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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 449, NWS Memphis, TN

August 10, 2006Fayette County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 10, 2006, 7:03 PM CDT for Fayette County, Tennessee. It was in force for 42 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 10, 2006, 7:03 PM CDT (00:03 UTC)
Expired
Aug 10, 2006, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Fayette County, TN

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 275 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2006-08-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 212 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2006-08-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -91 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
212 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-32 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
558 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-91 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-110 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.1
Supercell composite
-0.5

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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 10, 3:39 PM CDT, 3 hours 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 10, 3:39 PM CDT, 3 hours 24 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
339 PM CDT THU AUG 10 2006

.DISCUSSION...LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS THIS AFTERNOON PLACES A
QUASI-STATIONARY BOUNDARY STRETCHING FROM NORTHERN MISSOURI BACK
THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE. SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS THE SOUTH IN RESPONSE TO
DAYTIME INSTABILITY AND OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES ACROSS THE FORECAST
AREA FROM YESTERDAY/S CONVECTION AND ONGOING CONVECTION ACROSS
MISSOURI. HEAT INDICIES HAVE ALREADY REACHED ADVISORY CRITERIA AT
MANY PLACES THIS AFTERNOON WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 90S AND
SURFACE DEWPOINTS IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 70S.

TONIGHT...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO
THE EVENING HOURS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE MID SOUTH...ESPECIALLY
ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-40 WHERE CONVECTION HAS BEEN PRIMARILY
OCCURRING THIS AFTERNOON. CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY SHOULD DIMINISH
AFTER SUNSET WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING. THINK ANY ISOLATED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THREAT WILL BE WINDS UP TO 60 MPH ALONG WITH
LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL. WILL ALLOW ADVISORY TO EXPIRE AT 7PM AS
A FEW LOCATIONS ARE STILL EXPERENCING HEAT INDICIES AROUND 105
DEGREES.

FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...QUASI-STATIONARY BOUNDARY WILL FINALLY
BEGIN TO WORK ITS WAY SOUTH INTO THE FORECAST AREA FRIDAY AND
SATURDAY...PRODUCING A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS
THE MID SOUTH IN THE ALREADY WARM AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS. SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE SOUTH OF THE AREA BY SUNDAY BRINGING
RAINFREE CONDITIONS TO THE MID SOUTH.

.LONG RANGE (MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY)...UPPER AIR PATTERN ACROSS
NORTH AMERICA WILL BE CHARACTERIZED BY RIDGING ALOFT ACROSS MUCH OF
THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WITH A QUASI-STATIONARY BOUNDARY
MEANDERING NEAR THE MIDDLE/LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY THROUGH THE
PERIOD. WILL MENTION A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN
THE FORECAST FOR DIURNALLY DRIVEN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AS
AIRMASS WILL REMAIN VERY WARM AND HUMID.

&&

.MEG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR CLAY-CRAIGHEAD-
     CRITTENDEN-CROSS-GREENE-LAWRENCE-LEE(AR)-MISSISSIPPI-
     PHILLIPS-POINSETT-RANDOLPH-ST. FRANCIS.

MO...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT.

MS...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR ALCORN-BENTON(MS)-
     CALHOUN-CHICKASAW-COAHOMA-DESOTO-ITAWAMBA-LAFAYETTE-LEE(MS)-
     MARSHALL-MONROE-PANOLA-PONTOTOC-PRENTISS-QUITMAN-
     TALLAHATCHIE-TATE-TIPPAH-TISHOMINGO-TUNICA-UNION-YALOBUSHA.

TN...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR CARROLL-CHESTER-
     CROCKETT-DECATUR-DYER-FAYETTE-GIBSON-HARDEMAN-HARDIN-
     HAYWOOD-HENDERSON-HENRY-LAKE-LAUDERDALE-MADISON-MCNAIRY-
     OBION-SHELBY-TIPTON-WEAKLEY.

&&
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 10, 4:35 PM CDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
435 PM CDT THU AUG 10 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>092-111045-
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-
435 PM CDT THU AUG 10 2006

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE MID-SOUTH THROUGH
EARLY EVENING. HOT AND HUMID WEATHER WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE HEAT
INDEX VALUES AROUND 105 DEGREES INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS BEFORE
BEGINNING TO DISSIPATE AFTER SUNSET. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE
SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE MAIN THREAT...MAINLY NORTH OF
INTERSTATE 40 FROM NORTHEAST ARKANSAS ACROSS THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL
INTO PARTS OF WEST TENNESSEE. LOCALIZED HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE
ACROSS THE ENTIRE MID-SOUTH INTO THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. ANY SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN ISOLATED.

JCL

In the hours before

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 10, 7:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMarshall38 min
Aug 10, 7:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGBenton43 min
Aug 10, 7:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGDeSoto, Tate25 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.