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Freeze Warning 2, NWS Memphis, TN

October 27, 200822 counties in Mississippi; 20 counties in Tennessee; 12 counties in Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this freeze warning at Oct 27, 2008, 3:57 AM CDT for 22 counties in Mississippi; 20 counties in Tennessee; 12 counties in Arkansas. It took effect at Oct 27, 2008, 2:57 PM CDT. It was in force for 18 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: Oct 27, 2008, 3:57 AM CDT (08:57 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 27, 2008, 2:57 PM CDT
Expired: Oct 28, 2008, 9:00 AM CDT
In force: 18 hr
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN

All 54 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, Calhoun County, MS, Chickasaw County, MS, Coahoma County, MS, DeSoto County, MS, Itawamba County, MS, Lafayette County, MS, Lee County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Monroe County, MS, Panola County, MS, Pontotoc County, MS, Prentiss County, MS, Quitman County, MS, Tallahatchie County, MS, Tate County, MS, Tippah County, MS, Tishomingo County, MS, Tunica County, MS, Union County, MS, Yalobusha 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), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:55 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 freeze 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 freeze warning went out at Oct 26, 9:43 PM CDT, 6 hours 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 26, 9:43 PM CDT, 6 hours 14 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
Oct 27, 3:57 AM CDT	Freeze Watch	MEG	Alcorn, Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Coahoma, DeSoto and 16 more	24 hr
Oct 27, 10:44 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	MEG	Alcorn, Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Coahoma, DeSoto and 16 more	8 hr
Oct 27, 2:57 PM CDT	Frost Advisory	MEG	Calhoun, Chickasaw, Monroe, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie and 1 more	6 hr

Nearby

Freeze Warnings in Mississippi, 2008 Freeze Warnings in Tennessee, 2008 Freeze Warnings in Arkansas, 2008 Every freeze warning in 2008

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.