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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 414, NWS Memphis, TN

June 11, 2006Haywood County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 2006, 10:26 PM CDT for Haywood County, Tennessee. It was in force for 34 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
Jun 11, 2006, 10:26 PM CDT (03:26 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 2006, 11:00 PM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Haywood County, TN

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 103 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 2006-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2134 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, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 2006-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 7 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
2134 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1607 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Jun 11, 9:36 PM CDT, 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 11, 9:36 PM CDT, 50 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 11, 4:53 PM CDT, 5 hours 33 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
453 PM CDT SUN JUN 11 2006

ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-
MSZ001>017-020>024-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092-121015-
ALCORN-BENTON(MS)-CALHOUN-CARROLL-CHESTER-CHICKASAW-CLAY-COAHOMA-
CRAIGHEAD-CRITTENDEN-CROCKETT-CROSS-DESOTO-DECATUR-DUNKLIN-DYER-
FAYETTE-GIBSON-GREENE-HARDEMAN-HARDIN-HAYWOOD-HENDERSON-HENRY-
ITAWAMBA-LAFAYETTE-LAKE-LAUDERDALE-LAWRENCE-LEE(AR)-LEE(MS)-
MADISON-MARSHALL-MCNAIRY-MISSISSIPPI-MONROE-OBION-PANOLA-PEMISCOT-
PHILLIPS-POINSETT-PONTOTOC-PRENTISS-QUITMAN-RANDOLPH-SHELBY-
ST. FRANCIS-TALLAHATCHIE-TATE-TIPPAH-TIPTON-TISHOMINGO-TUNICA-
UNION-WEAKLEY-YALOBUSHA-
453 PM CDT SUN JUN 11 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST ARKANSAS...
THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...AND WEST TENNESSEE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF
THE MID SOUTH TONIGHT...MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM
FORREST CITY ARKANSAS TO SOUTHAVEN AND IUKA MISSISSIPPI. THIS ALSO
INCLUDES THE CITIES OF MEMPHIS...JONESBORO AND JACKSON TENNESSEE AND
THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL.

A QUASI STATIONARY SURFACE FRONT WILL BEGIN TO MOVE INTO PORTIONS OF
THE MID SOUTH TONIGHT. WARM AND MOIST UNSTABLE AIR WILL INTERACT
WITH THIS BOUNDARY TO PRODUCE A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
ACROSS THE AREA. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO
BECOME SEVERE PRODUCING UP TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THE TIME OF GREATEST SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IS
BETWEEN 5 PM AND MIDNIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TONIGHT ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE
MID SOUTH.

CJC

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 11, 8:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
852 PM CDT SUN JUN 11 2006

TNZ021-120215-
CARROLL TN-
852 PM CDT SUN JUN 11 2006

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR...CARROLL COUNTY.

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND
40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED OVER MCKENZIE AT 852 PM CDT...MOVING
EAST AT 30 MPH.

VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE
ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

THIS STORM IS INTENSIFYING AND COULD BECOME SEVERE RAPIDLY.

PEOPLE IN CARROLL COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITY OF MCKENZIE...SHOULD
MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 9:32 PM CDT, 54 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
932 PM CDT SUN JUN 11 2006

ARZ028-120300-
MISSISSIPPI AR-
932 PM CDT SUN JUN 11 2006

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR...MISSISSIPPI COUNTY.

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND
40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF BURDETTE AT 932
PM CDT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE
ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. THERE HAS ALREADY BEEN ONE
INJURY REPORTED IN VICTORIA DUE TO LIGHTNING. STAY INDOORS UNTIL THE
STORM PASSES

PEOPLE IN MISSISSIPPI COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.
Local storm report, Jun 11, 9:40 PM CDT, 46 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 11, 9:52 PM CDT, 34 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 11, 10:03 PM CDT, 23 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 11, 10:20 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 9:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCarroll24 min
Jun 11, 9:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGGibson26 min
Jun 11, 8:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMississippi38 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee, 2006Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2006

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.