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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Memphis, TN

March 10, 20104 counties in Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 10, 2010, 10:28 PM CST for 4 counties in Arkansas. It was in force for 62 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: Mar 10, 2010, 10:28 PM CST (04:28 UTC)
Expired: Mar 10, 2010, 11:30 PM CST
In force: 62 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Craighead County, AR, Greene County, AR, Lawrence County, AR, Poinsett County, AR

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:29 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Mar 10, 7:48 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 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 Mar 10, 9:00 PM CST, 1 hour 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 10, 9:00 PM CST, 1 hour 28 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 10, 8:10 PM CST, 2 hours 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
810 PM CST WED MAR 10 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0720 PM     HAIL             POWHATAN                36.08N 91.12W
03/10/2010  E1.00 INCH       LAWRENCE           AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            QUARTER HAIL IN POWHATAN. HAIL ALSO COVERING THE GROUND
            IN BLACK ROCK.

0753 PM     HAIL             POCAHONTAS              36.26N 90.97W
03/10/2010  E1.00 INCH       RANDOLPH           AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            ONE INCH HAIL ALONG HIGHWAY 67 IN COLLEGE
            CITY/POCAHONTAS.

0755 PM     HAIL             2 S POCAHONTAS          36.23N 90.97W
03/10/2010  E1.75 INCH       RANDOLPH           AR   TRAINED SPOTTER

            GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL COVERING THE GROUND.

&&

CCD

Local storm report, Mar 10, 8:13 PM CST, 2 hours 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
813 PM CST WED MAR 10 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0720 PM     HAIL             POWHATAN                36.08N 91.12W
03/10/2010  E1.00 INCH       LAWRENCE           AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            QUARTER HAIL IN POWHATAN. HAIL ALSO COVERING THE GROUND
            IN BLACK ROCK.

0753 PM     HAIL             POCAHONTAS              36.26N 90.97W
03/10/2010  E1.00 INCH       RANDOLPH           AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            ONE INCH HAIL ALONG HIGHWAY 67 IN COLLEGE
            CITY/POCAHONTAS.

0755 PM     HAIL             2 S POCAHONTAS          36.23N 90.97W
03/10/2010  E1.75 INCH       RANDOLPH           AR   TRAINED SPOTTER

            GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL COVERING THE GROUND.

0800 PM     HAIL             POCAHONTAS              36.26N 90.97W
03/10/2010  E1.00 INCH       RANDOLPH           AR   CO-OP OBSERVER

            QUARTER HAIL ON CHURCH STREET IN POCAHONTAS.

&&

CCD

Local storm report, Mar 10, 8:38 PM CST, 1 hour 50 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 10, 8:43 PM CST, 1 hour 45 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
843 PM CST WED MAR 10 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0753 PM     HAIL             POCAHONTAS              36.26N 90.97W
03/10/2010  E1.00 INCH       RANDOLPH           AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            ONE INCH HAIL ALONG HIGHWAY 67 IN COLLEGE
            CITY/POCAHONTAS.

0755 PM     HAIL             2 S POCAHONTAS          36.23N 90.97W
03/10/2010  E1.75 INCH       RANDOLPH           AR   TRAINED SPOTTER

            GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL COVERING THE GROUND.

0800 PM     HAIL             POCAHONTAS              36.26N 90.97W
03/10/2010  E1.00 INCH       RANDOLPH           AR   CO-OP OBSERVER

            QUARTER HAIL ON CHURCH STREET IN POCAHONTAS.

0820 PM     HAIL             3 N RAVENDEN            36.28N 91.25W
03/10/2010  E0.75 INCH       RANDOLPH           AR   TRAINED SPOTTER

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Special weather statement, Mar 10, 8:46 PM CST, 1 hour 42 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 10, 9:04 PM CST, 1 hour 24 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
904 PM CST WED MAR 10 2010

ARZ008-017-110345-
RANDOLPH AR-LAWRENCE AR-
904 PM CST WED MAR 10 2010

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 945 PM CST FOR...

  LAWRENCE COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
  RANDOLPH COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...

AN APPROACHING LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM 22
MILES WEST OF RAVENDEN SPRINGS TO 39 MILES SOUTHWEST OF STRAWBERRY
AT 904 PM CST...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

PEOPLE IN LAWRENCE AND RANDOLPH COUNTIES...INCLUDING LOCATIONS NEAR
BLACK ROCK AND LAKE CHARLES STATE PARK...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM
CLOSELY.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 11, 12:01 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Shelby	44 min
Mar 11, 12:30 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Shelby	2 hr
Mar 11, 12:34 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Dyer, Haywood, Lauderdale, Tipton	41 min
Mar 11, 12:56 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Fayette, Haywood, Shelby, Tipton	64 min
Mar 11, 1:02 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Haywood, Lake, Lauderdale and 2 more	58 min
Mar 11, 1:21 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Crockett, Fayette, Hardeman, Haywood, Madison	54 min
Mar 11, 1:27 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Fayette, Hardeman, Shelby	3 hr
Mar 11, 1:41 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Dyer, Fayette, Gibson and 6 more	2 hr
Mar 11, 2:16 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chester, Fayette, Hardeman, Hardin, Henderson, McNairy and 1 more	48 min
Mar 11, 4:07 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Chester, Decatur, Hardin, Henderson, McNairy	3 hr
Mar 10, 10:43 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Coahoma	62 min
Mar 11, 1:32 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Calhoun, Lafayette, Panola, Pontotoc, Quitman, Tallahatchie and 2 more	4 hr
Mar 10, 7:16 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lawrence, Randolph	44 min
Mar 10, 7:29 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Randolph	46 min
Mar 10, 7:56 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Randolph	64 min
Mar 10, 7:59 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lawrence, Randolph	26 min
Mar 10, 8:10 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Clay, Randolph	50 min
Mar 10, 8:49 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Lawrence, Randolph	86 min
Mar 10, 9:08 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Lawrence, Randolph	4 hr
Mar 10, 11:04 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lee, St. Francis	56 min
Mar 10, 11:59 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Crittenden, Cross, Mississippi, Poinsett	16 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.