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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 147, NWS Memphis, TN

April 3, 2025Fayette County, Shelby County, Tennessee; 5 counties in Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 3, 2025, 6:52 PM CDT for Fayette County, Shelby County, Tennessee; 5 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 38 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 3, 2025, 6:52 PM CDT (23:52 UTC)
Expired: Apr 3, 2025, 7:30 PM CDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Benton County, MS, DeSoto County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Tate County, MS, Tunica County, MS, Fayette County, TN, Shelby County, TN

The radar

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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
Apr 3, 12:52 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr

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 3, 6:39 PM CDT, 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 3, 6:39 PM CDT, 13 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 3, 5:03 PM CDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 3, 5:13 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 3, 5:32 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 3, 5:32 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 3, 5:43 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 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
Apr 2, 7:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Dyer, Lake	62 min
Apr 2, 7:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Tipton	47 min
Apr 2, 7:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Shelby	40 min
Apr 2, 7:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Gibson, Obion, Weakley	43 min
Apr 2, 7:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Dyer, Lauderdale, Shelby, Tipton	61 min
Apr 2, 7:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Dyer, Lake, Obion	50 min
Apr 2, 7:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Shelby	43 min
Apr 2, 7:53 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Lauderdale, Tipton	37 min
Apr 2, 7:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Haywood, Lauderdale, Shelby, Tipton	47 min
Apr 2, 8:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Lake, Lauderdale, Obion and 1 more	53 min
Apr 2, 8:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Crockett, Fayette, Haywood, Lauderdale, Shelby, Tipton	44 min
Apr 2, 8:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Dyer, Gibson, Henry, Obion, Weakley	43 min
Apr 2, 8:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Haywood, Lauderdale, Tipton	40 min
Apr 2, 8:36 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Dyer, Lauderdale, Tipton	3 hr
Apr 2, 9:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Weakley	52 min
Apr 2, 9:10 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Crockett, Dyer, Fayette, Gibson, Haywood, Lauderdale and 4 more	3 hr
Apr 2, 9:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Crockett, Fayette, Haywood, Lauderdale, Shelby, Tipton	50 min
Apr 2, 9:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Henry, Weakley	48 min
Apr 2, 9:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Weakley	18 min
Apr 2, 9:34 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Henry	26 min
Apr 2, 9:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Benton, Carroll, Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Henry and 3 more	55 min
Apr 2, 9:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Fayette, Hardeman, Haywood, Lauderdale, Shelby, Tipton	51 min
Apr 2, 10:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Shelby	51 min
Apr 2, 10:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Benton, Henry	42 min
Apr 2, 10:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	MEG	Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Fayette, Gibson, Hardeman and 6 more	46 min
Apr 2, 10:34 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Fayette, Haywood, Shelby	3 hr
Apr 2, 10:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Benton, Carroll, Gibson, Henry, Weakley	51 min
Apr 2, 10:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Benton, Carroll, Henry	49 min
Apr 2, 10:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chester, Fayette, Hardeman, McNairy, Madison	44 min
Apr 2, 11:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	MEG	Benton, Carroll, Chester, Decatur, Fayette, Gibson and 6 more	39 min
Apr 2, 11:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Chester, Hardeman, Henderson, Madison	45 min
Apr 2, 11:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Fayette, Hardeman	47 min
Apr 2, 11:50 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Benton, Carroll, Chester, Decatur, Henderson, Madison	40 min
Apr 2, 11:58 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Benton, Carroll, Crockett, Gibson, Hardeman, Haywood and 4 more	3 hr
Apr 3, 12:00 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Chester, Fayette, Hardeman, McNairy	45 min
Apr 3, 12:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Benton, Carroll, Chester, Decatur, Hardin, Henderson and 2 more	50 min
Apr 3, 12:26 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Benton, Decatur	19 min
Apr 3, 12:31 AM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	MEG	Chester, Decatur, Hardeman, Hardin, Henderson, McNairy	59 min
Apr 3, 12:50 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Shelby	40 min
Apr 3, 1:09 AM CDT	Tornado Warning Emergency	MEG	Fayette, Hardeman	51 min
Apr 3, 1:19 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Shelby	3 hr
Apr 3, 1:21 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Benton, Chester, Decatur, Hardin, Henderson, McNairy and 1 more	39 min
Apr 3, 1:41 AM CDT	Tornado Warning Considerable damage threat	MEG	Chester, Fayette, Hardeman, McNairy	49 min
Apr 3, 1:42 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Fayette, Hardeman, Shelby	3 hr
Apr 3, 1:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Fayette, Hardeman	47 min
Apr 3, 2:12 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Fayette, Hardeman	48 min
Apr 3, 2:14 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Shelby	6 days
Apr 3, 2:19 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Chester, Decatur, Hardeman, Hardin, Henderson, McNairy	56 min
Apr 3, 2:37 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Benton, Chester, Decatur, Hardeman, Hardin, Henderson and 2 more	3 hr
Apr 3, 2:40 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Hardeman, McNairy	50 min
Apr 3, 2:47 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Hardeman	43 min
Apr 3, 3:09 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Decatur, Hardin	51 min
Apr 3, 3:23 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Hardeman, Hardin, McNairy	52 min
Apr 3, 4:17 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Shelby	5 hr
Apr 3, 4:30 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Fayette, Hardeman, Shelby	5 hr
Apr 3, 5:30 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Benton, Chester, Decatur, Hardeman, Hardin, Henderson and 2 more	3 hr
Apr 3, 11:17 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Fayette, Haywood, Lauderdale, Shelby, Tipton	12 hr
Apr 3, 1:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chester, Decatur, Hardin, Henderson, McNairy	66 min
Apr 3, 1:41 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Crockett, Fayette, Hardeman, Haywood, Lauderdale, Madison and 1 more	7 hr
Apr 3, 2:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Fayette, Shelby	40 min
Apr 3, 3:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Chester	28 min
Apr 3, 3:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chester, Hardeman, McNairy	49 min
Apr 3, 4:10 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Benton, Carroll, Chester, Decatur, Hardeman, Hardin and 4 more	6 hr
Apr 3, 4:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Hardin, McNairy	51 min
Apr 3, 4:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Hardin	42 min
Apr 3, 5:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	McNairy	32 min
Apr 3, 6:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Shelby	45 min
Apr 3, 6:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Hardin	10 min
Apr 2, 8:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	DeSoto, Tunica	66 min
Apr 2, 11:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Coahoma, Quitman, Tunica	25 min
Apr 3, 12:03 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	DeSoto, Panola, Tate, Tunica	42 min
Apr 3, 12:37 AM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	MEG	DeSoto, Marshall, Tate	38 min
Apr 3, 12:47 AM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	MEG	DeSoto, Marshall, Tate	43 min
Apr 3, 2:19 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	DeSoto, Marshall, Tate, Tunica	7 hr
Apr 3, 9:48 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Quitman	21 days
Apr 3, 3:28 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	DeSoto, Marshall, Tate, Tunica	6 hr
Apr 3, 3:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Benton	31 min
Apr 3, 3:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Tate	24 min
Apr 3, 4:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Benton, Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Tate, Tippah and 1 more	46 min
Apr 3, 4:33 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Alcorn, Benton, Marshall, Prentiss, Tippah, Tishomingo	6 hr

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.