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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 410, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 11, 2009, 12:53 PM CDT for Monroe County, Mississippi. It was in force for 31 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
- Aug 11, 2009, 12:53 PM CDT (17:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 11, 2009, 1:24 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Monroe County, MS
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:54 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 Aug 11, 12:51 PM CDT, 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 11, 12:51 PM CDT, 2 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 11, 4:24 AM CDT, 8 hours 29 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 424 AM CDT TUE AUG 11 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>092-121130- 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- 424 AM CDT TUE AUG 11 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 OVER THE MID SOUTH TODAY. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE COMBINED WITH A SURFACE COLD FRONT AND INCREASING INSTABILITY WILL PROVIDE LIKELY CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL THE PRIMARY THREATS. HEAVY RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED FLOODING MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THE STRONGEST STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...AND LAW ENFORCEMENT MAY BE NEEDED TODAY. JLH
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 11, 12:35 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 1:01 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Itawamba, Lee | 3 hr |
| Aug 11, 3:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Tishomingo | 40 min |
| Aug 11, 3:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chickasaw, Lee, Pontotoc | 38 min |
| Aug 11, 4:03 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Alcorn, Prentiss, Tishomingo | 87 min |
| Aug 11, 6:46 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Calhoun, Chickasaw, Lafayette, Pontotoc | 89 min |
| Aug 11, 8:04 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Chester, Decatur, Hardin, Henderson, McNairy, Madison | 3 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.