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Special Weather Statement, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this special weather statement at May 9, 2021, 7:21 PM CDT for Coahoma County, Quitman County, Mississippi. It was in force for 24 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 9, 2021, 7:21 PM CDT (00:21 UTC)
- Expired
- May 9, 2021, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
Counties Coahoma County, MS, Quitman County, MS
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 111 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
- 762 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 787 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.6
The text
As transmitted.
534
WWUS84 KMEG 100021
SPSMEG
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
721 PM CDT Sun May 9 2021
ARZ058-MSZ010-011-020-100045-
Phillips AR-Coahoma MS-Tallahatchie MS-Quitman MS-
721 PM CDT Sun May 9 2021
...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED UNTIL 745 PM CDT
FOR...
Southern Phillips County in eastern Arkansas...
Coahoma County in northwestern Mississippi...
Northwestern Tallahatchie County in northwestern Mississippi...
Southern Quitman County in northwestern Mississippi...
At 720 PM CDT...a strong thunderstorm producing pea size hail or
larger and winds 40 mph or greater was located near Elaine, moving
east at 50 mph.
Very heavy rain along with continuous cloud to ground lightning are
also possible with this thunderstorm.
People in southern Phillips...Coahoma...northwestern Tallahatchie and
southern Quitman Counties should monitor this storm closely.
LAT...LON 3420 9109 3420 9108 3422 9106 3424 9107
3425 9108 3425 9106 3427 9107 3444 9078
3430 9021 3399 9039 3406 9066 3412 9066
3412 9092 3416 9109
TIME...MOT...LOC 0020Z 281DEG 42KT 3424 9091
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 7:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chickasaw, Lafayette, Lee, Pontotoc, Union | 40 min |
| May 9, 7:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Chickasaw, Yalobusha | 27 min |
| May 9, 7:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Tishomingo | 32 min |
| May 9, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc, Union | 67 min |
| May 9, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tishomingo | 16 min |
| May 9, 7:45 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Coahoma, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie | 2 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.