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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 189, NWS Memphis, TN

June 8, 2022Calhoun County, Chickasaw County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 2022, 5:57 PM CDT for Calhoun County, Chickasaw County, Mississippi. It was in force for 33 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 8, 2022, 5:57 PM CDT (22:57 UTC)
Expired: Jun 8, 2022, 6:30 PM CDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Calhoun County, MS, Chickasaw County, MS

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 8, 5:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	3 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 125 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1861 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 191 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 217 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.7

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Memphis, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 8, 2:49 PM CDT, 3 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 2:49 PM CDT, 3 hours 8 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 8, 8:50 AM CDT, 9 hours 7 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Memphis TN
850 AM CDT Wed Jun 8 2022

ARZ009-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001>017-
020>024-TNZ001>004-019>022-048>055-088>092-091600-
Alcorn-Benton MS-Benton TN-Calhoun-Carroll-Chester-Chickasaw-Clay-
Coahoma-Craighead-Crittenden-Crockett-Cross-DeSoto-Decatur-
Dunklin-Dyer-Fayette-Gibson-Greene-Hardeman-Hardin-Haywood-
Henderson-Henry-Itawamba-Lafayette-Lake-Lauderdale-Lee AR-Lee MS-
Madison-Marshall-McNairy-Mississippi-Monroe-Obion-Panola-Pemiscot-
Phillips-Poinsett-Pontotoc-Prentiss-Quitman-Shelby-St. Francis-
Tallahatchie-Tate-Tippah-Tipton-Tishomingo-Tunica-Union-Weakley-
Yalobusha-
850 AM CDT Wed Jun 8 2022

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of East Arkansas...
the Missouri Bootheel...North Mississippi...and West Tennessee.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

There is a Slight Risk for severe storms across the Midsouth
today. Damaging wind gusts will be the primary threat. Secondary
threats include large hail, flash flooding and a few short- lived
tornadoes.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday

Strong to severe storms will possible again on Friday across
portions of Northeast Arkansas and North Mississippi. Damaging
winds will be the main threat but small hail and locally heavy
rainfall will also be possible.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed today. Additional activation is
possible on Friday. Please relay any information about observed
severe weather to the NWS while following all local, state, and
CDC guidelines.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 8, 12:05 PM CDT, 5 hours 52 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 8, 4:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 8, 5:26 PM CDT, 31 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 7, 7:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Lafayette, Panola, Tallahatchie	37 min
Jun 7, 8:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Calhoun	37 min
Jun 7, 8:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Chickasaw, Pontotoc	28 min
Jun 8, 8:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Tunica	47 min
Jun 8, 9:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Tunica	29 min
Jun 8, 11:45 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Prentiss	30 min
Jun 8, 11:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Alcorn, Prentiss, Tippah, Union	22 min
Jun 8, 4:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Tallahatchie	35 min
Jun 8, 5:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Calhoun	34 min
Jun 8, 5:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Calhoun	28 min
Jun 8, 6:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Lee	29 min
Jun 8, 6:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Monroe	27 min
Jun 8, 8:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Lee, St. Francis	34 min

Nearby

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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.