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Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Memphis, TN

February 17, 200620 counties in Tennessee; 14 counties in Mississippi; 12 counties in Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this winter storm warning at Feb 17, 2006, 3:16 PM CST for 20 counties in Tennessee; 14 counties in Mississippi; 12 counties in Arkansas. It took effect at Feb 17, 2006, 10:00 PM CST. It was in force for 12 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 17, 2006, 3:16 PM CST (21:16 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 17, 2006, 10:00 PM CST
Expired: Feb 18, 2006, 10:20 AM CST
In force: 12 hr
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN

All 46 counties

Clay County, AR, Craighead County, AR, Crittenden County, AR, Cross County, AR, Greene County, AR, Lawrence County, AR, Lee County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, Phillips County, AR, Poinsett County, AR, Randolph County, AR, St. Francis County, AR, Alcorn County, MS, Benton County, MS, Coahoma County, MS, DeSoto County, MS, Lafayette County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Panola County, MS, Prentiss County, MS, Quitman County, MS, Tate County, MS, Tippah County, MS, Tishomingo County, MS, Tunica County, MS, Union County, MS, Carroll County, TN, Chester County, TN, Crockett County, TN, Decatur County, TN, Dyer County, TN, Fayette County, TN, Gibson County, TN, Hardeman County, TN, Hardin County, TN, Haywood County, TN, Henderson County, TN, Henry County, TN, Lake County, TN, Lauderdale County, TN, Madison County, TN, McNairy County, TN, Obion County, TN, Shelby County, TN, Tipton County, TN, Weakley County, TN

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:20 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 winter storm 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 winter storm warning went out at Feb 17, 11:55 AM CST, 3 hours 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 17, 11:55 AM CST, 3 hours 21 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 17, 4:32 AM CST, 10 hours 44 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 17, 3:16 PM CST	Ice Storm Warning	MEG	Calhoun, Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc and 2 more	19 hr
Feb 16, 6:09 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Randolph	36 min
Feb 16, 6:44 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Clay, Randolph	46 min

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in Tennessee, 2006 Winter Storm Warnings in Mississippi, 2006 Winter Storm Warnings in Arkansas, 2006 Every winter storm 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.