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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 293, NWS Memphis, TN

June 17, 2010Dyer County, Lauderdale County, Tennessee; Mississippi County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 2010, 4:39 PM CDT for Dyer County, Lauderdale County, Tennessee; Mississippi County, Arkansas. It was in force for 51 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 17, 2010, 4:39 PM CDT (21:39 UTC)
Expired
Jun 17, 2010, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Mississippi County, AR, Dyer County, TN, Lauderdale County, TN

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 17, 11:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

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 17, 3:50 PM CDT, 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 17, 3:50 PM CDT, 49 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 17, 3:56 PM CDT, 43 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 17, 2:05 PM CDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
205 PM CDT THU JUN 17 2010

MSZ001-002-TNZ088-089-171945-
DE SOTO MS-MARSHALL MS-FAYETTE TN-SHELBY TN-
205 PM CDT THU JUN 17 2010

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 245 PM CDT FOR...

  NORTHEASTERN DESOTO COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
  NORTHWESTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
  WESTERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...
  EASTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL OR LARGER AND WINDS AT
LEAST 40 MPH WAS LOCATED OVER COLLIERVILLE AT 206 PM CDT...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

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

PEOPLE IN DESOTO...FAYETTE...MARSHALL AND SHELBY COUNTIES...INCLUDING
LOCATIONS NEAR BARTLETT...COLLIERVILLE...CORDOVA...GERMANTOWN AND
OLIVE BRANCH...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 2:39 PM CDT, 2 hours before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
239 PM CDT THU JUN 17 2010

ARZ036-048-MSZ001-007-008-TNZ088-172030-
ST. FRANCIS AR-CRITTENDEN AR-DE SOTO MS-TUNICA MS-TATE MS-SHELBY TN-
239 PM CDT THU JUN 17 2010

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 330 PM CDT FOR...

  SOUTH CENTRAL CRITTENDEN COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
  EAST CENTRAL ST. FRANCIS COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
  DESOTO COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
  WESTERN TATE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
  NORTHEASTERN TUNICA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
  SOUTHWESTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...

A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL OR LARGER AND
WINDS AT LEAST 40 MPH WAS LOCATED FROM 4 MILES NORTH OF PINCKNEY TO
COLDWATER AT 240 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 CRITTENDEN...DESOTO...SHELBY...ST. FRANCIS...TATE AND
TUNICA COUNTIES...INCLUDING LOCATIONS NEAR HERNANDO...HORN LAKE...
SOUTHAVEN...T O FULLER STATE PARK AND WEST MEMPHIS...SHOULD MONITOR
THIS STORM CLOSELY. THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT ALSO INCLUDES
ARKABUTLA LAKE...HORN LAKE...HORSESHOE LAKE...LAKE MCKELLAR AND ROBCO
LAKE.
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 3:52 PM CDT, 47 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 17, 4:09 PM CDT, 30 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 17, 1:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGGibson, Henry, Obion, Weakley65 min
Jun 17, 2:22 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGFayette, Shelby82 min
Jun 17, 2:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCarroll, Henry, Weakley63 min
Jun 17, 2:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCarroll, Henry, Weakley49 min
Jun 17, 3:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGDeSoto, Tate, Tunica50 min
Jun 17, 3:24 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGDeSoto, Marshall, Tate108 min
Jun 17, 3:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGDeSoto, Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Tate51 min
Jun 17, 5:08 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGCalhoun, Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie and 3 more65 min

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.