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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 37, NWS Memphis, TN

April 2, 2024Hardin County, McNairy County, Tennessee; Alcorn County, Tippah County, Tishomingo County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 2, 2024, 6:34 PM CDT for Hardin County, McNairy County, Tennessee; Alcorn County, Tippah County, Tishomingo County, Mississippi. It was in force for 41 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
Apr 2, 2024, 6:34 PM CDT (23:34 UTC)
Expired
Apr 2, 2024, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Alcorn County, MS, Tippah County, MS, Tishomingo County, MS, Hardin County, TN, McNairy County, TN

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:34 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 2, 3:08 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 133 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2024-04-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 792 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2024-04-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 27 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
792 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-26 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
730 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
82 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.0

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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 Apr 2, 6:32 PM CDT, 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 2, 6:32 PM CDT, 2 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 2, 1:15 PM CDT, 5 hours 19 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Memphis TN
115 PM CDT Tue Apr 2 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1006 AM     Hail             4 ENE Decaturville      35.60N 88.05W
04/02/2024  M1.00 inch       Decatur            TN   Public

&&

MJ
Local storm report, Apr 2, 3:07 PM CDT, 3 hours 27 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Memphis TN
307 PM CDT Tue Apr 2 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0805 AM     Hail             2 WSW Bartlett          35.20N 89.87W
04/02/2024  E1.00 inch       Shelby             TN   Local Official

            Tree down across road at Sycamore View Rd
            and Main St.

&&

MJ
Special weather statement, Apr 2, 4:53 PM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
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Local storm report, Apr 2, 5:48 PM CDT, 46 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Apr 2, 6:18 PM CDT, 16 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 2, 7:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGShelby46 min
Apr 2, 8:05 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGFayette25 min
Apr 2, 8:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGFayette, Haywood, Lauderdale, Shelby, Tipton36 min
Apr 2, 8:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGDyer, Lauderdale29 min
Apr 2, 8:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCrockett, Gibson, Haywood, Lauderdale31 min
Apr 2, 8:50 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGCrockett, Gibson, Haywood, Lauderdale26 min
Apr 2, 9:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGChester, Hardeman, Haywood, Henderson, Madison40 min
Apr 2, 9:14 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGCarroll, Gibson, Henderson28 min
Apr 2, 9:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGChester, Decatur, Hardin, Henderson, McNairy, Madison38 min
Apr 2, 3:38 PM CDTWind AdvisoryMEGDyer, Lake, Obion8 hr
Apr 2, 7:28 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGTunica32 min
Apr 2, 7:47 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGCoahoma, Quitman28 min
Apr 2, 3:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCalhoun, Lafayette, Lee, Pontotoc, Union31 min
Apr 2, 4:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGItawamba, Lee37 min
Apr 2, 6:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGTippah27 min
Apr 2, 7:01 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGLee, St. Francis29 min
Apr 2, 8:03 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGMississippi27 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 2024Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee, 2024Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2024

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.