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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 367, NWS Memphis, TN

July 26, 2010Fayette County, Hardeman County, Haywood County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 2010, 7:45 PM CDT for Fayette County, Hardeman County, Haywood County, Tennessee. It was in force for 29 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
Jul 26, 2010, 7:45 PM CDT (00:45 UTC)
Expired
Jul 26, 2010, 8:14 PM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Fayette County, TN, Hardeman County, TN, Haywood County, TN

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 86 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 2010-07-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 679 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 2010-07-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 33 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
679 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-113 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
945 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-1 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Jul 26, 6:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 26, 6:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 26, 2:13 PM CDT, 5 hours 32 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
213 PM CDT MON JUL 26 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>092-272115-
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-
213 PM CDT MON JUL 26 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

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN WILL BE
POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING. A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE AND
LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING WILL BE A CONCERN.

A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM FOR MOST OF THE MID
SOUTH. HEAT INDICES WILL BE BETWEEN 104 AND 108 DEGREES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN WILL BE
POSSIBLE ONCE AGAIN ON TUESDAY.

HEAT INDICES ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 105 TO 109 DEGREE RANGE
FROM WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. HEAT ADVISORIES MAY BE NEEDED
DURING THIS TIME FRAME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

OKULSKI

In the hours before

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Special weather statement, Jul 26, 7:31 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
731 PM CDT MON JUL 26 2010

MSZ016-270115-
LEE MS-
731 PM CDT MON JUL 26 2010

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR...

  LEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL OR LARGER AND WINDS AT
LEAST 40 MPH WAS LOCATED OVER SHANNON AT 732 PM CDT...MOVING NORTH AT
30 MPH.

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

PEOPLE IN LEE COUNTY...INCLUDING LOCATIONS NEAR TOMBIGBEE STATE
PARK...TUPELO AND VERONA...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 26, 8:32 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGFayette3 hr
Jul 26, 9:13 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGFayette, Hardeman, Haywood, Madison3 hr
Jul 26, 10:20 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMEGFayette, Shelby115 min
Jul 26, 10:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGFayette, Haywood, Shelby, Tipton44 min
Jul 26, 10:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCrockett, Haywood, Lauderdale, Madison, Tipton67 min
Jul 26, 11:56 PM CDTHigh Wind WarningMEGCrockett, Dyer, Haywood, Lake, Lauderdale, Tipton2 hr
Jul 26, 7:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGItawamba57 min
Jul 26, 7:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGItawamba, Lee47 min
Jul 26, 8:04 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGItawamba, Lee4 hr
Jul 26, 8:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGItawamba, Lee, Prentiss, Tippah, Tishomingo, Union47 min
Jul 26, 9:43 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGBenton, Marshall, Tippah3 hr
Jul 26, 9:52 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGCraighead, Greene3 hr
Jul 26, 10:48 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMEGClay, Greene117 min

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.