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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 708, NWS Memphis, TN

August 23, 2011Hardeman County, Tennessee; Benton County, Tippah County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 23, 2011, 6:02 PM CDT for Hardeman County, Tennessee; Benton County, Tippah County, Mississippi. It was in force for 28 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 23, 2011, 6:02 PM CDT (23:02 UTC)
Expired
Aug 23, 2011, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Benton County, MS, Tippah County, MS, Hardeman County, TN

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 89 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 12:00Z on 2011-08-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4250 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2011-08-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -16 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
4250 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
740 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
49 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

883 
WUUS54 KMEG 232302
SVRMEG
MSC009-139-TNC069-232330-
/O.NEW.KMEG.SV.W.0708.110823T2302Z-110823T2330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
602 PM CDT TUE AUG 23 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN BENTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  NORTH CENTRAL TIPPAH COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  SOUTH CENTRAL HARDEMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 602 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 NEAR HAMILTON...
  OR 14 MILES NORTH OF RIPLEY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WALNUT...
  ROGERS SPRINGS...NEW CANAAN...BRODY...BROWNFIELD AND HAMILTON.

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 3511 8899 3497 8883 3480 8904 3495 8913
TIME...MOT...LOC 2302Z 229DEG 5KT 3493 8902

$$
1 follow-up statement
765 
WWUS54 KMEG 232321
SVSMEG

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
621 PM CDT TUE AUG 23 2011

MSC009-139-TNC069-232332-
/O.EXP.KMEG.SV.W.0708.000000T0000Z-110823T2330Z/
BENTON MS-TIPPAH MS-HARDEMAN TN-
621 PM CDT TUE AUG 23 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL HARDEMAN...NORTH
CENTRAL TIPPAH AND NORTHEASTERN BENTON COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 630 PM
CDT...

AT 622 PM CDT...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 3511 8899 3497 8883 3480 8904 3495 8913
TIME...MOT...LOC 2322Z 229DEG 5KT 3495 8899

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 23, 11:41 AM CDTHeat AdvisoryMEGDyer, Lake, Lauderdale, Obion, Shelby, Tipton21 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 2011Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee, 2011Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2011

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.