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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 285, NWS Memphis, TN

June 10, 2010Shelby County, Tennessee; Crittenden County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 2010, 6:30 PM CDT for Shelby County, Tennessee; Crittenden County, Arkansas. It was in force for 45 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 10, 2010, 6:30 PM CDT (23:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2010, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Crittenden County, AR, Shelby 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 Jun 10, 3:47 PM CDT, 2 hours 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 10, 3:47 PM CDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 10, 3:52 PM CDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
352 PM CDT THU JUN 10 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>092-111200-
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-
352 PM CDT THU JUN 10 2010

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT AFTER 1 AM TONIGHT WEST OF THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER. A SLOW MOVING CUT OFF LOW WILL TRACK ACROSS
ARKANSAS LATE TONIGHT. ALONG THE LOW TRACK AND JUST TO THE EAST IS
WHERE HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE IN THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH AREA.

OTHER SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL TEND TO WEAKEN THIS EVENING EAST
OF THE RIVER AS DAYTIME INSTABILITY DECREASES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 1 PM FRIDAY WEST OF THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER. HEAVY RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH THE CUT OFF LOW WILL
DIMINISH LATE FRIDAY MORNING IN EASTERN ARKANSAS AND THE MISSOURI
BOOTHEEL.

PROLONGED HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL FIRST ARRIVE FRIDAY AFTERNOON OVER
NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI AND ACROSS THE ENTIRE MIDSOUTH SATURDAY THROUGH
EARLY NEXT WEEK. DAYTIME HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S AND HIGH
HUMIDITY WILL MAKE FOR HEAT INDEX VALUES AROUND 105 DEGREES EACH
DAY. LOWS WILL STRUGGLE TO DROP MUCH BELOW 80 IN DOWNTOWN MEMPHIS
AND IN THE MID 70S ELSEWHERE. THIS WILL MAKE FOR DANGEROUS
CONDITIONS FOR THOSE WHO CANNOT TAKE ADEQUATE SHELTER FROM THE HEAT.
HEAT ADVISORIES ARE LIKELY THIS WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

BORGHOFF

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 10, 2:08 PM CDT, 4 hours 22 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 10, 4:06 PM CDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 10, 4:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
439 PM CDT THU JUN 10 2010

MSZ002-003-013-014-102230-
BENTON MS-MARSHALL MS-UNION MS-LAFAYETTE MS-
439 PM CDT THU JUN 10 2010

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR...

  SOUTH CENTRAL BENTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  NORTHWESTERN UNION COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  NORTHEASTERN LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
  SOUTHEASTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL OR LARGER AND WINDS AT
LEAST 40 MPH WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTH OF CAMBRIDGE AT 440 PM CDT...
MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.

VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE
ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

PEOPLE IN BENTON...LAFAYETTE...MARSHALL AND UNION COUNTIES SHOULD
MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 5:04 PM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
504 PM CDT THU JUN 10 2010

MSZ003-004-014-102245-
TIPPAH MS-BENTON MS-UNION MS-
504 PM CDT THU JUN 10 2010

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR...

  SOUTHEASTERN BENTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  SOUTHERN TIPPAH COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  NORTHWESTERN UNION COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL OR LARGER AND WINDS AT
LEAST 40 MPH WAS LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF KEOWNVILLE AT 505 PM CDT...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE
ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

PEOPLE IN BENTON...TIPPAH AND UNION COUNTIES...INCLUDING LOCATIONS
NEAR RIPLEY...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 5:32 PM CDT, 58 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
532 PM CDT THU JUN 10 2010

MSZ008-012-102315-
TATE MS-PANOLA MS-
532 PM CDT THU JUN 10 2010

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR...

  NORTHEASTERN PANOLA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
  SOUTHEASTERN TATE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL OR LARGER AND WINDS AT
LEAST 40 MPH WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF JOHN W KYLE STATE PARK
AT 532 PM CDT...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.

VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE
ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

PEOPLE IN PANOLA AND TATE COUNTIES...INCLUDING LOCATIONS NEAR JOHN W
KYLE STATE PARK...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 5:38 PM CDT, 52 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
538 PM CDT THU JUN 10 2010

ARZ028-TNZ048-049-102330-
MISSISSIPPI AR-LAUDERDALE TN-TIPTON TN-
538 PM CDT THU JUN 10 2010

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR...

  CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
  SOUTHWESTERN LAUDERDALE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...
  NORTH CENTRAL TIPTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL OR LARGER AND WINDS AT
LEAST 40 MPH WAS LOCATED OVER FULTON AT 538 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 20 MPH.

VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE
ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

PEOPLE IN LAUDERDALE...MISSISSIPPI AND TIPTON COUNTIES...INCLUDING
LOCATIONS NEAR FORT PILLOW STATE PARK...LUXORA AND OSCEOLA...SHOULD
MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT ALSO
INCLUDES OPEN LAKE...SUNK LAKE AND THE CHUTE.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 8:02 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGChester, Decatur, Hardin, Henderson, McNairy6 hr
Jun 9, 8:50 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGShelby115 min
Jun 9, 9:20 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGChester, Hardeman, Henderson, Madison4 hr
Jun 9, 10:13 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGCarroll, Crockett, Gibson, Henderson, Madison4 hr
Jun 9, 11:07 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGDecatur3 hr
Jun 9, 9:56 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGChickasaw, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc3 hr
Jun 9, 11:17 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGItawamba, Monroe, Prentiss, Tishomingo3 hr
Jun 10, 4:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGBenton, Lafayette, Marshall, Union47 min
Jun 10, 5:00 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGBenton, Lafayette, Marshall, Union84 min
Jun 10, 5:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGBenton, Tippah, Union41 min
Jun 10, 5:58 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGAlcorn, Benton, Prentiss, Tippah, Union78 min
Jun 10, 6:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGAlcorn, Prentiss, Tippah41 min
Jun 9, 8:08 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGCrittenden, Cross2 hr
Jun 9, 9:28 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGClay, Greene2 hr
Jun 10, 2:52 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchMEGClay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Lawrence and 6 more21 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee, 2010Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arkansas, 2010Every 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.