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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 89, NWS Memphis, TN

March 31, 2025Hardin County, Tennessee; Alcorn County, Tishomingo County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 31, 2025, 1:15 AM CDT for Hardin County, Tennessee; Alcorn County, Tishomingo County, Mississippi. It was in force for 45 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 31, 2025, 1:15 AM CDT (06:15 UTC)
Expired
Mar 31, 2025, 2:00 AM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Alcorn County, MS, Tishomingo County, MS, Hardin County, TN

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:19 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 30, 8:32 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr
Mar 30, 11:05 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 148 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 2025-03-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2351 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 2025-03-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 238 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
2351 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1325 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
238 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
291 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.5
Supercell composite
16.2

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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 Mar 31, 12:20 AM CDT, 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 31, 12:20 AM CDT, 55 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 30, 11:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Memphis TN
1100 PM CDT Sun Mar 30 2025

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

1030 PM     Hail             Marianna                34.78N 90.76W
03/30/2025  E1.50 Inch       Lee                AR   Trained Spotter

&&
Local storm report, Mar 30, 11:10 PM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Memphis TN
1110 PM CDT Sun Mar 30 2025

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

1037 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     1 SSE Lexington         35.64N 88.39W
03/30/2025                   Henderson          TN   Fire Dept/Rescue

            tree down on home on Shady Hill Rd.

&&
Local storm report, Mar 30, 11:23 PM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Memphis TN
1123 PM CDT Sun Mar 30 2025

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

1122 PM     Hail             North Tunica            34.70N 90.38W
03/30/2025  M1.75 Inch       Tunica             MS   Law Enforcement

&&
Local storm report, Mar 31, 12:14 AM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
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Local storm report, Mar 31, 12:17 AM CDT, 58 minutes before
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Local storm report, Mar 31, 12:47 AM CDT, 28 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 30, 7:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatMEGLake38 min
Mar 30, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGDyer, Gibson, Lake, Obion, Weakley45 min
Mar 30, 7:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGDyer, Lauderdale, Tipton46 min
Mar 30, 8:08 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGTipton52 min
Mar 30, 8:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCrockett, Dyer, Haywood, Lauderdale, Tipton44 min
Mar 30, 8:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatMEGShelby, Tipton39 min
Mar 30, 9:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCarroll, Gibson, Henry, Weakley44 min
Mar 30, 9:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCarroll, Chester, Crockett, Gibson, Haywood, Henderson and 1 more46 min
Mar 30, 9:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGBenton, Carroll, Henry53 min
Mar 30, 9:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGFayette, Shelby, Tipton47 min
Mar 30, 9:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCarroll, Chester, Crockett, Haywood, Henderson, Madison48 min
Mar 30, 10:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGFayette, Hardeman, Shelby42 min
Mar 30, 10:08 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMEGShelby4 hr
Mar 30, 10:10 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGDecatur, Henderson, Madison50 min
Mar 30, 10:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGChester, Fayette, Hardeman, Haywood, McNairy, Madison40 min
Mar 30, 10:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGChester, Fayette, Hardeman, McNairy, Madison46 min
Mar 30, 11:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGChester, Fayette, Hardeman, Hardin, McNairy60 min
Mar 31, 12:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHardeman, Hardin, McNairy44 min
Mar 31, 2:30 PM CDTFlood WatchMEGBenton, Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer and 15 more6 days
Mar 30, 10:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGTunica49 min
Mar 30, 10:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGDeSoto, Tate, Tunica47 min
Mar 30, 11:39 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGAlcorn, Benton, Tippah38 min
Mar 30, 11:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGDeSoto, Tate48 min
Mar 31, 1:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGAlcorn, Prentiss, Tippah, Union45 min
Mar 31, 1:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGAlcorn, Prentiss, Tishomingo62 min
Mar 31, 2:02 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMEGAlcorn118 min
Mar 31, 3:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGPanola, Quitman26 min
Mar 31, 3:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCalhoun, Chickasaw, Tallahatchie, Yalobusha50 min
Mar 31, 4:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCalhoun, Chickasaw52 min
Mar 31, 5:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGItawamba26 min
Mar 31, 5:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGChickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc65 min
Mar 31, 5:48 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGItawamba, Monroe19 min
Mar 30, 7:07 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGCraighead, Greene38 min
Mar 30, 7:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCraighead, Poinsett43 min
Mar 30, 7:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCraighead, Greene, Mississippi, Poinsett45 min
Mar 30, 7:41 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGMississippi, Poinsett29 min
Mar 30, 9:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGSt. Francis42 min
Mar 30, 9:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatMEGCrittenden, Lee, St. Francis37 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.