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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 347, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 2009, 2:02 AM CDT for Craighead County, Greene County, Mississippi County, Arkansas. 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
- Jul 26, 2009, 2:02 AM CDT (07:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 2009, 2:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Craighead County, AR, Greene County, AR, Mississippi County, AR
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:03 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 Jul 26, 12:19 AM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 26, 12:19 AM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 249 PM CDT SAT JUL 25 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>092-262200- 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- 249 PM CDT SAT JUL 25 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST ARKANSAS... THE MISSOURI BOOT HEEL...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...AND WEST TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE NORTH OF A LINE FROM HARRISBURG ARKANSAS TO LEXINGTON TENNESSEE. DAMAGING WINDS LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREATS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE MID SOUTH THROUGH MUCH OF NEXT WEEK. THE COMBINATION OF A STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY...UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES...AND INCREASED INSTABILITY MAY LEAD TO SOME STRONG STORMS. TIMING OF STRONGER STORMS NEXT WEEK WILL BE REFINED IN LATER FORECASTS. THERE WILL ALSO BE THE POTENTIAL FOR PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TODAY OVER NORTHEAST ARKANSAS... THE MISSOURI BOOT HEEL AND NORTHWEST TENNESSEE.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 26, 12:16 AM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 141 AM CDT SUN JUL 26 2009 ARZ018-026-028-260730- CRAIGHEAD AR-MISSISSIPPI AR-GREENE AR- 141 AM CDT SUN JUL 26 2009 ...THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR... NORTHEASTERN CRAIGHEAD COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS... SOUTH CENTRAL GREENE COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS... NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED OVER BROOKLAND AT 141 AM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM IS INTENSIFYING AND COULD BECOME SEVERE RAPIDLY. PEOPLE IN CRAIGHEAD...GREENE AND MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES...INCLUDING LOCATIONS NEAR BROOKLAND...LAKE CITY...LEACHVILLE AND MONETTE... SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 5:35 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Marshall, Tate, Tunica | 3 hr |
| Jul 26, 6:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Marshall, Tate, Tunica | 56 min |
| Jul 26, 6:06 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Panola, Quitman, Tunica | 3 hr |
| Jul 26, 6:44 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Marshall | 2 hr |
| Jul 26, 6:49 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Panola, Quitman, Tate | 3 hr |
| Jul 26, 6:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto | 40 min |
| Jul 26, 6:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie and 3 more | 53 min |
| Jul 26, 7:03 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Lafayette, Marshall | 93 min |
| Jul 26, 7:47 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Yalobusha | 118 min |
| Jul 26, 8:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Tallahatchie | 49 min |
| Jul 26, 8:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tallahatchie | 25 min |
| Jul 26, 1:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Dyer, Lake, Obion | 60 min |
| Jul 26, 2:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lake | 45 min |
| Jul 26, 2:03 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Dyer, Lake, Obion | 3 hr |
| Jul 26, 2:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Dyer, Lake, Lauderdale, Obion | 53 min |
| Jul 26, 2:49 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Lauderdale | 3 hr |
| Jul 26, 3:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lauderdale, Tipton | 54 min |
| Jul 26, 3:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll, Gibson, Madison, Weakley | 63 min |
| Jul 26, 3:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Haywood, Lauderdale | 46 min |
| Jul 26, 3:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lauderdale | 26 min |
| Jul 26, 4:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lauderdale, Shelby, Tipton | 60 min |
| Jul 26, 4:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll | 22 min |
| Jul 26, 4:07 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Carroll, Crockett, Dyer, Gibson | 78 min |
| Jul 26, 4:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lauderdale, Tipton | 68 min |
| Jul 26, 4:18 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Fayette, Shelby, Tipton | 4 hr |
| Jul 26, 4:53 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Gibson, Haywood, Henderson and 2 more | 58 min |
| Jul 26, 4:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Shelby, Tipton | 65 min |
| Jul 26, 6:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby, Tipton | 48 min |
| Jul 26, 12:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Clay, Greene | 35 min |
| Jul 26, 1:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Clay | 49 min |
| Jul 26, 1:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Clay, Greene | 48 min |
| Jul 26, 2:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Clay, Greene | 45 min |
| Jul 26, 2:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Greene, Lawrence, Randolph | 38 min |
| Jul 26, 2:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Craighead, Greene, Mississippi | 64 min |
| Jul 26, 2:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Greene, Mississippi | 43 min |
| Jul 26, 2:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Craighead, Greene, Lawrence | 65 min |
| Jul 26, 3:44 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Craighead, Greene, Lawrence | 90 min |
| Jul 26, 4:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Craighead, Poinsett | 26 min |
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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.