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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 232, NWS Memphis, TN

August 26, 20265 counties in Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 26, 2026, 3:24 PM CDT for 5 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 51 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
Aug 26, 2026, 3:24 PM CDT (20:24 UTC)
Expired
Aug 26, 2026, 4:15 PM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Chickasaw County, MS, Itawamba County, MS, Lee County, MS, Monroe County, MS, Pontotoc County, MS

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 206 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 2026-08-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 374 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 2026-08-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 50 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
374 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-113 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1336 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
50 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
61 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 26, 9:13 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGLake, Obion32 min
Aug 26, 9:39 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGGibson, Henry, Weakley36 min
Aug 26, 10:02 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGLake28 min
Aug 26, 10:20 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGDyer, Lake25 min
Aug 26, 11:43 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGChester, Madison32 min
Aug 26, 12:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGChester, Hardin, McNairy47 min
Aug 26, 1:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGMarshall35 min
Aug 26, 1:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGTishomingo34 min
Aug 26, 1:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGMarshall33 min
Aug 26, 3:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGLee, Pontotoc45 min
Aug 26, 3:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGLee, Monroe55 min
Aug 26, 3:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGChickasaw38 min
Aug 26, 4:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGMonroe36 min
Aug 26, 4:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGChickasaw15 min
Aug 26, 4:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMonroe24 min
Aug 26, 6:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGTallahatchie25 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.