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Special Weather Statement, NWS Memphis, TN

March 26, 2011Phillips County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this special weather statement at Mar 26, 2011, 3:31 AM CDT for Phillips County, Arkansas. 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 outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Mar 26, 2011, 3:31 AM CDT (08:31 UTC)
Expired: Mar 26, 2011, 4:00 AM CDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN

County Phillips County, AR

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Mar 26, 3:21 AM CDT, 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 26, 3:21 AM CDT, 10 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 25, 11:43 PM CDT, 3 hours 48 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 26, 1:43 AM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
143 AM CDT SAT MAR 26 2011

MSZ012-013-020>022-260730-
LAFAYETTE MS-PANOLA MS-YALOBUSHA MS-TALLAHATCHIE MS-CALHOUN MS-
143 AM CDT SAT MAR 26 2011

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 230 AM CDT FOR...

  NORTHWESTERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  SOUTHERN LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
  SOUTHEASTERN PANOLA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
  NORTHEASTERN TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
  YALOBUSHA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL OR LARGER WAS LOCATED 3
MILES SOUTHEAST OF ENID AT 143 AM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

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

PEOPLE IN CALHOUN...LAFAYETTE...PANOLA...TALLAHATCHIE AND YALOBUSHA
COUNTIES...INCLUDING LOCATIONS NEAR GEORGE PAYNE STATE PARK AND WATER
VALLEY...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
ALERT ALSO INCLUDES ENID LAKE.

&&

LAT...LON 3387 8977 3389 8978 3389 8991 3424 9005
      3439 8924 3399 8924
TIME...MOT...LOC 0643Z 255DEG 40KT 3410 8988

Special weather statement, Mar 26, 2:29 AM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 26, 2:33 AM CDT, 58 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
233 AM CDT SAT MAR 26 2011

TNZ052-053-089>091-260815-
FAYETTE TN-MADISON TN-CHESTER TN-HARDEMAN TN-MCNAIRY TN-
233 AM CDT SAT MAR 26 2011

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 315 AM CDT FOR...

  WESTERN CHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...
  EASTERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...
  HARDEMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...
  SOUTHERN MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...
  NORTHWESTERN MCNAIRY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL OR LARGER WAS LOCATED
OVER WHITEVILLE AT 234 AM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

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

PEOPLE IN CHESTER...FAYETTE...HARDEMAN...MADISON AND MCNAIRY
COUNTIES...INCLUDING LOCATIONS NEAR BOLIVAR...CHICKASAW STATE
FOREST...CHICKASAW STATE PARK...HENDERSON...SELMER AND T O FULLER
STATE PARK...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.

&&

LAT...LON 3508 8872 3502 8930 3539 8928 3540 8919
      3541 8919 3557 8856 3520 8852
TIME...MOT...LOC 0734Z 249DEG 47KT 3533 8911

Special weather statement, Mar 26, 2:46 AM CDT, 45 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 26, 3:29 AM CDT, 2 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 26, 3:31 AM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
331 AM CDT SAT MAR 26 2011

ARZ058-260900-
PHILLIPS AR-
331 AM CDT SAT MAR 26 2011

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 400 AM CDT FOR...

  PHILLIPS COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL OR LARGER WAS LOCATED 5
MILES WEST OF WHITE RIVER NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE AT 331 AM CDT...
MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

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

PEOPLE IN PHILLIPS COUNTY...INCLUDING LOCATIONS NEAR ELAINE AND WHITE
RIVER NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.
THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT ALSO INCLUDES OLD TOWN LAKE.

&&

LAT...LON 3415 9108 3420 9109 3423 9106 3429 9107
      3434 9105 3435 9100 3446 9100 3459 9082
      3440 9070 3436 9076 3435 9076 3425 9087
      3424 9093 3413 9095 3413 9110
TIME...MOT...LOC 0831Z 252DEG 43KT 3424 9110

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 26, 12:54 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	DeSoto	36 min
Mar 26, 1:04 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Tallahatchie, Yalobusha	41 min
Mar 26, 1:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Coahoma, Quitman	45 min
Mar 26, 1:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Yalobusha	47 min
Mar 26, 2:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Calhoun, Lafayette, Yalobusha	61 days
Mar 26, 2:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Calhoun, Lafayette, Pontotoc, Tallahatchie, Union, Yalobusha	61 days
Mar 26, 3:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lee, Pontotoc	61 days
Mar 26, 3:39 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Itawamba, Lee, Pontotoc	3 hr
Mar 26, 3:46 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Coahoma, Quitman	44 min
Mar 26, 3:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Itawamba, Lee	28 min
Mar 26, 4:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Itawamba	38 min
Mar 26, 4:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Coahoma, Panola, Quitman	41 min
Mar 26, 4:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lafayette, Marshall, Panola	50 min
Mar 26, 4:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Itawamba, Lee, Prentiss, Tishomingo	47 min
Mar 26, 5:11 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Lafayette, Lee, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Union	3 hr
Mar 26, 5:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lafayette, Lee, Marshall, Pontotoc, Tippah, Union	39 min
Mar 26, 6:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Union	46 min
Mar 26, 6:42 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Prentiss	33 min
Mar 26, 7:12 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Itawamba	33 min
Mar 26, 5:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Benton, Marshall	49 min
Mar 26, 5:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Alcorn, Prentiss, Tippah, Tishomingo	24 min
Mar 26, 5:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Benton, Marshall, Tate, Tippah, Union	64 min
Mar 26, 5:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Alcorn, Benton, Prentiss, Tippah	47 min
Mar 26, 6:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Itawamba, Monroe	21 min
Mar 26, 6:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Alcorn, Benton, Itawamba, Lee, Prentiss, Tippah and 2 more	58 min
Mar 26, 6:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Tate	39 min
Mar 26, 6:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Benton, Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Tate	48 min
Mar 26, 2:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Shelby	31 min
Mar 26, 2:33 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Chester, Hardeman, McNairy	42 min
Mar 26, 3:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Shelby, Tipton	46 min
Mar 26, 4:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Fayette, Shelby, Tipton	36 min
Mar 26, 4:56 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Hardeman	49 min
Mar 26, 5:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Chester	45 min
Mar 26, 5:58 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Hardin	32 min
Mar 26, 7:51 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Shelby	39 min
Mar 26, 12:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Lake	38 min
Mar 26, 1:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Obion	43 min
Mar 26, 1:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Crockett, Gibson	29 min
Mar 26, 1:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Dyer	30 min
Mar 26, 1:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Lake, Obion	27 min
Mar 26, 2:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Carroll	27 min
Mar 26, 2:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Carroll, Gibson	36 min
Mar 26, 2:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Decatur, Henderson	31 min
Mar 26, 4:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Henderson, Madison	37 min
Mar 26, 2:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Cross	44 min
Mar 26, 3:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Crittenden	46 min
Mar 26, 6:51 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Cross, St. Francis	24 min
Mar 26, 7:11 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	St. Francis	49 min
Mar 26, 7:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Crittenden, Cross, Lee, St. Francis	34 min
Mar 26, 11:52 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Clay	38 min
Mar 26, 12:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Greene	49 min
Mar 26, 10:50 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Pemiscot	40 min
Mar 26, 1:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Dunklin, Pemiscot	25 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.