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Ice Storm Warning 3, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this ice storm warning at Dec 15, 2008, 5:17 AM CST for 5 counties in Mississippi; 11 counties in Tennessee; 5 counties in Arkansas. It took effect at Dec 15, 2008, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 13 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
- Dec 15, 2008, 5:17 AM CST (11:17 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 15, 2008, 9:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 15, 2008, 9:59 PM CST
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
All 21 counties
Crittenden County, AR, Cross County, AR, Lee County, AR, Phillips County, AR, St. Francis County, AR, Benton County, MS, DeSoto County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Tate County, MS, Tunica County, MS, Chester County, TN, Crockett County, TN, Decatur County, TN, Fayette County, TN, Hardeman County, TN, Haywood County, TN, Henderson County, TN, Lauderdale County, TN, Madison County, TN, Shelby County, TN, Tipton County, TN
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 294 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1310 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 371 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 451 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this ice 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 ice storm warning went out at Dec 15, 4:34 AM CST, 43 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 15, 4:34 AM CST, 43 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 14, 6:44 PM CST, 10 hours 33 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 644 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008 ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115- MSZ001>017-020>024-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092-151200- 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- 644 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST ARKANSAS... THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...AND WEST TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST ARKANSAS AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL LATE TONIGHT. RAIN WILL QUICKLY CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN. ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE. A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THE MID SOUTH FROM THE NORTHWEST ON MONDAY. PRECIPITATION BEHIND THE FRONT WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN FROM PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST ARKANSAS ACROSS THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL INTO NORTHWEST TENNESSEE AND EAST ARKANSAS RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. FREEZING RAIN WILL INCREASE ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40 MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY WITH SOME SLEET FROM NORTHEAST ARKANSAS INTO NORTHWEST TENNESSEE. SIGNIFICANT ICING MAY OCCUR IN SOME LOCATIONS. A WINTER STORM WARNING AND FREEZING RAIN ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. THE WARNING AND/OR ADVISORIES MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED INTO TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...SPOTTERS SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES OR WINTER STORM WATCHES MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. REPORT ANY ICING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN MEMPHIS. KRM/CJC
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 15, 12:00 PM CST | Freezing Rain Advisory | MEG | Alcorn, Benton, Calhoun, Coahoma, DeSoto, Lafayette and 13 more | 24 hr |
Nearby
Ice Storm Warnings in Tennessee, 2008Ice Storm Warnings in Mississippi, 2008Ice Storm Warnings in Arkansas, 2008Every ice storm 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.