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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 97, NWS Memphis, TN

April 2, 2025Fayette County, Shelby County, Tipton County, Tennessee; DeSoto County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 2, 2025, 2:45 PM CDT for Fayette County, Shelby County, Tipton County, Tennessee; DeSoto 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: Apr 2, 2025, 2:45 PM CDT (19:45 UTC)
Expired: Apr 2, 2025, 3:30 PM CDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties DeSoto County, MS, Fayette County, TN, Shelby County, TN, Tipton County, TN

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:47 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 Apr 1, 6:32 PM CDT, 20 hours 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 1, 6:32 PM CDT, 20 hours 13 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 1, 9:04 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Madison	8 days
Apr 1, 9:08 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Dyer	14 days
Apr 2, 1:04 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Dyer	14 days
Apr 2, 3:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lauderdale, Shelby, Tipton	46 min
Apr 2, 3:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chester, Fayette, Hardeman, Haywood, Madison, Tipton	54 min
Apr 2, 3:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Fayette, Shelby	56 min
Apr 2, 3:49 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Crockett, Dyer, Haywood, Lauderdale, Tipton	56 min
Apr 2, 3:54 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Fayette, Gibson, Hardeman and 3 more	66 min
Apr 2, 4:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Hardin, McNairy	32 min
Apr 2, 4:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chester, Hardeman, McNairy, Madison	29 min
Apr 2, 4:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Fayette, Shelby	67 min
Apr 2, 4:54 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Benton, Carroll, Gibson, Henderson, Henry, Madison	66 min
Apr 2, 5:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Chester, Fayette, Hardeman, Haywood, Madison	55 min
Apr 2, 5:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Fayette, Hardeman, Haywood	58 min
Apr 2, 5:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MEG	Benton, Carroll	28 min
Apr 2, 6:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Carroll, Chester, Gibson, Hardeman, Haywood, Henderson and 1 more	64 min
Apr 2, 6:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Benton, Carroll, Chester, Decatur, Henderson, Henry and 1 more	47 min
Apr 2, 12:59 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Tate, Tunica	9 days
Apr 2, 2:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	DeSoto, Panola, Quitman, Tate, Tunica	48 min
Apr 2, 3:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Coahoma, DeSoto, Tunica	43 min
Apr 2, 3:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Alcorn, Lee, Prentiss, Tippah, Tishomingo, Union	57 min
Apr 2, 3:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Prentiss, Tishomingo	65 min
Apr 2, 3:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Coahoma, Panola, Quitman, Tate, Tunica	59 min
Apr 2, 4:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Benton, Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Tate	59 min
Apr 2, 4:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Benton, Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Tate	40 min
Apr 2, 4:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Itawamba, Prentiss, Tishomingo	41 min
Apr 2, 5:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Coahoma, DeSoto, Tunica	58 min
Apr 2, 9:32 AM CDT	Blowing Dust Warning	MEG	Crittenden, Mississippi	6 hr
Apr 2, 12:52 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Craighead	12 days
Apr 2, 12:52 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Clay, Greene	30 days
Apr 2, 12:55 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Mississippi, Poinsett	16 days
Apr 2, 5:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Craighead, Cross, Poinsett	67 min
Apr 2, 5:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Clay, Greene	64 min
Apr 2, 6:01 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Craighead, Cross, Poinsett	59 min
Apr 2, 6:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Cross, Poinsett, St. Francis	42 min
Apr 2, 6:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Clay, Greene	65 min
Apr 2, 6:23 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Cross, St. Francis	52 min
Apr 2, 6:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Clay, Craighead, Cross, Greene, Poinsett, St. Francis	59 min
Apr 2, 6:34 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Clay, Craighead, Greene, Mississippi	56 min
Apr 2, 6:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning EmergencyTornado observedConsiderable damage threat	MEG	Craighead, Mississippi, Poinsett	68 min
Apr 2, 6:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Craighead, Cross, Mississippi, Poinsett	47 min
Apr 2, 6:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Crittenden, Lee, Phillips, St. Francis	62 min
Apr 2, 6:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Craighead, Mississippi, Poinsett	46 min
Apr 2, 6:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Clay, Greene	56 min
Apr 2, 6:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	MEG	Craighead, Cross, Mississippi, Poinsett	47 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.