinity,
Cockrum, Frees Corners, Cedarview, Bright, Nesbit, Handy Corner,
Glover and Banks.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3485 9030 3488 9031 3490 9025 3493 9024
3497 8972 3470 8972 3474 9031 3485 9031
TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 268DEG 29KT 3483 9022
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$2 follow-up statements
126
WWUS54 KMEG 152330
SVSMEG
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
630 PM CDT Fri Oct 15 2021
MSC143-152340-
/O.CAN.KMEG.SV.W.0190.000000T0000Z-211016T0000Z/
Tunica MS-
630 PM CDT Fri Oct 15 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN TUNICA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 800 PM CDT for
northwestern Mississippi. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch also remains in
effect until midnight CDT for northwestern Mississippi.
LAT...LON 3494 9015 3497 8972 3470 8972 3474 9020
3477 9020
TIME...MOT...LOC 2330Z 268DEG 29KT 3483 9013
$$
MSC033-137-160000-
/O.CON.KMEG.SV.W.0190.000000T0000Z-211016T0000Z/
DeSoto MS-Tate MS-
630 PM CDT Fri Oct 15 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT
FOR DESOTO AND NORTHERN TATE COUNTIES...
At 630 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Eudora, or 7
miles west of Hernando, moving east at 35 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Southaven, Olive Branch, Horn Lake, Hernando, Eudora, Lewisburg,
Wakefield, Trinity, Cockrum, Frees Corners, Cedarview, Bright,
Nesbit, Handy Corner, Jago, Robinson Gin, Alden, Lurline, Fairhaven
and Twin Lakes.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3494 9015 3497 8972 3470 8972 3474 9020
3477 9020
TIME...MOT...LOC 2330Z 268DEG 29KT 3483 9013
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$410
WWUS54 KMEG 152339
SVSMEG
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
639 PM CDT Fri Oct 15 2021
MSC033-137-152349-
/O.CAN.KMEG.SV.W.0190.000000T0000Z-211016T0000Z/
DeSoto MS-Tate MS-
639 PM CDT Fri Oct 15 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR DESOTO AND NORTHERN TATE
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled. However gusty winds are
still possible with this thunderstorm.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 800 PM CDT for
northwestern Mississippi. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch also remains in
effect until midnight CDT for northwestern Mississippi.
LAT...LON 3494 9015 3497 8972 3470 8972 3474 9020
3477 9020
TIME...MOT...LOC 2337Z 268DEG 29KT 3483 9004
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 5:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Tate, Tunica | 44 min |
| Oct 15, 5:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Tunica | 18 min |
| Oct 15, 6:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Marshall | 34 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.