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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 193, NWS Memphis, TN

April 30, 2025Tunica County, Mississippi; 6 counties in Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 30, 2025, 8:33 PM CDT for Tunica County, Mississippi; 6 counties in Arkansas. It was in force for 42 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 30, 2025, 8:33 PM CDT (01:33 UTC)
Expired: Apr 30, 2025, 9:15 PM CDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Craighead County, AR, Crittenden County, AR, Cross County, AR, Lee County, AR, Poinsett County, AR, St. Francis County, AR, Tunica County, MS

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:33 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
Apr 30, 7:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 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 30, 6:18 PM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 30, 6:18 PM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 30, 7:47 PM CDT, 46 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
747 PM CDT Wed Apr 30 2025

ARZ035-048-049-010130-
St. Francis AR-Cross AR-Lee AR-
747 PM CDT Wed Apr 30 2025

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN LEE...ST. FRANCIS
AND CROSS COUNTIES THROUGH 830 PM CDT...

At 747 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near McFadden to near Brinkley. Movement was
east at 30 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...
Cody, Cottonwood Corner, Fitzgerald Crossing, Wheatley, New Castle,
Brushy Lake, Round Pond, McElroy, Coldwater, Cherry Valley, Ball
Point, Gill, Hawkins, River Front, Village Creek State Park, Tilton,
Duvall, Four Forks, Burnt Cane, and Four Gums.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for
eastern Arkansas.

&&

LAT...LON 3500 9115 3500 9104 3544 9104 3545 9071
      3544 9052 3484 9063 3482 9110 3487 9110
      3487 9112 3491 9112 3491 9115
TIME...MOT...LOC 0047Z 258DEG 26KT 3545 9105 3490 9115

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

Sirmon

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 30, 9:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Lauderdale, Shelby, Tipton	31 min
Apr 30, 8:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Coahoma	48 min
Apr 30, 8:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Coahoma, Tunica	37 min
May 1, 2:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Monroe	35 min
May 1, 4:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Calhoun	36 min
May 1, 5:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Calhoun, Chickasaw	43 min
May 1, 5:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Monroe	31 min
May 1, 5:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chickasaw, Monroe	44 min
May 1, 6:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Monroe	45 min
May 1, 6:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Calhoun	50 min
Apr 30, 7:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Cross, St. Francis	43 min
May 1, 6:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Greene	38 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arkansas, 2025 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 2025 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2025

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.