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Heat Advisory 21, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this heat advisory at Aug 5, 2010, 9:10 PM CDT for 19 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 18 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 5, 2010, 9:10 PM CDT (02:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2010, 3:02 PM CDT
- In force
- 18 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
Counties Alcorn County, MS, Benton County, MS, Calhoun County, MS, Chickasaw County, MS, Coahoma County, MS, Itawamba County, MS, Lafayette County, MS, Lee County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Monroe County, MS, Panola County, MS, Pontotoc County, MS, Prentiss County, MS, Quitman County, MS, Tallahatchie County, MS, Tippah County, MS, Tishomingo County, MS, Union County, MS, Yalobusha County, MS
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:10 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 heat advisory 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 heat advisory went out at Aug 5, 6:01 PM CDT, 3 hours 9 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 5, 6:01 PM CDT, 3 hours 9 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 335 PM CDT THU AUG 5 2010 ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115- MSZ001>017-020>024-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092-062245- 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- 335 PM CDT THU AUG 5 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST ARKANSAS... THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...AND WEST TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING OVER MUCH OF THE AREA. HEAT INDEX READINGS WILL BE BETWEEN 110 AND 117 DEGREES AWAY FROM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH MIDNIGHT. DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAINFALL...AND LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING ARE THE MAIN HAZARDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY HEAT INDEX VALUES MAY REACH BETWEEN 105 AND 109 DEGREES OVER NORTH MISSISSIPPI FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND POSSIBLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. A HEAT ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED FOR THESE AREAS. A FEW STRONG OR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SOUTH OF A HELENA ARKANSAS TO SAVANNAH TENNESSEE LINE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. DAMAGING WIND AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WOULD BE THE MAIN HAZARDS. VERY HOT AND HUMID WEATHER SHOULD RETURN AND RESULT IN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS HEAT INDEX VALUES BETWEEN 105 AND 115 DEGREES SUNDAY INTO NEXT WEEK AS A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE AREA. ADDITIONAL EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNINGS AND HEAT ADVISORIES ARE POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED IN A FEW AREAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MBS
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 5, 3:10 PM CDT, 6 hours before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 310 PM CDT THU AUG 5 2010 MSZ015-016-023-024-052100- LEE MS-PONTOTOC MS-MONROE MS-CHICKASAW MS- 310 PM CDT THU AUG 5 2010 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR... NORTHEASTERN CHICKASAW COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... SOUTHERN LEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... NORTHWESTERN MONROE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... SOUTHEASTERN PONTOTOC COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING WINDS AT LEAST 40 MPH WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TROY AT 310 PM CDT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. PEOPLE IN CHICKASAW...LEE...MONROE AND PONTOTOC COUNTIES...INCLUDING LOCATIONS NEAR OKOLONA AND VERONA...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT ALSO INCLUDES DAVIS LAKE.
Special weather statement, Aug 5, 4:28 PM CDT, 4 hours 42 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 428 PM CDT THU AUG 5 2010 TNZ052>054-052200- HENDERSON TN-MADISON TN-CHESTER TN- 428 PM CDT THU AUG 5 2010 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR... NORTHEASTERN CHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE... HENDERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE... EAST CENTRAL MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING WINDS AT LEAST 40 MPH WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF BARGERTON AT 428 PM CDT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. PEOPLE IN CHESTER...HENDERSON AND MADISON COUNTIES...INCLUDING LOCATIONS NEAR LEXINGTON...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT ALSO INCLUDES BEECH LAKE AND PINE LAKE.
Special weather statement, Aug 5, 4:40 PM CDT, 4 hours 30 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 6, 3:02 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | MEG | Carroll, Decatur, Fayette, Gibson, Hardeman, Haywood and 8 more | 4 days |
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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.