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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 282, NWS Memphis, TN

June 1, 2008Decatur County, Henderson County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 2008, 12:02 PM CDT for Decatur County, Henderson County, Tennessee. It was in force for 43 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
Jun 1, 2008, 12:02 PM CDT (17:02 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 2008, 12:45 PM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Decatur County, TN, Henderson County, TN

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:06 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 Jun 1, 11:13 AM CDT, 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 11:13 AM CDT, 49 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 1, 4:29 AM CDT, 7 hours 33 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
429 AM CDT SUN JUN 1 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>092-021100-
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-
429 AM CDT SUN JUN 1 2008

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER ALL OF THE
MIDSOUTH TODAY. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREATS WILL BE
DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. THE PEAK PERIOD FOR SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT SHOULD BE IN THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

MONDAY WILL SEE A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER...PRIMARILY NORTH
OF INTERSTATE 40. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREATS WILL BE
DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. FRIDAY WILL ALSO SEE A SLIGHT RISK
OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...MOSTLY LIKELY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED THROUGH LATE SUNDAY
EVENING...AND AGAIN ON MONDAY.

PWB

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 1, 11:37 AM CDT, 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1137 AM CDT SUN JUN 1 2008

TNZ053>055-011700-
DECATUR TN-HENDERSON TN-CHESTER TN-
1137 AM CDT SUN JUN 1 2008

...THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR...

  DECATUR COUNTY IN TENNESSEE...
  NORTHEASTERN CHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...
  HENDERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND 40 TO 50
MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LEXINGTON AT 1137 AM
CDT...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

THIS STORM IS INTENSIFYING AND COULD BECOME SEVERE RAPIDLY.

PEOPLE IN CHESTER...DECATUR AND HENDERSON COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE
CITIES OF HENDERSON AND LEXINGTON...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM
CLOSELY. THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 3:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGPanola, Quitman, Tunica18 min
Jun 1, 4:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCoahoma32 min
Jun 1, 12:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHenry21 min
Jun 1, 12:25 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGDecatur3 hr
Jun 1, 3:20 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGHardin3 hr
Jun 1, 4:02 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGChester, Henderson3 hr
Jun 1, 3:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLee, Phillips43 min

Nearby

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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.