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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 15, 2025, 6:48 AM CDT for Phillips County, Arkansas; 8 counties in Mississippi. 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 outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 15, 2025, 6:48 AM CDT (11:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 15, 2025, 7:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Phillips County, AR, Coahoma County, MS, DeSoto County, MS, Lafayette County, MS, Panola County, MS, Quitman County, MS, Tallahatchie County, MS, Tate County, MS, Tunica County, MS
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:52 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 5:58 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 74 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1678 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1335 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 74 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 331 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 465 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.0
- Supercell composite
- 21.1
The text
As transmitted.
233
WUUS54 KMEG 151148
SVRMEG
ARC107-MSC027-033-071-107-119-135-137-143-151230-
/O.NEW.KMEG.SV.W.0021.250315T1148Z-250315T1230Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Memphis TN
648 AM CDT Sat Mar 15 2025
The National Weather Service in Memphis has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southeastern Phillips County in eastern Arkansas...
West central Lafayette County in northwestern Mississippi...
South central DeSoto County in northwestern Mississippi...
Coahoma County in northwestern Mississippi...
Southern Tunica County in northwestern Mississippi...
Western Tate County in northwestern Mississippi...
Northern Tallahatchie County in northwestern Mississippi...
Quitman County in northwestern Mississippi...
Panola County in northwestern Mississippi...
* Until 730 AM CDT.
* At 647 AM CDT, a cluster of severe thunderstorms were located near
Batesville, moving northeast at 60 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage
to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Rena Lara, Askew, Belen, Rudyard, Moon, Savage, Senatobia,
Westover, Falcon, Como, Clarksdale, Strayhorn, Prichard, Jonestown,
Dubbs, Lurand, Albin, Dooley, Longstreet, and Clayton.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 100 PM CDT for northwestern
Mississippi.
&&
LAT...LON 3470 9036 3478 9008 3440 8959 3416 8985
3416 8993 3410 8993 3404 8999 3381 9045
3399 9045 3399 9066 3412 9066 3412 9091
3416 9097
TIME...MOT...LOC 1147Z 236DEG 53KT 3438 9001
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
CADThe office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 11:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Clay, Greene | 42 min |
| Mar 14, 11:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Craighead, Poinsett | 46 min |
| Mar 14, 11:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Clay | 50 min |
| Mar 15, 12:00 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Clay, Craighead, Greene | 45 min |
| Mar 15, 12:08 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Craighead, Poinsett | 52 min |
| Mar 15, 12:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Cross, Lee, St. Francis | 39 min |
| Mar 15, 12:42 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Clay, Greene | 48 min |
| Mar 15, 12:54 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Craighead, Greene, Mississippi | 51 min |
| Mar 15, 4:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Cross, Lee, St. Francis | 49 min |
| Mar 15, 5:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Cross, Poinsett, St. Francis | 20 min |
| Mar 15, 7:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Phillips | 49 min |
| Mar 15, 7:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lee, Phillips | 54 min |
| Mar 15, 8:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Cross, Lee, St. Francis | 44 min |
| Mar 15, 8:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lee, Phillips | 40 min |
| Mar 15, 8:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Mississippi | 49 min |
| Mar 15, 9:04 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Crittenden | 3 hr |
| Mar 14, 7:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Tate, Tunica | 38 min |
| Mar 14, 8:10 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Monroe | 5 days |
| Mar 14, 8:10 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Monroe | 4 days |
| Mar 14, 8:32 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Lowndes, Monroe | 5 days |
| Mar 15, 12:24 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Yalobusha | 66 min |
| Mar 15, 1:23 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Chickasaw, Pontotoc | 52 min |
| Mar 15, 2:10 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe | 50 min |
| Mar 15, 2:17 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Calhoun, Chickasaw, Pontotoc, Yalobusha | 118 min |
| Mar 15, 2:59 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Itawamba | 16 min |
| Mar 15, 3:24 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc | 111 min |
| Mar 15, 4:17 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Chickasaw, Lafayette, Pontotoc | 43 min |
| Mar 15, 6:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, DeSoto, Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Tate | 44 min |
| Mar 15, 6:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Alcorn | 23 min |
| Mar 15, 6:40 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Benton, Lafayette, Marshall, Tate | 50 min |
| Mar 15, 7:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, DeSoto, Marshall, Tate, Tippah | 52 min |
| Mar 15, 7:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, DeSoto, Marshall, Tate | 52 min |
| Mar 15, 8:07 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Coahoma, DeSoto, Panola, Quitman, Tate, Tunica | 3 hr |
| Mar 15, 8:22 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Tate | 3 hr |
| Mar 15, 8:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, DeSoto, Marshall | 52 min |
| Mar 15, 10:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie | 45 min |
| Mar 15, 10:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lafayette, Panola, Tallahatchie, Yalobusha | 44 min |
| Mar 15, 10:34 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lafayette, Panola, Tallahatchie, Yalobusha | 41 min |
| Mar 15, 10:37 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Marshall | 3 hr |
| Mar 15, 11:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, Calhoun, Lafayette, Marshall, Pontotoc, Tippah and 2 more | 47 min |
| Mar 15, 12:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Yalobusha | 41 min |
| Mar 15, 12:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc | 52 min |
| Mar 15, 12:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc | 51 min |
| Mar 15, 12:31 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Alcorn, Benton, Calhoun, Lafayette, Marshall, Pontotoc and 3 more | 3 hr |
| Mar 15, 12:35 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Tate, Tunica | 23 hr |
| Mar 15, 12:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Lee, Prentiss, Tippah, Tishomingo | 49 min |
| Mar 15, 12:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Chickasaw, Lafayette, Pontotoc, Union | 16 min |
| Mar 15, 1:02 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Chickasaw, Lafayette, Lee, Pontotoc, Union and 1 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 15, 1:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Prentiss, Tishomingo | 39 min |
| Mar 15, 1:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Chickasaw, Lee, Pontotoc | 41 min |
| Mar 15, 1:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Monroe | 41 min |
| Mar 15, 1:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Chickasaw, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc | 12 min |
| Mar 15, 1:39 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Benton, DeSoto, Marshall, Tippah | 3 hr |
| Mar 15, 1:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe | 39 min |
| Mar 15, 1:53 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Prentiss, Tishomingo | 5 hr |
| Mar 15, 2:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Chickasaw, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc | 50 min |
| Mar 15, 2:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Monroe | 31 min |
| Mar 15, 3:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Itawamba, Lee, Prentiss, Tishomingo | 25 min |
| Mar 15, 3:43 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Calhoun | 47 hr |
| Mar 15, 3:46 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Lee | 17 hr |
| Mar 15, 4:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe | 48 min |
| Mar 15, 5:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Chickasaw, Monroe | 102 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.