Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 89, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 9, 2021, 6:57 PM CDT for Lee County, Pontotoc County, Union County, Mississippi. It was in force for 48 min. 4 reports 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
- Apr 9, 2021, 6:57 PM CDT (23:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 9, 2021, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Lee County, MS, Pontotoc County, MS, Union County, MS
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:59 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 7:15 PM CDT | HAIL 1.25 | 4 E Ecru, MS | ON CENTER HILL RD |
| Apr 9, 7:49 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | New Harmony, MS | |
| Apr 9, 7:50 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Blue Springs, MS | |
| Apr 9, 7:52 PM CDT | HAIL 2.5 | Blue Springs, MS |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 3:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 114 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2139 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 141 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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WUUS54 KMEG 092357
SVRMEG
MSC081-115-145-100045-
/O.NEW.KMEG.SV.W.0089.210409T2357Z-210410T0045Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Memphis TN
657 PM CDT Fri Apr 9 2021
The National Weather Service in Memphis has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Eastern Union County in northeastern Mississippi...
Northeastern Pontotoc County in northeastern Mississippi...
Northern Lee County in northeastern Mississippi...
* Until 745 PM CDT.
* At 657 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Ecru, or 7
miles north of Pontotoc, moving northeast at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Golf 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...
Tupelo, Pontotoc, Saltillo, Guntown, Ecru, New Harmony, Blair,
Sherman, Blue Springs, Hortontown, Graham, Endville, Jericho,
Cherry Creek, Branyan, Ellistown, Jug Fork, Rough Edge, Nixon and
Union Hill.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3439 8859 3423 8900 3435 8912 3460 8882
3460 8880 3453 8873 3451 8874 3451 8871
TIME...MOT...LOC 2357Z 226DEG 23KT 3435 8897
HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$1 follow-up statement
026
WWUS54 KMEG 100012
SVSMEG
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
712 PM CDT Fri Apr 9 2021
MSC081-115-145-100045-
/O.CON.KMEG.SV.W.0089.000000T0000Z-210410T0045Z/
Union MS-Pontotoc MS-Lee MS-
712 PM CDT Fri Apr 9 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT
FOR EASTERN UNION...NORTHEASTERN PONTOTOC AND NORTHERN LEE
COUNTIES...
At 712 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over New Harmony, or
7 miles north of Trace State Park, moving northeast at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind
damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Saltillo, Guntown, Ecru, New Harmony, Blair, Sherman, Blue Springs,
Graham, Endville, Jericho, Cherry Creek, Branyan, Ellistown, Jug
Fork, Union Hill, Wallerville, Alpine, Ingomar, Birmingham and
Corrona.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3439 8859 3429 8900 3440 8905 3460 8882
3460 8880 3453 8873 3451 8874 3451 8871
TIME...MOT...LOC 0012Z 227DEG 19KT 3436 8894
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 4:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Coahoma, Quitman | 33 min |
| Apr 9, 5:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Tunica | 35 min |
| Apr 9, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Coahoma | 49 min |
| Apr 9, 5:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, Marshall | 39 min |
| Apr 9, 5:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Quitman, Tallahatchie | 40 min |
| Apr 9, 6:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Union | 37 min |
| Apr 9, 6:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Coahoma, Quitman, Tallahatchie | 29 min |
| Apr 9, 6:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lee, Tippah, Union | 38 min |
| Apr 9, 6:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lee, Tippah, Union | 21 min |
| Apr 9, 6:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Tate, Yalobusha | 46 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.