Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 62, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 28, 2021, 3:33 AM CDT for Monroe County, Mississippi. It was in force for 42 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, 3:33 AM CDT (08:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 28, 2021, 4:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Monroe County, MS
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:32 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, 3:41 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 W Aberdeen, MS | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN NEAR THE COUNTRY CLUB ON THE WEST SIDE OF ABERDEEN. |
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
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 171 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
- 643 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1359 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 152 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 3.7
The text
As transmitted.
760
WUUS54 KMEG 280833
SVRMEG
MSC095-280915-
/O.NEW.KMEG.SV.W.0062.210328T0833Z-210328T0915Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Memphis TN
333 AM CDT Sun Mar 28 2021
The National Weather Service in Memphis has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southern Monroe County in northeastern Mississippi...
* Until 415 AM CDT.
* At 333 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Prairie, or 9
miles southwest of Aberdeen, moving east at 55 mph.
HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect
wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Aberdeen, Prairie, Gattman, Binford, Sipsey Fork, New Hamilton,
Quincy, Splunge, Wise Gap, Athens, Strong, East Aberdeen, Muldon
and Greenwood Springs.
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 3382 8872 3400 8822 3375 8825 3374 8833
3372 8833 3368 8850 3368 8872
TIME...MOT...LOC 0833Z 250DEG 49KT 3374 8867
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
$$2 follow-up statements
169
WWUS54 KMEG 280904
SVSMEG
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
404 AM CDT Sun Mar 28 2021
MSC095-280915-
/O.CON.KMEG.SV.W.0062.000000T0000Z-210328T0915Z/
Monroe MS-
404 AM CDT Sun Mar 28 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 AM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN MONROE COUNTY...
At 404 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Sulligent,
moving east at 55 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Gattman, Sipsey Fork, Quincy, Greenwood Springs, Splunge, Wise Gap
and Athens.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3400 8822 3375 8825 3374 8833 3372 8833
3372 8834 3370 8842 3378 8841 3394 8838
TIME...MOT...LOC 0904Z 250DEG 49KT 3389 8819
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$534
WWUS54 KMEG 280913
SVSMEG
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
413 AM CDT Sun Mar 28 2021
MSC095-280923-
/O.EXP.KMEG.SV.W.0062.000000T0000Z-210328T0915Z/
Monroe MS-
413 AM CDT Sun Mar 28 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MONROE COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 415 AM CDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.
LAT...LON 3400 8822 3375 8825 3374 8833 3372 8833
3372 8834 3370 8842 3378 8841 3394 8838
TIME...MOT...LOC 0913Z 250DEG 49KT 3393 8807
$$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, 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, 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.