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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 332, NWS Memphis, TN

May 25, 2025Hardin County, Tennessee; Prentiss County, Tishomingo County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2025, 7:40 PM CDT for Hardin County, Tennessee; Prentiss County, Tishomingo County, Mississippi. It was in force for 35 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, 7:40 PM CDT (00:40 UTC)
Expired: May 25, 2025, 8:15 PM CDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Prentiss County, MS, Tishomingo County, MS, Hardin County, TN

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:44 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

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 234 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 2131 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 949 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 82 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.4
Supercell composite: 2.2

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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, 6:19 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 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, 1 hour 21 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, 6:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute 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.

&&

MJ

Local storm report, May 25, 6:41 PM CDT, 59 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

&&

MJ

Local storm report, May 25, 6:55 PM CDT, 45 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

&&

MJ

Local storm report, May 25, 7:15 PM CDT, 25 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Memphis TN
715 PM CDT Sun May 25 2025

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0630 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     Marks                   34.25N 90.27W
05/25/2025                   Quitman            MS   Public

            Trees and powerlines down.

&&

MJ

Local storm report, May 25, 7:23 PM CDT, 17 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Memphis TN
723 PM CDT Sun May 25 2025

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0630 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     3 SSE Fulton            34.21N 88.39W
05/25/2025                   Itawamba           MS   Trained Spotter

            Tree down on Highway 25. Time estimated.

&&

MJ

Local storm report, May 25, 7:25 PM CDT, 15 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Memphis TN
725 PM CDT Sun May 25 2025

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0710 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     5 SSE Oxford            34.29N 89.49W
05/25/2025                   Lafayette          MS   Emergency Mngr

            Tree down at County Road 403 and 418.

&&

MJ

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 25, 11:28 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Crockett, Dyer, Lauderdale	35 hr
May 26, 11:19 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	MEG	Decatur, Hardin	37 hr
May 25, 7:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MEG	Calhoun, Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lafayette, Lee, Pontotoc and 4 more	47 min
May 25, 8:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Itawamba	26 min
May 25, 8:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Chickasaw	36 min
May 26, 11:15 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Monroe	22 hr
May 26, 11:17 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Quitman	4 days
May 26, 3:26 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Quitman	20 hr
May 26, 6:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Lee	28 min
May 26, 6:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Prentiss	33 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.