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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 440, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 31, 2010, 9:55 PM CST for 4 states. It was in force for 145 days. 12 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 31, 2010, 9:55 PM CST (03:55 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2011, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 145 days
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Mississippi County, AR, Pemiscot County, MO, Coahoma County, MS, Quitman County, MS, Tallahatchie County, MS, Yalobusha County, MS, Dyer County, TN, Lauderdale County, TN
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 31, 10:15 PM CST | HAIL 0.5 | 3 E Cooter, MO | PEA TO HALF INCH SIZE HAIL REPORTED THREE MILES EAST OF INTERSTATE 55 BY THE EMERGENCY MANAGER. |
| Feb 24, 6:38 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Gosnell, AR | POWER LINES DOWN |
| Mar 26, 1:38 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 62 | Blytheville, AR | |
| Mar 26, 1:40 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | E Blytheville, AR | HOME ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER HAD A 31 FOOT CAMPER BLOWN OVER. SEVERAL LARGE LIMBS DOWN AND EVEN SHOOK AND KNOCKED OFF ITEMS ON THE WALLS OF THE MAIN HOME. |
| Mar 26, 1:40 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Cooter, MO | |
| Apr 11, 8:14 AM CDT | TSTM WND GST 53 | Blytheville, AR | |
| Apr 19, 11:04 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Cooter, MO | 65 MPH WINDS WITH LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN |
| Apr 19, 11:04 PM CDT | TORNADO | 1 Ne Cooter, MO | FIRE DEPARTMENT SPOTTED TORNADO ON GROUND JUST NORTHEAST OF THE CITY IN A FIELD. SOME DAMAGE NEAR PATH. |
| Apr 25, 10:39 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 58 | Blytheville, AR | |
| May 25, 6:35 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 2 W Blytheville, AR | POSSIBLE TORNADO |
| May 25, 6:40 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 70 | Cooter, MO | THERE IS SOME WIND DAMAGE. |
| May 25, 6:40 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Cooter, MO |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 4 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 126666 minutes after it went out.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 131 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1802 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 71 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 162 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
731
WUUS54 KMEG 010355
SVRMEG
ARC093-MOC155-TNC045-097-010430-
/O.NEW.KMEG.SV.W.0440.110101T0355Z-110101T0430Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
955 PM CST FRI DEC 31 2010
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
WEST CENTRAL DYER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE...
SOUTHERN PEMISCOT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
NORTHWESTERN LAUDERDALE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 1030 PM CST
* AT 955 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR BURDETTE...OR NEAR LUXORA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65
MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
BLYTHEVILLE...GOSNELL...LUXORA...DENTON...STEELE...TEMPLES
CORNER...BRAGGADOCIO...SHADE...STUBTOWN...CANADY...NEW SURVEY...
COVINGTON...COTTONWOOD POINT AND TYLER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
.STAY TUNED TO THIS BROADCAST FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND INFORMATION.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY...CALL 1 800 4 3 2 0 8 7 5.
&&
LAT...LON 3624 8984 3608 8951 3569 8990 3579 9012
3600 8999 3600 8996 3604 8996
TIME...MOT...LOC 0355Z 209DEG 54KT 3580 8997
$$3 follow-up statements
263
WWUS54 KMEG 010412
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1012 PM CST FRI DEC 31 2010
ARC093-MOC155-TNC045-097-010430-
/O.CON.KMEG.SV.W.0440.000000T0000Z-110101T0430Z/
MISSISSIPPI AR-PEMISCOT MO-LAUDERDALE TN-DYER TN-
1012 PM CST FRI DEC 31 2010
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM CST
FOR WEST CENTRAL DYER...NORTH CENTRAL LAUDERDALE...SOUTHERN PEMISCOT
AND NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES...
AT 1012 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NUMBER NINE...OR NEAR BLYTHEVILLE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO DENTON...
HOLLAND...STEELE...NUMBER NINE...HUFFMAN...HICKMAN...ARMOREL...
BARFIELD...YARBRO...CALUMET...TEMPLES CORNER...BRAGGADOCIO...SHADE
AND CANADY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
.STAY TUNED TO THIS BROADCAST FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND INFORMATION.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY...CALL 1 800 4 3 2 0 8 7 5.
&&
LAT...LON 3608 8951 3588 8972 3598 9000 3600 8999
3600 8996 3604 8996 3624 8984
TIME...MOT...LOC 0412Z 209DEG 54KT 3602 8981
$$232
WWUS54 KMEG 010425
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1025 PM CST FRI DEC 31 2010
ARC093-MOC155-TNC045-097-010435-
/O.EXP.KMEG.SV.W.0440.000000T0000Z-110101T0430Z/
MISSISSIPPI AR-PEMISCOT MO-LAUDERDALE TN-DYER TN-
1025 PM CST FRI DEC 31 2010
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL DYER...NORTH
CENTRAL LAUDERDALE...SOUTHERN PEMISCOT AND NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1030 PM CST...
AT 1025 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED...AND NO
LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 3608 8951 3588 8972 3598 9000 3600 8999
3600 8996 3604 8996 3624 8984
TIME...MOT...LOC 0425Z 209DEG 54KT 3615 8960
$$359
WUUS54 KMEG 260134
SVRMEG
MSC027-119-135-161-260215-
/O.NEW.KMEG.SV.W.0439.110526T0134Z-110526T0215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
834 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL COAHOMA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN QUITMAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
SOUTHWESTERN YALOBUSHA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 915 PM CDT
* AT 834 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF TUTWILER...OR 9 MILES NORTH OF DREW...AND MOVING EAST
AT 35 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CHARLESTON.
THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES AREAS NEAR GRASSY LAKE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
.A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A STORM SHELTER OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
.STAY TUNED TO THIS BROADCAST FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND INFORMATION.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY...CALL 1 800 4 3 2 0 8 7 5.
&&
LAT...LON 3372 9031 3375 9030 3377 9018 3380 9019
3381 9045 3398 9045 3399 9066 3407 9066
3410 8971 3387 8972 3389 8992 3382 8993
3380 9012 3372 9013 3372 9023 3369 9027
3369 9028
TIME...MOT...LOC 0134Z 257DEG 30KT 3393 9046
$$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 Dec 31, 5:21 PM CST, 4 hours 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 31, 5:21 PM CST, 4 hours 34 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 521 PM CST FRI DEC 31 2010 .UPDATE... UPDATED FOR 00Z AVIATION DISCUSSION && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 255 PM CST FRI DEC 31 2010/ DISCUSSION... THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE MID SOUTH. SPECIAL 18Z UPPER AIR SOUNDINGS FROM JAN AND LIT AS WELL AS MESOSCALE ANALYSIS DEPICT SBCAPE VALUES IN THE 750-1500 J/KG RANGE WITH AN ERODING MID LEVEL CAPPING INVERSION. MID LEVEL FORCING IS THE QUESTION MARK FOR THE SOUTHEAST TWO THIRDS OF THE REGION. A VORTICITY MAXIMA ACROSS FAR SE TX WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR CONVECTION ACROSS SOUTHERN LA. SOME OF THIS ACTIVITY MAY SPREAD INTO NORTHERN MS THIS EVENING. WILL HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE HOW THE THE REST OF THE EVENT UNFOLDS. NEW YEARS DAY THROUGH TUESDAY...EXCEPT FOR A RESIDUAL CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS NEAR THE TN RIVER AND AL BORDER NEW YEARS DAY MORNING...IT WILL BE DRY WITH SLOWLY WARMING TEMPERATURES DURING THIS TIME FRAME. THE H5 FLOW BECOMES ZONAL BY MONDAY. WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...THE 12Z GFS AND ECMWF DIVERGE ON THEIR SOLUTIONS IN THE DAY 5-7 TIME PERIOD. THE GFS PERSISTS WITH THE H5 ZONAL FLOW...WHILE THE ECMWF ROTATES A STRONG UPPER TROUGH THROUGH THE REGION. WILL KEEP THE CURRENT FORECAST OF LOW POPS WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. OKULSKI && .AVIATION... 00Z TAF CYCLE COLD FRONT NOW LOCATED BETWEEN KMEM AND JBR WILL SLOWLY PUSH EAST ACROSS THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF THE TAF PERIOD. THUNDERSTORMS ACCOMPANYING THE FRONT WILL AFFECT KMEM FIRST WITH TEMPORARY IFR CONDITIONS BETWEEN 00Z AND 02Z. STORMS WILL MARCH INTO KMKL AND KTUP BETWEEN 02Z AND 05Z. KTUP WILL CONTINUE TO SEE LIGHTER THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY AFTER 05Z WITH MVFR CONDITIONS...WHILE KMEM AND KMKL BECOME VFR AND OCCASIONAL SHOWERS. KJBR WILL HAVE VFR CONDITIONS WITH TEMPO SHOWERS FROM 01Z-04Z. CONDITIONS WON'T IMPROVE TO VFR AT KTUP UNTIL TOMORROW MORNING. SOUTH WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL REMAIN GUSTY THIS EVENING...EVENTUALLY SWINGING TO THE NORTHWEST LATE TONIGHT BEHIND THE BOUNDARY. SKIES WILL BECOME MORE SCATTERED WITH NORTHWEST WINDS LATE IN THE PERIOD. JAB && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... MEM 45 51 28 45 / 60 10 0 0 MKL 44 51 24 44 / 80 10 0 0 JBR 38 46 24 41 / 30 10 0 0 TUP 47 54 29 50 / 100 30 0 0 && .MEG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. MO...NONE. MS...NONE. TN...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 31, 2:53 PM CST, 7 hours 2 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 253 PM CST FRI DEC 31 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>092-012300- 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- 253 PM CST FRI DEC 31 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST ARKANSAS... THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...AND WEST TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH THIS EVENING ACROSS MOST OF THE MID SOUTH. DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES CONTINUE TO BE THE HAZARDS. PLEASE REFER TO CURRENT WATCH AND WARNING STATEMENTS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...NEW YEARS DAY THROUGH FRIDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL CONTINUE TO BE NEEDED THROUGH THIS EVENING. OKULSKI
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Dec 31, 5:59 PM CST, 3 hours 56 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
559 PM CST FRI DEC 31 2010
ARZ049-058-010045-
PHILLIPS AR-LEE AR-
559 PM CST FRI DEC 31 2010
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 645 PM CST FOR...
CENTRAL LEE COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
NORTHWESTERN PHILLIPS COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING WINDS AT LEAST 40 MPH WAS LOCATED 3
MILES WEST OF WATKINS CORNER AT 558 PM CST...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40
MPH.
VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE
POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. AN ISOLATED TORNADO MAY ALSO BE
POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
PEOPLE IN LEE AND PHILLIPS COUNTIES...INCLUDING LOCATIONS NEAR
MARIANNA AND MARVELL...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.
.A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ADVISORY AREA.
&&
LAT...LON 3472 9102 3489 9082 3482 9052 3448 9080
3432 9098 3434 9101 3435 9100 3447 9100
3447 9104 3448 9105 3465 9106
TIME...MOT...LOC 2358Z 214DEG 35KT 3450 9099Special weather statement, Dec 31, 6:01 PM CST, 3 hours 54 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 601 PM CST FRI DEC 31 2010 ARZ036-TNZ088-089-010030- CRITTENDEN AR-FAYETTE TN-SHELBY TN- 601 PM CST FRI DEC 31 2010 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 630 PM CST FOR... EAST CENTRAL CRITTENDEN COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS... WESTERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE... SHELBY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE... A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING WINDS AT LEAST 40 MPH WAS LOCATED FROM 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COLLIERVILLE TO 5 MILES WEST OF SOUTHWEST MEMPHIS AT 601 PM CST...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. PEOPLE IN CRITTENDEN...FAYETTE AND SHELBY COUNTIES...INCLUDING LOCATIONS NEAR BARTLETT...COLLIERVILLE...CORDOVA...GERMANTOWN... MEEMAN SHELBY FOREST STATE PARK...MIDTOWN MEMPHIS...MILLINGTON AND WEST MEMPHIS...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT ALSO INCLUDES LAKE MCKELLAR. .A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ADVISORY AREA. && LAT...LON 3538 9006 3539 8951 3501 8963 3502 9029 TIME...MOT...LOC 0001Z 213DEG 59KT 3510 8966 3511 9011
Local storm report, Dec 31, 6:16 PM CST, 3 hours 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
616 PM CST FRI DEC 31 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0200 PM HAIL 5 N WALNUT RIDGE 36.15N 90.96W
12/31/2010 E0.75 INCH LAWRENCE AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
PENNY SIZE HAIL REPORTED ON HIGHWAY 67 ALONG THE LAWRENCE
AND RANDOLPH COUNTY LINES.
0505 PM FUNNEL CLOUD MORO 34.79N 90.99W
12/31/2010 LEE AR STORM CHASER
REPORTED BY A STORM SPOTTER...RELAYED THROUGH THE LEE
COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER. FUNNEL CLOUD WAS NEAR MORO AND
MOVED NORTHEAST TOWARD HOLUBS CROSSING.
&&
RRHSpecial weather statement, Dec 31, 7:00 PM CST, 2 hours 55 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 700 PM CST FRI DEC 31 2010 ARZ027-035-010130- CROSS AR-POINSETT AR- 700 PM CST FRI DEC 31 2010 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 730 PM CST FOR... CROSS COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS... CENTRAL POINSETT COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL OR LARGER WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF WYNNE AT 700 PM CST...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. PEOPLE IN CROSS AND POINSETT COUNTIES...INCLUDING LOCATIONS NEAR HARRISBURG AND WYNNE...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. .A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ADVISORY AREA. && LAT...LON 3571 9079 3560 9036 3518 9081 3528 9101 TIME...MOT...LOC 0100Z 210DEG 53KT 3533 9086
Special weather statement, Dec 31, 7:21 PM CST, 2 hours 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 721 PM CST FRI DEC 31 2010 ARZ018-026>028-MOZ113-010145- CRAIGHEAD AR-MISSISSIPPI AR-POINSETT AR-GREENE AR-DUNKLIN MO- 721 PM CST FRI DEC 31 2010 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 745 PM CST FOR... EASTERN CRAIGHEAD COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS... SOUTH CENTRAL GREENE COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS... NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS... EASTERN POINSETT COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS... EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN DUNKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL OR LARGER AND WINDS AT LEAST 40 MPH WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GREENFIELD AT 721 PM CST...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. PEOPLE IN CRAIGHEAD...DUNKLIN...GREENE...MISSISSIPPI AND POINSETT COUNTIES...INCLUDING LOCATIONS NEAR BAY...BROOKLAND...CARAWAY... HARRISBURG...JONESBORO...LAKE CITY...LEACHVILLE...MONETTE...PARAGOULD AND TRUMANN...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. && LAT...LON 3610 9056 3596 9013 3549 9059 3561 9083 TIME...MOT...LOC 0121Z 210DEG 55KT 3569 9064
Special weather statement, Dec 31, 7:24 PM CST, 2 hours 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 724 PM CST FRI DEC 31 2010 TNZ001>004-019>021-010200- CARROLL TN-GIBSON TN-HENRY TN-WEAKLEY TN-LAKE TN-OBION TN-DYER TN- 724 PM CST FRI DEC 31 2010 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 800 PM CST FOR... NORTHWESTERN CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE... NORTHERN DYER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE... NORTHERN GIBSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE... WESTERN HENRY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE... SOUTHEASTERN LAKE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE... OBION COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE... WEAKLEY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE... A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING WINDS AT LEAST 40 MPH WAS LOCATED FROM 3 MILES WEST OF MISTON TO 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MCKENZIE AT 724 PM CST...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. PEOPLE IN CARROLL...DYER...GIBSON...HENRY...LAKE...OBION AND WEAKLEY COUNTIES...INCLUDING LOCATIONS NEAR MARTIN...MCKENZIE...PARIS... REELFOOT LAKE STATE PARK AND UNION CITY...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT ALSO INCLUDES REELFOOT LAKE. && LAT...LON 3600 8847 3605 8963 3651 8935 3650 8817 TIME...MOT...LOC 0124Z 212DEG 48KT 3623 8948 3617 8855
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 31, 6:01 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Shelby | 29 min |
| Dec 31, 6:08 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Shelby, Tipton | 2 hr |
| Dec 31, 9:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby, Tipton | 35 min |
| Dec 31, 9:30 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Shelby | 3 hr |
| Dec 31, 9:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Crockett, Fayette, Hardeman, Haywood, Henry and 4 more | 145 days |
| Dec 31, 9:42 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Dyer | 33 min |
| Dec 31, 10:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crockett, Haywood, Madison | 145 days |
| Dec 31, 10:32 PM CST | Flash Flood Watch | MEG | Chester, Decatur, Hardeman, Hardin, Henderson, McNairy | 5 hr |
| Dec 31, 10:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Fayette, Hardeman, Madison | 145 days |
| Dec 31, 10:59 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Hardeman, Hardin, McNairy | 3 hr |
| Dec 31, 11:00 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Lake | 30 min |
| Dec 31, 11:51 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Decatur, Hardin, Henderson | 3 hr |
| Dec 31, 9:19 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Dunklin, Pemiscot | 26 min |
| Dec 31, 7:00 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Cross, Poinsett | 30 min |
| Dec 31, 7:21 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Craighead, Poinsett | 24 min |
| Dec 31, 8:14 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MEG | St. Francis | 31 min |
| Dec 31, 10:18 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lafayette, Lee, Monroe and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Dec 31, 10:53 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Benton, Itawamba, Lafayette, Lee, Marshall and 5 more | 3 hr |
| Dec 31, 11:08 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Monroe | 3 hr |
| Dec 31, 11:11 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee | 34 min |
| Dec 31, 11:49 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Itawamba, Monroe | 26 min |
| Jan 1, 12:28 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Lafayette, Lee, Pontotoc, Union | 108 min |
| Jan 1, 1:13 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc | 65 min |
| Jan 1, 1:31 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Monroe | 44 min |
| Jan 1, 9:39 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MEG | Monroe | 22 hr |
| Jan 1, 9:39 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MEG | Monroe | 10 hr |
| Jan 1, 9:39 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MEG | Lowndes, Monroe | 4 days |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.