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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 167, NWS Memphis, TN

July 9, 2026Itawamba County, Monroe County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 2026, 3:57 PM CDT for Itawamba County, Monroe County, Mississippi. It was in force for 48 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
Jul 9, 2026, 3:57 PM CDT (20:57 UTC)
Expired
Jul 9, 2026, 4:45 PM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Itawamba County, MS, Monroe County, MS

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 182 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, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2026-07-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1233 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2026-07-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 27 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1233 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-58 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1083 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
48 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 9, 9:34 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGLauderdale26 min
Jul 9, 9:59 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGLauderdale31 min
Jul 9, 11:22 AM CDTHeat AdvisoryMEGLauderdale, Shelby, Tipton33 hr
Jul 9, 2:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGDecatur37 min
Jul 9, 3:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGLee31 min
Jul 9, 3:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGItawamba37 min
Jul 9, 5:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGClay29 min
Jul 9, 6:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGClay51 min
Jul 9, 6:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGClay, Greene44 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.