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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 157, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 2009, 3:46 PM CDT for Phillips County, Arkansas. It was in force for 44 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 3, 2009, 3:46 PM CDT (20:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 2009, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Phillips County, AR
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 94 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
- 1027 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1138 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 3, 2:19 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 2:19 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 219 PM CDT WED JUN 3 2009 .DISCUSSION... A BROKEN LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT FORMED BACK IN EASTERN ARKANSAS HAS TRACKED INTO WEST TENNESSEE THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED ACROSS NORTH MISSISSIPPI AND WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST THROUGH THE DAY. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS. FARTHER WEST...THE MCV...FIRST EVIDENT ON RADAR AND SATELLITE LATE THIS MORNING WAS LOCATED OVER EASTERN ARKANSAS TRANSLATING EASTWARD. THIS FEATURE HAS HELPED SPARK ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL ARKANSAS. THIS ACTIVITY WILL MOVE INTO THE FORECAST AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO EARLY EVENING. THIS FEATURE WILL LIKELY INTERACT WITH THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY AND PRODUCE VERY GOOD CHANCES FOR RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA OVERNIGHT AND INTO THURSDAY. THE SLOW MOVING FRONT WILL EVENTUALLY MOVE ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA BY THURSDAY EVENING. UNTIL THEN...RAIN CHANCES WILL LINGER ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT. BY FRIDAY STABLE AIR WILL BEGIN TO SPREAD OVER THE MIDSOUTH AS HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES IN. DAYTIME TEMPERATURES WILL BE PLEASANT...WELL BELOW NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR...THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. DRY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE WEEKEND...WHICH WILL BE NICE. HOWEVER DAYTIME TEMPERATURES WILL RISE INTO THE UPPER 80S TO LOWER 90S ALONG WITH RISING LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND HIGHER RELATIVE HUMIDITIES. RAIN CHANCES RETURN TO THE FORECAST EARLY NEXT WEEK. AC && .AVIATION... 18Z TAF SET BKN LINE OF TSRA WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH EAST...MAY IMPACT KMKL OVER NEXT 1-2 HOURS. HAVE THROWN IN AN ADDITIONAL TEMPO GROUP. OTHERWISE...ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT WILL OCCUR AFTER 19-20Z AHEAD OF COLD FRONT. ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE INTO EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. HARD TO PINPOINT EXACT TIMING THUS HAVE PICKED OUT BEST 4 HOURS FOR A TEMPO GROUP AND HAVE LEFT VCTS AT OTHER TIMES. VFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 6Z UNLESS THUNDERSTORM MOVES OVER A TAF SITE. LOW CIGS (800-1500FT) AND POSSIBLY SOME FOG(3-5SM BR) WILL DEVELOP OR MOVE INTO THE CWA AFTER 6Z. CIGS AND VSBYS WILL GRADUALLY LIFT BY 15-16Z. HOWEVER MVFR CIGS WILL LKLY PREVAIL THROUGH END OF TAF SET. S-SW WINDS WILL TURN AROUND TO THE N AND EVENTUALLY TO THE NE BEHIND FRONT. SPDS WILL GENERALLY BE 5-7 KTS THROUGH 12Z...INCREASING TO 8-10 KTS BY END OF TAF SET. KRM && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... MEM 65 73 60 81 / 90 40 0 0 MKL 63 72 58 80 / 90 50 0 0 JBR 62 71 57 81 / 90 10 0 0 TUP 66 76 60 81 / 70 70 20 10 && .MEG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. MO...NONE. MS...NONE. TN...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 3, 4:56 AM CDT, 10 hours 50 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 456 AM CDT WED JUN 3 2009 ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115- MSZ001>017-020>024-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092-041200- 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- 456 AM CDT WED JUN 3 2009 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 FOR SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS THE MID SOUTH TODAY AS A COLD FRONT AND ASSOCIATED UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVE ACROSS THE AREA AND INTERACTS WITH A MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIRMASS IN PLACE. THE GREATEST SEVERE WEATHER RISK WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS...ALTHOUGH SOME LARGE HAIL IS POSSIBLE AS WELL. THE MOST PROBABLE TIME FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY A FEW STRONG STORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI ON THURSDAY. OTHERWISE THE POTENTIAL FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER WILL BE LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS. JLH
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 2:14 PM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 218 PM CDT WED JUN 3 2009 TNZ004-021-054-031945- CARROLL TN-HENRY TN-HENDERSON TN- 218 PM CDT WED JUN 3 2009 ...THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR... CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE... SOUTH CENTRAL HENRY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE... NORTH CENTRAL HENDERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTH OF HUNTINGDON AT 218 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM IS NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE AND NO WARNINGS ARE ANTICIPATED. PEOPLE IN CARROLL...HENDERSON AND HENRY COUNTIES...INCLUDING LOCATIONS NEAR HUNTINGDON...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 2:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 218 PM CDT WED JUN 3 2009 TNZ021-054-055-031945- DECATUR TN-CARROLL TN-HENDERSON TN- 218 PM CDT WED JUN 3 2009 ...THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR... NORTHERN DECATUR COUNTY IN TENNESSEE... SOUTHEASTERN CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE... HENDERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LEXINGTON AT 219 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM IS NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE AND NO WARNINGS ARE ANTICIPATED. PEOPLE IN CARROLL...DECATUR AND HENDERSON COUNTIES...INCLUDING LOCATIONS NEAR LEXINGTON...NATCHEZ TRACE STATE FOREST AND NATCHEZ TRACE STATE PARK...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT ALSO INCLUDES BEECH LAKE...PIN OAK LAKE AND PINE LAKE.
Local storm report, Jun 3, 2:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Jun 3, 3:13 PM CDT, 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 313 PM CDT WED JUN 3 2009 MSZ010-011-020-032045- COAHOMA MS-QUITMAN MS-TALLAHATCHIE MS- 313 PM CDT WED JUN 3 2009 ...THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR... SOUTHERN COAHOMA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... SOUTHWESTERN QUITMAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... NORTHWESTERN TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF DUBLIN AT 314 PM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM IS NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE AND NO WARNINGS ARE ANTICIPATED. PEOPLE IN COAHOMA...QUITMAN AND TALLAHATCHIE COUNTIES...INCLUDING LOCATIONS NEAR CLARKSDALE...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 3:35 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 335 PM CDT WED JUN 3 2009 ARZ058-032100- PHILLIPS AR- 335 PM CDT WED JUN 3 2009 ...THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR... WESTERN PHILLIPS COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF ELAINE AT 335 PM CDT... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM IS NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE AND NO WARNINGS ARE ANTICIPATED. PEOPLE IN PHILLIPS COUNTY...INCLUDING LOCATIONS NEAR ELAINE...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT ALSO INCLUDES OLD TOWN LAKE.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Obion, Weakley | 49 min |
| Jun 3, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Lauderdale, Obion, Weakley | 63 min |
| Jun 3, 5:47 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Obion, Weakley | 3 hr |
| Jun 3, 6:35 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Haywood, Lauderdale, Obion and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Jun 3, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Craighead, Mississippi | 40 min |
| Jun 3, 5:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lee, St. Francis | 44 min |
| Jun 3, 5:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Craighead, Poinsett | 56 min |
| Jun 3, 5:34 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Craighead, Poinsett | 3 hr |
| Jun 3, 6:47 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Mississippi | 118 min |
| Jun 3, 6:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Cross, Poinsett | 117 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arkansas, 2009Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2009
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.