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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 42, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 27, 2021, 9:12 PM CDT for Phillips County, Arkansas; Coahoma County, Quitman County, Mississippi. It was in force for 48 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 27, 2021, 9:12 PM CDT (02:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 27, 2021, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Phillips County, AR, Coahoma County, MS, Quitman County, MS
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:11 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 9:30 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 W Elaine, AR | METAL ROOFS WERE PEELED FROM OUTBUILDINGS ALONG HIGHWAY 20. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 9:01 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 108 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
- 894 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1261 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 79 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 209 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 8.7
The text
As transmitted.
185
WUUS54 KMEG 280212
SVRMEG
ARC107-MSC027-119-280300-
/O.NEW.KMEG.SV.W.0042.210328T0212Z-210328T0300Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Memphis TN
912 PM CDT Sat Mar 27 2021
The National Weather Service in Memphis has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Central Phillips County in eastern Arkansas...
Coahoma County in northwestern Mississippi...
West central Quitman County in northwestern Mississippi...
* Until 1000 PM CDT.
* At 911 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles northeast
of White River National Wildlife Refuge, moving east at 50 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...
Clarksdale, Elaine, White River National Wildlife Refuge,
Jonestown, Friars Point, Kings, Sherard, Lake View, Coahoma, Lyon,
Lula, Mosby Spur, Wabash, Rudyard, Moon, Modoc, Preston Place, Hoop
Spur, Westover and Beverly.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 400 AM CDT for eastern
Arkansas...and northwestern Mississippi.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3422 9106 3425 9108 3425 9106 3428 9108
3430 9107 3429 9106 3430 9106 3431 9107
3431 9105 3432 9106 3433 9105 3434 9100
3445 9100 3449 9050 3444 9043 3435 9039
3417 9041 3417 9109 3419 9109
TIME...MOT...LOC 0211Z 262DEG 43KT 3429 9102
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
KRM1 follow-up statement
442
WWUS54 KMEG 280231
SVSMEG
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
931 PM CDT Sat Mar 27 2021
ARC107-MSC027-119-280300-
/O.CON.KMEG.SV.W.0042.000000T0000Z-210328T0300Z/
Phillips AR-Coahoma MS-Quitman MS-
931 PM CDT Sat Mar 27 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL PHILLIPS...COAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL QUITMAN COUNTIES...
At 930 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Elaine, moving
east at 40 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Clarksdale, Elaine, White River National Wildlife Refuge, Jonestown,
Friars Point, Kings, Sherard, Lake View, Coahoma, Lyon, Lula, Mosby
Spur, Wabash, Rudyard, Moon, Modoc, Preston Place, Hoop Spur,
Westover and Beverly.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 400 AM CDT for eastern
Arkansas...and northwestern Mississippi.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3422 9106 3425 9108 3425 9106 3428 9108
3430 9107 3429 9106 3430 9106 3431 9107
3431 9105 3432 9106 3433 9105 3434 9100
3445 9100 3449 9050 3444 9043 3435 9039
3417 9041 3417 9109 3419 9109
TIME...MOT...LOC 0230Z 261DEG 36KT 3432 9080
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
KRMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 7:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Mississippi, Poinsett | 42 min |
| Mar 27, 7:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Cross, St. Francis | 52 min |
| Mar 27, 7:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Cross, Mississippi, Poinsett, St. Francis | 3 hr |
| Mar 27, 7:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lee, Phillips | 43 min |
| Mar 27, 7:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Cross, Poinsett | 51 min |
| Mar 27, 7:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Lee, St. Francis | 40 min |
| Mar 27, 8:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Mississippi, Poinsett | 38 min |
| Mar 27, 8:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden, St. Francis | 11 min |
| Mar 27, 8:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Mississippi | 34 min |
| Mar 27, 8:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Phillips | 25 min |
| Mar 27, 9:09 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Crittenden | 3 hr |
| Mar 27, 9:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Phillips | 40 min |
| Mar 27, 9:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Phillips | 53 min |
| Mar 27, 9:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Phillips | 31 min |
| Mar 27, 9:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden | 52 min |
| Mar 27, 11:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Phillips | 4 hr |
| Mar 28, 11:45 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | MEG | Lee, Phillips | 24 hr |
| Mar 27, 7:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | DeSoto | 21 min |
| Mar 27, 10:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Panola, Quitman, Tate, Tunica | 40 min |
| Mar 27, 10:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Panola, Quitman | 52 min |
| Mar 27, 10:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Tate | 44 min |
| Mar 27, 10:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, DeSoto, Marshall | 36 min |
| Mar 27, 10:49 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Tate, Tunica | 3 hr |
| Mar 27, 10:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Benton, Lafayette, Marshall, Tate, Tippah | 49 min |
| Mar 27, 11:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Benton, Marshall, Tippah | 51 min |
| Mar 27, 11:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Benton, Lafayette, Lee, Prentiss, Tippah and 2 more | 42 min |
| Mar 27, 11:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Tallahatchie | 49 min |
| Mar 27, 11:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Alcorn | 51 min |
| Mar 27, 11:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Tippah | 17 min |
| Mar 28, 12:12 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Tishomingo | 33 min |
| Mar 28, 12:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Benton, Itawamba, Lafayette, Lee, Marshall and 4 more | 43 min |
| Mar 28, 12:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Lafayette, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Yalobusha | 48 min |
| Mar 28, 12:48 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Benton, Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Tate, Tippah and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Mar 28, 12:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Benton, Itawamba, Lee, Prentiss, Tippah and 2 more | 49 min |
| Mar 28, 12:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Chickasaw, Lafayette, Panola, Pontotoc, Tallahatchie and 1 more | 46 min |
| Mar 28, 1:03 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Prentiss, Tippah, Tishomingo, Union | 27 min |
| Mar 28, 1:10 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Lafayette, Pontotoc, Union, Yalobusha | 28 min |
| Mar 28, 1:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Lafayette, Lee, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Tishomingo and 1 more | 39 min |
| Mar 28, 1:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc | 43 min |
| Mar 28, 2:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Lee, Prentiss, Tishomingo | 46 min |
| Mar 28, 2:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Lee, Monroe | 25 min |
| Mar 28, 3:22 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Monroe | 23 min |
| Mar 28, 3:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Monroe | 42 min |
| Mar 28, 7:49 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Lafayette, Marshall, Union | 26 hr |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.