Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 95, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 9, 2021, 8:13 PM CDT for Chickasaw County, Lee County, Pontotoc County, Mississippi. It was in force for 47 min. 3 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, 8:13 PM CDT (01:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 9, 2021, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Chickasaw County, MS, Lee County, MS, Pontotoc County, MS
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:17 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, 8:21 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Houston, MS | |
| Apr 9, 8:45 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Houlka, MS | A METAL SHED WAS DESTROYED ON COUNTY ROAD 17 IN HOULKA. |
| Apr 9, 8:52 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Houston, MS | LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORT OF TREES ON 3 HOUSES, TREES SCATTERED ACROSS THE HWY AS WELL AS UPROOTED TREES ACROSS NATCHEZ TRACE. |
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 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 133 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
- 2032 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 326 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 590 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted.
976
WUUS54 KMEG 100113
SVRMEG
MSC017-081-115-100200-
/O.NEW.KMEG.SV.W.0095.210410T0113Z-210410T0200Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Memphis TN
813 PM CDT Fri Apr 9 2021
The National Weather Service in Memphis has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northern Chickasaw County in northeastern Mississippi...
Southeastern Pontotoc County in northeastern Mississippi...
Southwestern Lee County in northeastern Mississippi...
* Until 900 PM CDT.
* At 813 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Houston,
moving northeast at 15 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...
Tupelo, Houston, Verona, Okolona, Trace State Park, Shannon, Troy,
Furrs, Houlka, New Houlka, Chiwapa, Van Vleet, Parkersburg,
Palmetto, Thelma, Leotis, Old Union and George P Cossar State Park.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Large hail and damaging winds and continuous cloud to ground
lightning is occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately.
Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can
hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.
&&
LAT...LON 3394 8909 3429 8892 3416 8861 3409 8868
3409 8872 3405 8872 3385 8891
TIME...MOT...LOC 0113Z 212DEG 14KT 3396 8896
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
SJM1 follow-up statement
141
WWUS54 KMEG 100130
SVSMEG
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
830 PM CDT Fri Apr 9 2021
MSC017-081-115-100200-
/O.CON.KMEG.SV.W.0095.000000T0000Z-210410T0200Z/
Chickasaw MS-Pontotoc MS-Lee MS-
830 PM CDT Fri Apr 9 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT
FOR NORTHERN CHICKASAW...SOUTHEASTERN PONTOTOC AND SOUTHWESTERN LEE
COUNTIES...
At 830 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Houlka, or 9
miles west of Okolona, moving northeast at 15 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Tupelo, Houston, Verona, Okolona, Trace State Park, Shannon, Troy,
Furrs, Houlka, New Houlka, Chiwapa, Van Vleet, Parkersburg, Palmetto,
Thelma, Leotis, Old Union and George P Cossar State Park.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning.
&&
LAT...LON 3394 8909 3429 8892 3416 8861 3409 8868
3409 8872 3405 8872 3385 8891
TIME...MOT...LOC 0130Z 212DEG 14KT 3402 8892
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 7:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lee, Pontotoc, Union | 31 min |
| Apr 9, 7:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Calhoun, Lafayette, Marshall, Yalobusha | 52 min |
| Apr 9, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Lee, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Union | 45 min |
| Apr 9, 7:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Lee, Pontotoc, Union | 5 hr |
| Apr 9, 8:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Tishomingo | 44 min |
| Apr 9, 8:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Prentiss, Tishomingo | 25 min |
| Apr 9, 8:31 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Itawamba, Lee, Prentiss | 3 hr |
| Apr 9, 8:38 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Alcorn, Tippah, Tishomingo | 3 hr |
| Apr 9, 8:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chickasaw, Monroe | 52 min |
| Apr 9, 8:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc | 50 min |
| Apr 9, 9:04 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Calhoun, Chickasaw, Lee, Pontotoc | 3 hr |
| Apr 9, 9:08 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Lee, Pontotoc | 28 min |
| Apr 9, 9:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Lee, Monroe | 51 min |
| Apr 9, 9:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Lee, Pontotoc | 3 hr |
| Apr 10, 4:32 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Lee | 8 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.