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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 367, NWS Memphis, TN

December 9, 20234 counties in Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 9, 2023, 5:54 PM CST for 4 counties in Mississippi. 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, 5:54 PM CST (23:54 UTC)
Expired: Dec 9, 2023, 6:45 PM CST
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Itawamba County, MS, Lee County, MS, Prentiss County, MS, Tishomingo County, MS

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:53 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
Dec 9, 11:35 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr
Dec 9, 3:56 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 143 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, 2:49 PM CST, 3 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 9, 2:49 PM CST, 3 hours 5 minutes before

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Memphis TN
249 PM CST Sat Dec 9 2023

...New SYNOPSIS, DISCUSSION...

.SYNOPSIS...
Issued at 217 PM CST Sat Dec 9 2023

A strong cold front will move east of the Mid-South tonight.
Strong to severe thunderstorms will be found ahead of the front
tonight. Behind the front, drier and much colder air will move
into the region. Temperatures on Sunday will be some 20-25 degrees
colder than today with highs in the mid to upper 40s. Dry weather
will continue through much of the upcoming week with temperatures
gradually returning back toward normal.

&&

.DISCUSSION...
(This evening through next Friday)
Issued at 217 PM CST Sat Dec 9 2023

A strong cold front is located across west Tennessee and extreme
northwest Mississippi. Strong to severe thunderstorms have formed
ahead of the front and a Tornado Watch remains in effect until 7
pm CST. Temperatures ahead of the front are in the low to mid 70s
and in the upper 50s to around 60 degrees.

This cold front will move through the remainder of the Mid-South
tonight with more strong to severe thunderstorms expected ahead of
the front. Behind the front, drier and much colder air will move
into the region overnight. Temperatures will be chilly with lows
Sunday morning in the mid 30s to lower 40s.

The cold front will be east of the region on Sunday with a large
area of high pressure building across the Rockies and into the
southern Plains. Dry and chilly weather will be found across the
Mid-South on Sunday. Temperatures will be some 25 degrees colder
than today with highs in the mid to upper 40s. Sunday night will
be the coldest night of the week with lows Monday morning in the
mid 20s to around 30 degrees.

The surface high will move east of the region on Monday. Winds
will shift to the south bringing milder air to the region.
Temperatures will start to moderate on Monday and then return to
seasonal levels by Tuesday. Dry weather will continue for Tuesday
through early Friday morning. A weak cold front will approach the
region on Friday with a few showers possible.

&&

.AVIATION...
(18Z TAFS)
Issued at 1116 AM CST Sat Dec 9 2023

Cold front about to cross the Mississippi River in west Tennessee
with a secondary boundary over portions of central and western
Arkansas. Ahead of cold front, line of thunderstorms will move
across west Tennessee and north Mississippi this afternoon. IFR
ceilings will cover areas of the Mid-South ahead of the front.
Behind the front, showers and isolated thunderstorms are possible
with ceilings improving to VFR levels. Precipitation will end as
drier air moves into region. Winds will shift from the south to
the northwest as cold front moves through. Wind speeds will be
between 10 and 15 knots with higher gusts for much of the forecast
period.

&&

.MEG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...None.
MO...None.
MS...None.
TN...None.
&&

PUBLIC FORECAST...ARS
AVIATION...ARS

In the hours before

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Local storm report, Dec 9, 4:55 PM CST, 59 minutes before

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Local storm report, Dec 9, 5:28 PM CST, 26 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Dec 9, 5:32 PM CST, 22 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
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, 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, 11:24 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Dyer, Gibson, Obion, Weakley	51 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.