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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 339, NWS Memphis, TN

December 9, 20234 counties in Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 9, 2023, 11:24 AM CST for 4 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 51 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: Dec 9, 2023, 11:24 AM CST (17:24 UTC)
Expired: Dec 9, 2023, 12:15 PM CST
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Dyer County, TN, Gibson County, TN, Obion County, TN, Weakley County, TN

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:24 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 170 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: 313 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -105 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 661 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 121 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 185 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 0.9

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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 Dec 9, 11:09 AM CST, 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 9, 11:09 AM CST, 15 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Dec 9, 9:33 AM CST, 1 hour 51 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
933 AM CST Sat Dec 9 2023

ARZ026>028-091600-
Poinsett AR-Craighead AR-Mississippi AR-
933 AM CST Sat Dec 9 2023

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN CRAIGHEAD...
NORTHEASTERN POINSETT AND WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES THROUGH
1000 AM CST...

At 933 AM CST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Greenfield, or 8 miles north of Harrisburg, moving east at 55 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and half inch hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Jonesboro, Trumann, Harrisburg, Lake City, Bay, Monette, Caraway,
Greenfield, Etowah, Black Oak, Three Way, Hergett, Apt, West Ridge,
Vail, Tulot, Valley View, Macey, Hatchie Coon, and Gum Point.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3555 9082 3574 9089 3597 9034 3566 9018
TIME...MOT...LOC 1533Z 249DEG 48KT 3569 9072

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

Schlessiger

Special weather statement, Dec 9, 10:02 AM CST, 1 hour 22 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
1002 AM CST Sat Dec 9 2023

ARZ026>028-TNZ048-091630-
Poinsett AR-Craighead AR-Mississippi AR-Lauderdale TN-
1002 AM CST Sat Dec 9 2023

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN CRAIGHEAD...
NORTHEASTERN POINSETT...NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI AND WEST CENTRAL
LAUDERDALE COUNTIES THROUGH 1030 AM CST...

At 1002 AM CST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Caraway, moving east at 55 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and half inch hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Blytheville, Osceola, Gosnell, Manila, Leachville, Caraway, Luxora,
Dell, Burdette, Ashport, Little River, Etowah, Black Oak, Victoria,
Jolliff Store, Calumet, Dearman, Eastview, Lennie, and Vail.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3583 9042 3600 9003 3600 8990 3574 8975
      3565 9043
TIME...MOT...LOC 1602Z 251DEG 48KT 3578 9029

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

Schlessiger

Special weather statement, Dec 9, 10:21 AM CST, 1 hour 3 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
1021 AM CST Sat Dec 9 2023

ARZ028-MOZ113-115-TNZ001-019-091645-
Mississippi AR-Pemiscot MO-Dunklin MO-Lake TN-Dyer TN-
1021 AM CST Sat Dec 9 2023

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
PEMISCOT...SOUTHEASTERN DUNKLIN...NORTHWESTERN DYER AND SOUTHWESTERN
LAKE COUNTIES THROUGH 1045 AM CST...

At 1021 AM CST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Steele, moving northeast at 50 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 30 mph and pea size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Blytheville, Caruthersville, Gosnell, Hayti, Steele, Hayti Heights,
Cooter, Deering, Heloise, Holland, Lenox, Ayers, Calumet, Hathaway,
Woodland Corner, Tennemo, Boothspoint, Owl Hoot, Yarbro, and Rives.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3595 9005 3611 9005 3634 8964 3607 8944
TIME...MOT...LOC 1621Z 247DEG 43KT 3606 8993

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH

Schlessiger

Special weather statement, Dec 9, 10:28 AM CST, 56 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
1028 AM CST Sat Dec 9 2023

ARZ028-MOZ115-TNZ019-048-091700-
Mississippi AR-Pemiscot MO-Lauderdale TN-Dyer TN-
1028 AM CST Sat Dec 9 2023

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...SOUTH
CENTRAL PEMISCOT...SOUTHWESTERN DYER AND NORTH CENTRAL LAUDERDALE
COUNTIES THROUGH 1100 AM CST...

At 1028 AM CST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Dell, or near Blytheville, moving northeast at 45 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Blytheville, Gosnell, Cooter, Dell, Burdette, Heloise, Barr, Dearman,
Barfield, Tomato, Hightower, Tuckertown, Burton, Tiger Tail, Hickman,
Lens Ford, Wilson Junction, Stark City, Number Nine, and Armorel.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3576 9003 3591 9010 3611 8967 3588 8949
TIME...MOT...LOC 1628Z 244DEG 40KT 3587 8997

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

Schlessiger

Special weather statement, Dec 9, 10:51 AM CST, 33 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
1051 AM CST Sat Dec 9 2023

ARZ028-MOZ115-TNZ019-048-091715-
Mississippi AR-Pemiscot MO-Lauderdale TN-Dyer TN-
1051 AM CST Sat Dec 9 2023

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
SOUTHEASTERN PEMISCOT...DYER AND NORTH CENTRAL LAUDERDALE COUNTIES
THROUGH 1115 AM CST...

At 1051 AM CST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Heloise, or 13 miles south of Caruthersville, moving east at 45 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 30 mph and pea size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Dyersburg, Newbern, Bradleytown, Heloise, Unionville, Miston, Lenox,
Bishop, Ayers, Papaw Ridge, Porter Gap, Fowlkes, Bonicord,
Jenkinsville, Maxey, Rohoboth, Tiger Tail, Broadmoor, South Fork, and
Poplar Grove.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3621 8934 3598 8921 3586 8969 3602 8979
      3619 8951 3619 8949 3620 8949 3621 8946
TIME...MOT...LOC 1651Z 249DEG 40KT 3599 8963

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH

Schlessiger

Special weather statement, Dec 9, 11:12 AM CST, 12 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
1112 AM CST Sat Dec 9 2023

TNZ002-003-019-020-091745-
Weakley TN-Obion TN-Dyer TN-Gibson TN-
1112 AM CST Sat Dec 9 2023

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN WEAKLEY...EASTERN
DYER...NORTHERN GIBSON AND SOUTHEASTERN OBION COUNTIES THROUGH 1145
AM CST...

At 1112 AM CST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Newbern, or near Dyersburg, moving northeast at 50 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 30 mph and pea size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Dyersburg, Martin, Union City, Newbern, Dyer, Greenfield, Troy,
Kenton, Rutherford, Obion, Bradford, Sharon, Cloverdale, Bradleytown,
Miston, Trimble, Rives, Yorkville, Cat Corner, and Fowlkes.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3612 8863 3599 8918 3600 8919 3599 8919
      3594 8939 3615 8955 3649 8895
TIME...MOT...LOC 1712Z 243DEG 59KT 3610 8932

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH

Schlessiger

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 9, 1:24 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	DeSoto, Tate, Tunica	51 min
Dec 9, 2:04 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Coahoma	26 min
Dec 9, 2:08 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	DeSoto, Tate, Tunica	34 min
Dec 9, 2:16 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Coahoma, Quitman	44 min
Dec 9, 2:27 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Coahoma, Quitman, Tunica	19 min
Dec 9, 2:32 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	DeSoto, Marshall, Tate	43 min
Dec 9, 2:45 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Coahoma, Panola, Quitman, Tate, Tunica	45 min
Dec 9, 3:04 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Benton, Marshall, Tate	41 min
Dec 9, 3:14 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MEG	Benton, Marshall, Tippah	46 min
Dec 9, 3:23 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Tate	52 min
Dec 9, 3:47 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lafayette, Panola	43 min
Dec 9, 3:52 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Alcorn, Benton, Tippah	53 min
Dec 9, 3:53 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lafayette, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Yalobusha	52 min
Dec 9, 4:04 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Alcorn, Tippah	21 min
Dec 9, 4:08 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MEG	Benton, Lafayette, Lee, Marshall, Pontotoc, Tippah and 1 more	52 min
Dec 9, 4:12 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Tallahatchie, Yalobusha	48 min
Dec 9, 4:33 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Alcorn	42 min
Dec 9, 4:37 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lafayette, Panola, Pontotoc, Union, Yalobusha	38 min
Dec 9, 4:51 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Prentiss, Tippah, Union	24 min
Dec 9, 4:56 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Calhoun, Lafayette, Pontotoc, Yalobusha	49 min
Dec 9, 5:07 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lee, Prentiss, Union	53 min
Dec 9, 5:08 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lafayette, Lee, Pontotoc, Union	52 min
Dec 9, 5:32 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Tishomingo	28 min
Dec 9, 5:42 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Calhoun, Lee, Pontotoc	33 min
Dec 9, 5:54 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Itawamba, Lee, Prentiss, Tishomingo	51 min
Dec 9, 3:31 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Shelby	14 min
Dec 9, 4:12 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Fayette	33 min
Dec 9, 4:25 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Haywood	35 min
Dec 9, 10:28 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Lauderdale	32 min
Dec 9, 10:51 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Dyer	24 min
Dec 9, 11:12 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Dyer, Obion	33 min
Dec 9, 11:30 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Dyer, Gibson, Lauderdale, Obion	45 min
Dec 9, 11:44 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Gibson, Henry, Obion, Weakley	46 min
Dec 9, 12:08 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Benton, Gibson, Henry, Weakley	52 min
Dec 9, 12:22 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Henry, Weakley	14 min
Dec 9, 12:31 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Crockett	29 min
Dec 9, 12:37 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Haywood, Lauderdale	38 min
Dec 9, 12:42 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Crockett, Gibson, Haywood, Lauderdale	20 min
Dec 9, 12:56 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Henry	34 min
Dec 9, 1:10 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Carroll, Crockett, Gibson, Weakley	50 min
Dec 9, 1:12 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Haywood	33 min
Dec 9, 1:19 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Carroll, Crockett, Gibson, Haywood, Madison	41 min
Dec 9, 1:30 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Carroll, Gibson	20 min
Dec 9, 1:52 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MEG	Benton, Carroll, Henry	38 min
Dec 9, 1:53 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Carroll, Crockett, Gibson, Henderson, Henry, Madison and 1 more	35 min
Dec 9, 2:18 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Benton, Carroll, Decatur, Henderson, Madison	42 min
Dec 9, 2:22 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Benton	20 min
Dec 9, 3:01 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Fayette, Hardeman	29 min
Dec 9, 3:07 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Benton, Carroll, Henderson	39 min
Dec 9, 3:13 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Henderson	32 min
Dec 9, 3:30 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Chester, Hardeman	30 min
Dec 9, 3:45 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Henderson	30 min
Dec 9, 4:02 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Chester	28 min
Dec 9, 5:29 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Hardin	16 min
Dec 9, 7:28 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Poinsett	17 min
Dec 9, 7:35 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Craighead	25 min
Dec 9, 7:46 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Craighead	29 min
Dec 9, 8:03 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Greene	27 min
Dec 9, 8:04 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Craighead	26 min
Dec 9, 8:29 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Clay	31 min
Dec 9, 9:10 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Poinsett	35 min
Dec 9, 9:33 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Craighead	27 min
Dec 9, 10:02 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Mississippi	28 min
Dec 9, 12:59 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Lee	31 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.