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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 319, NWS Memphis, TN

May 25, 20255 counties in Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2025, 1:43 PM CDT for 5 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 47 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 25, 2025, 1:43 PM CDT (18:43 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 2025, 2:30 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Chester County, TN, Decatur County, TN, Hardin County, TN, Henderson County, TN, McNairy County, TN

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 25, 12:01 PM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 25, 12:01 PM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 25, 11:13 AM CDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 25, 11:16 AM CDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 25, 12:10 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 25, 12:58 PM CDT, 45 minutes before
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Local storm report, May 25, 1:22 PM CDT, 21 minutes before
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Local storm report, May 25, 1:28 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 12:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGCarroll, Crockett, Gibson, Haywood, Lauderdale, Shelby and 1 more50 min
May 25, 12:51 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGFayette, Hardeman, Shelby20 min
May 25, 12:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGBenton, Carroll, Chester, Decatur, Fayette, Hardeman and 3 more47 min
May 25, 1:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGBenton, Carroll, Chester, Decatur, Henderson51 min
May 25, 4:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGLauderdale, Tipton50 min
May 25, 6:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHardin, McNairy56 min
May 25, 8:53 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMEGMonroe26 hr
May 25, 10:11 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMEGTate, Tunica3 days
May 25, 3:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGQuitman37 min
May 25, 4:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGItawamba, Lee53 min
May 25, 4:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCalhoun, Lafayette, Panola, Yalobusha53 min
May 25, 4:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLee, Pontotoc, Union47 min
May 25, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGItawamba45 min
May 25, 5:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGItawamba, Lee49 min
May 25, 5:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCalhoun, Chickasaw, Lafayette, Pontotoc, Yalobusha42 min
May 25, 5:50 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMEGItawamba, Lee3 hr
May 25, 5:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCoahoma, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Tate, Tunica50 min
May 25, 6:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGChickasaw44 min
May 25, 6:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCalhoun, Coahoma, Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Pontotoc and 5 more57 min
May 25, 6:55 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMEGYalobusha3 hr
May 25, 6:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGChickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc46 min
May 25, 10:21 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGClay, Craighead, Greene39 min
May 25, 11:13 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGCraighead, Mississippi47 min
May 25, 11:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGPoinsett44 min
May 25, 3:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGCross, Mississippi, Poinsett39 min
May 25, 4:17 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMEGCraighead3 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.