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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 224, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 2025, 12:49 PM CDT for Benton County, Henry County, Tennessee. It was in force for 25 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
- May 8, 2025, 12:49 PM CDT (17:49 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 2025, 1:14 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Benton County, TN, Henry County, TN
The radar
The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:49 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 12:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 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 May 8, 12:25 PM CDT, 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 8, 12:25 PM CDT, 24 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 8, 10:52 AM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 11:00 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | MEG | Benton, Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer and 15 more | 10 hr |
| May 8, 10:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Weakley | 23 min |
| May 8, 11:26 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Obion | 34 min |
| May 8, 11:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Weakley | 36 min |
| May 8, 12:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Henry | 30 min |
| May 8, 12:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Weakley | 27 min |
| May 8, 1:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, Henry | 21 min |
| May 8, 1:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Henry, Weakley | 47 min |
| May 8, 1:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Madison | 25 min |
| May 8, 1:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Henry | 31 min |
| May 8, 1:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Henderson, Madison | 51 min |
| May 8, 2:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Henry | 36 min |
| May 8, 2:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, Henry | 20 min |
| May 8, 2:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Henry | 22 min |
| May 8, 2:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Decatur, Hardin, Henderson | 42 min |
| May 8, 2:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Benton | 37 min |
| May 8, 4:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | McNairy | 28 min |
| May 8, 4:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Hardeman, Hardin, McNairy | 24 min |
| May 8, 4:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | McNairy | 31 min |
| May 8, 5:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Shelby | 27 min |
| May 8, 1:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Lee, Pontotoc | 23 min |
| May 8, 1:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lee, Pontotoc | 49 min |
| May 8, 2:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Itawamba, Lee | 34 min |
| May 8, 2:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba | 27 min |
| May 8, 3:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Monroe | 44 min |
| May 8, 4:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Chickasaw | 31 min |
| May 8, 4:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Monroe | 42 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.