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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 437, NWS Memphis, TN

August 3, 2006Randolph County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 3, 2006, 4:04 PM CDT for Randolph County, Arkansas. It was in force for 41 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 3, 2006, 4:04 PM CDT (21:04 UTC)
Expired
Aug 3, 2006, 4:45 PM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Randolph County, AR

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:06 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 Aug 3, 2:54 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 3, 2:54 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 3, 3:15 PM CDT, 49 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
315 PM CDT THU AUG 3 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>092-041100-
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-
315 PM CDT THU AUG 3 2006

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE
MID SOUTH THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. A FEW OF THESE
STORMS MAY BE STRONG AND PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS THROUGH THIS EVENING.
THESE STORMS WILL WEAKEN AFTER SUNSET.

AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES LATER TONIGHT...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY
REDEVELOP ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE MID SOUTH. THESE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL REDEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT AND SHOULD REMAIN BELOW
SEVERE LIMITS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

ACROSS NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI...HOT TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH HUMID
CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE AGAIN ON FRIDAY WITH HEAT INDICIES AROUND
100 DEGREES.

A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE STRONG DURING THE AFTERNOON ON
FRIDAY...ESPECIALLY DURING THE MAXIMUM HEATING OF THE DAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

JRA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 3, 6:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLawrence18 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arkansas, 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.