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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 330, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2025, 6:59 PM CDT for 5 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 46 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, 6:59 PM CDT (23:59 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2025, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Chickasaw County, MS, Itawamba County, MS, Lee County, MS, Monroe County, MS, Pontotoc County, MS
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:01 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 25, 2:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 139 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
- 946 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -89 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 507 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 145 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.1
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, 6:19 PM CDT, 40 minutes earlier. Its key messages:
- Updated at 619 PM CDT Sun May 25 2025
- Additional rounds of showers and thunderstorms are still expected into Tuesday, with a potential for strong to severe thunderstorms and heavy rainfall.
- Additional rainfall totals will likely fall between 2 to 4 inches through Tuesday night.
- Below normal temperatures will continue through the week and into the beginning of next weekend.
Area forecast discussion, May 25, 6:19 PM CDT, 40 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Memphis TN 619 PM CDT Sun May 25 2025 ...New AVIATION... .KEY MESSAGES... Updated at 619 PM CDT Sun May 25 2025 - Additional rounds of showers and thunderstorms are still expected into Tuesday, with a potential for strong to severe thunderstorms and heavy rainfall. - Additional rainfall totals will likely fall between 2 to 4 inches through Tuesday night. - Below normal temperatures will continue through the week and into the beginning of next weekend. && .DISCUSSION... (This evening through next Saturday) Issued at 221 PM CDT Sun May 25 2025 Skies have cleared across a large portion of the Mid-South this afternoon. A warm front continue to lift slowly north across north Mississippi. Temperatures north of the front are in the lower 60s to lower 70s while south of the front, reading are in the mid 70s to mid 80s. The first round of thunderstorms has moved across the Tennessee River into middle Tennessee with a second round of thunderstorms approaching northeast Arkansas. As the second area of thunderstorms continues to move east, it will eventually encounter the warmer, more unstable air south of the front. This could strengthen the thunderstorms and produce severe weather. The main threat from these thunderstorms is damaging winds but large hail and isolated tornadoes can't be completely ruled out. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch covers the southern half of the Mid-South until 9 PM this evening. Additional rounds of showers and thunderstorms will move through the region overnight through Tuesday afternoon. Some of thunderstorms may be strong with gusty winds and small hail. Locally heavy rainfall is expected with some of the thunderstorms. An additional 2 to 4 inches of rain may fall through Tuesday afternoon. Temperatures will remain near to below normal through Tuesday. Scattered showers and thunderstorms may occur Wednesday through Friday as another frontal boundary drops south into the region. Temperatures will remain below normal through this period. High pressure will build into the region by Saturday with dry weather and near normal temperatures. && .AVIATION... (00Z TAFS) Issued at 619 PM CDT Sun May 25 2025 Impacts to aviation to continue through the TAF period. Storms continue to fire and move across the Midsouth this evening in two areas: a line moving to the south across N MS and scattered thunderstorms to the south of this line. Convection will continue through at least 02z with -RA/-SHRA following the main line. MVFR impacts are currently ongoing and will persist into the overnight hours with CIGs dropping into IFR with time. Another round of showers, and potentially storms, is likely tomorrow afternoon to end out the forecast period. && .MEG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...None. MO...None. MS...None. TN...None. && PUBLIC FORECAST...ARS AVIATION...JAB
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 25, 5:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
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</html>Local storm report, May 25, 6:39 PM CDT, 20 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Memphis TN
639 PM CDT Sun May 25 2025
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0500 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg 6 WNW Blair 34.49N 88.83W
05/25/2025 Union MS Trained Spotter
Large tree and power lines down on CR 171
near Parks Baptist Church.
&&
MJLocal storm report, May 25, 6:41 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Memphis TN
641 PM CDT Sun May 25 2025
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0610 PM Hail Senatobia 34.62N 89.97W
05/25/2025 E0.75 Inch Tate MS Public
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MJLocal storm report, May 25, 6:55 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Memphis TN
655 PM CDT Sun May 25 2025
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0640 PM Tstm Wnd Gst Crowder 34.17N 90.14W
05/25/2025 M67 MPH Quitman MS Broadcast Media
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MJThe office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 12:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Carroll, Crockett, Gibson, Haywood, Lauderdale, Shelby and 1 more | 50 min |
| May 25, 12:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Fayette, Hardeman, Shelby | 20 min |
| May 25, 12:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Benton, Carroll, Chester, Decatur, Fayette, Hardeman and 3 more | 47 min |
| May 25, 1:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, Carroll, Chester, Decatur, Henderson | 51 min |
| May 25, 1:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Decatur, Hardin, Henderson, McNairy | 47 min |
| May 25, 4:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Lauderdale, Tipton | 50 min |
| May 25, 6:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardin, McNairy | 56 min |
| May 25, 8:53 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Monroe | 26 hr |
| May 25, 10:11 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Tate, Tunica | 3 days |
| May 25, 3:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Quitman | 37 min |
| May 25, 4:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Lee | 53 min |
| May 25, 4:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Lafayette, Panola, Yalobusha | 53 min |
| May 25, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lee, Pontotoc, Union | 47 min |
| May 25, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba | 45 min |
| May 25, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Lee | 49 min |
| May 25, 5:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Chickasaw, Lafayette, Pontotoc, Yalobusha | 42 min |
| May 25, 5:50 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Itawamba, Lee | 3 hr |
| May 25, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Tate, Tunica | 50 min |
| May 25, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chickasaw | 44 min |
| May 25, 6:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Coahoma, Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Pontotoc and 5 more | 57 min |
| May 25, 6:55 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Yalobusha | 3 hr |
| May 25, 10:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Clay, Craighead, Greene | 39 min |
| May 25, 11:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Craighead, Mississippi | 47 min |
| May 25, 11:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Poinsett | 44 min |
| May 25, 3:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Cross, Mississippi, Poinsett | 39 min |
| May 25, 4:17 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Craighead | 3 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.