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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 30, NWS Memphis, TN

March 22, 2022Tishomingo County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 22, 2022, 4:10 PM CDT for Tishomingo County, Mississippi. It was in force for 35 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: Mar 22, 2022, 4:10 PM CDT (21:10 UTC)
Expired: Mar 22, 2022, 4:45 PM CDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Damage threat: Considerable
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

County Tishomingo County, MS

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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 22, 12:42 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 214 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: 2336 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 403 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 358 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 Mar 22, 3:50 PM CDT, 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 22, 3:50 PM CDT, 20 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 22, 3:57 AM CDT, 12 hours 13 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Memphis TN
357 AM CDT Tue Mar 22 2022

ARZ009-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001>017-
020>024-TNZ001>004-019>022-048>055-088>092-231100-
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-
357 AM CDT Tue Mar 22 2022

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Showers and thunderstorms will move through the Mid-South today.
Some storms could be strong to severe across portions of West
Tennessee and North Mississippi this afternoon. Damaging winds,
tornadoes, and flash flooding will be the main threats. The
greatest area of concern will occur for locations south and east
of a Clarksdale to Iuka, MS line. Best timing for severe weather
will occur between 11 AM-7 PM CDT. A Flood Watch has been issued
for areas south of a Jonesboro, AR to Jackson, TN line.

Strong gradient winds ahead of the thunderstorms will also be
possible today. A Wind Advisory has been issued for areas south of
a Wynne, AR to Savannah, TN line.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday

Areas of frost will develop late Saturday Night into Sunday
morning as temperatures drop into the mid 30s across portions of
West Tennessee and North Mississippi.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will likely be needed over north Mississippi
today.

KRM

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 22, 4:06 PM CDT, 4 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
Mar 22, 3:05 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	DeSoto	40 min
Mar 22, 3:07 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Coahoma, DeSoto, Tunica	38 min
Mar 22, 12:59 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	DeSoto	3 hr
Mar 22, 1:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Calhoun, Chickasaw, Monroe, Pontotoc, Yalobusha	44 min
Mar 22, 2:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe	37 min
Mar 22, 2:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chickasaw, Itawamba, Monroe	50 min
Mar 22, 3:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Monroe	23 min
Mar 22, 3:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	MEG	Itawamba, Monroe	30 min
Mar 22, 3:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Itawamba, Monroe	17 min
Mar 22, 4:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Tishomingo	24 min
Mar 22, 3:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Lake	30 min
Mar 22, 3:23 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Dyer, Lake, Lauderdale, Obion	37 min
Mar 22, 1:58 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Clay, Craighead, Greene	17 min
Mar 22, 2:21 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Clay, Craighead, Greene, Poinsett	24 min
Mar 22, 2:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Cross, St. Francis	16 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.