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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 246, NWS Memphis, TN

May 27, 2010Hardin County, Tennessee; Tishomingo County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 2010, 4:08 PM CDT for Hardin County, Tennessee; Tishomingo County, Mississippi. It was in force for 52 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: May 27, 2010, 4:08 PM CDT (21:08 UTC)
Expired: May 27, 2010, 5:00 PM CDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Tishomingo County, MS, Hardin County, TN

The radar

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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 May 27, 3:01 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 27, 3:01 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
301 PM CDT THU MAY 27 2010

.DISCUSSION...

SKIES ARE PARTLY CLOUDY ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THIS AFTERNOON
WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE 80S. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE FOUND
ALONG THE WESTERN...NORTHERN AND EASTERN EDGES OF THE FORECAST
AREA AT THIS TIME. MUCH OF THIS ACTIVITY WILL DIE OUT SHORTLY
AFTER SUNSET.

VERY WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL TRACK SOUTH INTO THE FORECAST AREA
OVERNIGHT. THIS FRONT MAY HELP TRIGGER SOME ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
OVER NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA. SOME PATCHY FOG MAY
DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.

FRIDAY SHOULD BE PRETTY SIMILAR TO TODAY WITH SOME SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. BY FRIDAY
NIGHT WHAT IS LEFT OF THE BOUNDARY WILL BE OUT OF THE FORECAST
AREA AND WHAT LITTLE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS OCCURRING WILL END
SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET.

BY FRIDAY NIGHT...A WEAK UPPER LEVEL LOW BEGINS TO DEVELOP OVER
WESTERN ALABAMA. THIS LOW SHOULD NOT MOVE MUCH OVER THE MEMORIAL
DAY WEEKEND. AS A RESULT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY DURING
THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS ARE POSSIBLE DURING THE
ENTIRE HOLIDAY WEEKEND.

A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA MONDAY NIGHT
AND TUESDAY BRINGING MORE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. THE FRONT
SHOULD MOVE INTO CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI BY TUESDAY NIGHT AND STALL
OUT WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY SO ADDITIONAL SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
WILL BE POSSIBLE BOTH DAYS.

TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN A FEW DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL THROUGHOUT THE
NEXT 7 DAYS.

ARS

&&

AVIATION...

18Z TAF CYCLE (27/18Z-28/18Z)

SCT-BKN CU CLOUDS AROUND 3500 FT AGL ARE EXPECTED UNTIL 28/01Z
WITH ISOLATED TO SCT TSRAS DUE TO AFTERNOON HEATING. MENTIONED
VCTS AT THE TAF SITES. AFT 28/01Z MID AND HIGH LEVELS CLOUDS CAN
BE EXPECTED WITH TSRAS DISSIPATING. PATCHY FOG IS EXPECTED
28/08Z-28/12Z WITH IFR CONDITIONS POSSIBLE AT KMKL AND MVFR AT
KJBR AND KTUP. SCT CU AROUND 3500 FT AGL DEVELOPING AGAIN AFTER
28/15Z.

JCL

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
MEM  71  87  67  86 /  10  30  10  40
MKL  66  85  62  84 /  20  30  10  40
JBR  68  87  63  85 /  20  20  10  30
TUP  68  88  66  86 /  10  40  20  50

&&

.MEG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...NONE.
MO...NONE.
MS...NONE.
TN...NONE.
&&

Hazardous weather outlook, May 27, 4:48 AM CDT, 11 hours 20 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
448 AM CDT THU MAY 27 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>092-281200-
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-
448 AM CDT THU MAY 27 2010

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH
EARLY THIS EVENING...MOST NUMEROUS NORTH OF JACKSON AND JONESBORO
ALONG A COLD FRONT. A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE.

PATCHY FOG IS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH NEXT WEDNESDAY...
MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. A FEW STORMS
MAY BECOME SEVERE EACH DAY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH
FLOODING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF STORMS.

PATCHY FOG IS POSSIBLE EACH NIGHT THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED EACH AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING
THROUGH NEXT WEDNESDAY.

BORGHOFF

In the hours before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 27, 10:26 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	MEG	Shelby	70 hr
May 27, 4:45 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Hardin	3 hr
May 27, 4:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Carroll, Henry	42 min
May 27, 5:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chester, Henderson	42 min
May 27, 5:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chester, Hardin, Henderson, McNairy	48 min
May 27, 6:01 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Chester, Hardin, Henderson, McNairy	3 hr
May 27, 6:04 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Chester, Hardin, Henderson, McNairy	3 hr
May 27, 5:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Itawamba, Lee, Prentiss	40 min
May 27, 5:51 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Prentiss	84 min
May 27, 6:03 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Monroe	3 hr
May 27, 6:10 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Alcorn, Lee, Prentiss	3 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee, 2010 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 2010 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2010

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.