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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 273, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 18, 2025, 8:24 PM CDT for Cross County, St. Francis County, Arkansas. It was in force for 51 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 18, 2025, 8:24 PM CDT (01:24 UTC)
- Expired
- May 18, 2025, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Cross County, AR, St. Francis County, AR
The radar
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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 May 18, 6:57 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 18, 6:57 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
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Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Memphis TN 813 PM CDT Sun May 18 2025 ARZ035-048-190145- St. Francis AR-Cross AR- 813 PM CDT Sun May 18 2025 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN ST. FRANCIS AND WESTERN CROSS COUNTIES THROUGH 845 PM CDT... At 813 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Fair Oaks, or 10 miles southwest of Wynne, moving northeast at 25 mph. HAZARD...Penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Wynne, Hydrick, Rosenbaum, Fitzgerald Crossing, Crow Creek, Wittsburg, Village Creek State Park, Fair Oaks, Brushy Lake, McElroy, Vanndale, Colt, Kinton, Fair Field, Ellis Chapel, Levesque, Hamlin, L'angville, and Caldwell. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe shelter inside a building or vehicle. && LAT...LON 3527 9104 3539 9078 3514 9063 3504 9104 TIME...MOT...LOC 0113Z 241DEG 24KT 3516 9096 MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN MAX WIND GUST...<30 MPH PWB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 9:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 54 min |
| May 18, 10:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Shelby | 53 min |
| May 19, 12:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardin, McNairy | 49 min |
| May 18, 10:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | DeSoto | 25 min |
| May 18, 10:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, DeSoto, Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Tate | 44 min |
| May 18, 10:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Marshall | 42 min |
| May 18, 11:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, Lafayette, Marshall, Pontotoc, Tippah, Union | 52 min |
| May 18, 11:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Marshall | 15 min |
| May 18, 11:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Tishomingo | 30 min |
| May 18, 11:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Benton, Itawamba, Lee, Prentiss, Tippah and 2 more | 77 min |
| May 18, 8:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Cross | 32 min |
| May 18, 8:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Crittenden | 32 min |
| May 18, 8:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | St. Francis | 34 min |
| May 18, 9:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Cross, Lee, St. Francis | 59 min |
| May 18, 9:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Crittenden | 23 min |
| May 18, 9:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | St. Francis | 32 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.