Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 61, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 28, 2021, 2:30 AM CDT for Itawamba County, Lee County, Monroe County, Mississippi. It was in force for 25 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 28, 2021, 2:30 AM CDT (07:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 28, 2021, 2:55 AM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Itawamba County, MS, Lee County, MS, Monroe County, MS
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:31 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 28, 2:35 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Nettleton, MS | TREE CRUSHED A LARGE PET KENNEL. |
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, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 165 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.
704
WUUS54 KMEG 280730
SVRMEG
MSC057-081-095-280815-
/O.NEW.KMEG.SV.W.0061.210328T0730Z-210328T0815Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Memphis TN
230 AM CDT Sun Mar 28 2021
The National Weather Service in Memphis has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southern Itawamba County in northeastern Mississippi...
Southeastern Lee County in northeastern Mississippi...
Northeastern Monroe County in northeastern Mississippi...
* Until 315 AM CDT.
* At 230 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Evergreen, or
near Tombigbee State Park, moving east at 60 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Tupelo, Fulton, Tombigbee State Park, Plantersville, Smithville,
Tremont, New Salem, Evergreen, Clay, Nettleton, Skyline, Abney,
Cardsville, Turon, Tilden, Mooreville, Ballardsville, Dorsey,
Jacinto and Cadamy.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 400 AM CDT for northeastern
Mississippi.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3407 8821 3406 8821 3404 8864 3427 8869
3430 8818
TIME...MOT...LOC 0730Z 252DEG 51KT 3417 8859
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$1 follow-up statement
153
WWUS54 KMEG 280755
SVSMEG
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
255 AM CDT Sun Mar 28 2021
MSC057-081-095-280805-
/O.CAN.KMEG.SV.W.0061.000000T0000Z-210328T0815Z/
Itawamba MS-Lee MS-Monroe MS-
255 AM CDT Sun Mar 28 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN ITAWAMBA...
SOUTHEASTERN LEE AND NORTHEASTERN MONROE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 400 AM CDT for northeastern
Mississippi.
LAT...LON 3407 8821 3406 8821 3404 8864 3427 8869
3430 8818
TIME...MOT...LOC 0753Z 252DEG 51KT 3428 8818
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 7:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Tunica | 40 min |
| Mar 27, 7:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | DeSoto | 21 min |
| Mar 27, 8:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Tunica | 11 min |
| Mar 27, 9:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Quitman | 48 min |
| Mar 27, 9:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Coahoma | 40 min |
| Mar 27, 9:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Quitman, Tunica | 53 min |
| Mar 27, 9:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Tunica | 31 min |
| Mar 27, 9:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Tunica | 52 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, 11:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Panola, Quitman, Tate, Tunica | 4 hr |
| 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, 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 |
| Mar 28, 11:45 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | MEG | Coahoma, Tunica | 24 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.