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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 31, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 3, 2010, 4:35 AM CDT for 5 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 40 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
- Apr 3, 2010, 4:35 AM CDT (09:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 3, 2010, 5:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Chester County, TN, Decatur County, TN, Hardin County, TN, Henderson County, TN, McNairy County, TN
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:36 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 Apr 3, 4:21 AM CDT, 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 3, 4:21 AM CDT, 14 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Apr 3, 2:26 AM CDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 226 AM CDT SAT APR 3 2010 TNZ002-019-020-048-030800- LAUDERDALE TN-GIBSON TN-OBION TN-DYER TN- 226 AM CDT SAT APR 3 2010 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 300 AM CDT FOR... DYER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE... NORTHWESTERN GIBSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE... SOUTHWESTERN OBION COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE... NORTHEASTERN LAUDERDALE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING WINDS AT LEAST 40 MPH WAS LOCATED 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF UNIONVILLE AT 226 AM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. PEOPLE IN DYER...GIBSON...LAUDERDALE AND OBION COUNTIES...INCLUDING LOCATIONS NEAR DYERSBURG...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT ALSO INCLUDES CHISHOLM LAKE.
Special weather statement, Apr 3, 4:22 AM CDT, 13 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Apr 3, 2:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Dyer, Lauderdale, Obion | 26 min |
| Apr 3, 3:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, DeSoto, Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Tate and 2 more | 63 min |
| Apr 3, 3:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Lafayette, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Yalobusha | 73 min |
| Apr 3, 4:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Lafayette, Lee, Pontotoc and 4 more | 62 min |
| Apr 3, 5:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Prentiss, Tishomingo | 35 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee, 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.