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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Memphis, TN

March 23, 2025Monroe County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 23, 2025, 9:09 PM CDT for Monroe County, Mississippi. It was in force for 43 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: Mar 23, 2025, 9:09 PM CDT (02:09 UTC)
Expired: Mar 23, 2025, 9:52 PM CDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Monroe County, MS

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:13 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
Mar 23, 3:16 PM CDT	Tornado 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.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 23, 7:17 PM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 23, 8:30 PM CDT, 39 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Memphis TN
830 PM CDT Sun Mar 23 2025

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

0816 PM     Hail             8 N Gattman             34.01N 88.24W
03/23/2025  E1.00 Inch       Monroe             MS   Broadcast Media

            Report of quarter sized hail on Hatley
            Detroit Road.

&&

JAB

Local storm report, Mar 23, 8:32 PM CDT, 37 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Memphis TN
832 PM CDT Sun Mar 23 2025

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

0808 PM     Hail             4 S Troy                34.11N 88.88W
03/23/2025  E1.50 Inch       Pontotoc           MS   Public

            Report from mPING of ping pong ball size
            hail.

&&

CMA

Local storm report, Mar 23, 8:34 PM CDT, 35 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Memphis TN
834 PM CDT Sun Mar 23 2025

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

0819 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     1 NNW Houston           33.91N 89.01W
03/23/2025                   Chickasaw          MS   Emergency Mngr

            Tree down on house reported by local
            emergency manager.

&&

JAB

Local storm report, Mar 23, 8:52 PM CDT, 17 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Memphis TN
852 PM CDT Sun Mar 23 2025

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

0850 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     4 N Pyland              33.94N 89.10W
03/23/2025                   Chickasaw          MS   Public

            Public report of a tree down.

&&

JAB

Local storm report, Mar 23, 9:02 PM CDT, 7 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report...Corrected
National Weather Service Memphis TN
902 PM CDT Sun Mar 23 2025

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

0817 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     4 N Pyland              33.94N 89.10W
03/23/2025                   Chickasaw          MS   Public

            Corrects previous tstm wnd dmg report from 4
            N Pyland. Public report of a tree down.

&&

JAB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 23, 7:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Calhoun, Chickasaw, Lafayette, Pontotoc, Yalobusha	42 min
Mar 23, 7:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Itawamba, Monroe	40 min
Mar 23, 7:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Calhoun, Chickasaw	42 min
Mar 23, 7:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc	48 min
Mar 23, 8:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chickasaw, Monroe	47 min
Mar 23, 8:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Itawamba, Monroe	44 min
Mar 23, 9:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Monroe	11 min
Mar 23, 9:36 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Chickasaw, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc	114 min

Nearby

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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.