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Special Weather Statement, NWS Memphis, TN

March 29, 2011Prentiss County, Tishomingo County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this special weather statement at Mar 29, 2011, 11:58 PM CDT for Prentiss County, Tishomingo County, Mississippi. It was in force for 32 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 29, 2011, 11:58 PM CDT (04:58 UTC)
Expired: Mar 30, 2011, 12:30 AM CDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN

Counties Prentiss County, MS, Tishomingo County, MS

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:58 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, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 158 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 463 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 210 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 394 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.6

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The text

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

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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 29, 11:54 PM CDT, 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 29, 11:54 PM CDT, 4 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 29, 11:50 PM CDT, 8 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 29, 8:56 PM CDT, 3 hours 2 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
856 PM CDT TUE MAR 29 2011

ARZ017-018-026-300230-
CRAIGHEAD AR-GREENE AR-LAWRENCE AR-
856 PM CDT TUE MAR 29 2011

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR...

  CRAIGHEAD COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
  SOUTHERN GREENE COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF DIMES WAS
LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTH OF ALICIA AT 856 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
65 MPH.

PEOPLE IN CRAIGHEAD...GREENE AND LAWRENCE COUNTIES...INCLUDING
LOCATIONS NEAR BONO...BROOKLAND...CROWLEYS RIDGE STATE PARK...
JONESBORO...LAKE FRIERSON STATE PARK AND PARAGOULD...SHOULD MONITOR
THIS STORM CLOSELY.

&&

LAT...LON 3614 9046 3591 9034 3571 9100 3571 9105
      3588 9104 3589 9111 3590 9111
TIME...MOT...LOC 0156Z 247DEG 55KT 3580 9103

Special weather statement, Mar 29, 10:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1012 PM CDT TUE MAR 29 2011

MSZ017-024-300345-
ITAWAMBA MS-MONROE MS-
1012 PM CDT TUE MAR 29 2011

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 1045 PM CDT FOR...

  SOUTHERN ITAWAMBA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  NORTHERN MONROE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HAIL UP TO NICKEL SIZE WAS LOCATED
OVER NEW WREN AT 1012 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

PEOPLE IN ITAWAMBA AND MONROE COUNTIES...INCLUDING LOCATIONS NEAR
AMORY...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.

.A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ADVISORY
AREA.

&&

LAT...LON 3413 8819 3408 8819 3399 8821 3385 8866
      3399 8871 3403 8871 3423 8821 3417 8818
TIME...MOT...LOC 0312Z 247DEG 35KT 3397 8860

BORGHOFF

Special weather statement, Mar 29, 10:13 PM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1013 PM CDT TUE MAR 29 2011

MSZ015-022-023-300400-
PONTOTOC MS-CALHOUN MS-CHICKASAW MS-
1013 PM CDT TUE MAR 29 2011

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR...

  SOUTHERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  CHICKASAW COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  SOUTH CENTRAL PONTOTOC COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING UP TO PENNY SIZE HAIL WAS LOCATED 8
MILES SOUTH OF DERMA AT 1013 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

PEOPLE IN CALHOUN...CHICKASAW AND PONTOTOC COUNTIES...INCLUDING
LOCATIONS NEAR HOUSTON...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. THIS
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT ALSO INCLUDES DAVIS LAKE.

.A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ADVISORY
AREA.

&&

LAT...LON 3373 8952 3378 8951 3414 8893 3386 8875
      3380 8890 3381 8891 3380 8892 3373 8908
      3374 8917 3372 8918 3372 8950
TIME...MOT...LOC 0313Z 240DEG 29KT 3375 8930

Special weather statement, Mar 29, 10:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 29, 11:02 PM CDT, 56 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 29, 11:58 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 29, 7:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe	47 min
Mar 29, 8:36 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	MEG	DeSoto, Tunica	4 days
Mar 29, 9:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Tallahatchie, Yalobusha	44 min
Mar 29, 10:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Calhoun, Lafayette, Yalobusha	42 min
Mar 29, 10:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Monroe	33 min
Mar 29, 10:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Chickasaw	47 min
Mar 29, 10:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Itawamba, Monroe	30 min
Mar 29, 10:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Calhoun, Lafayette, Pontotoc, Union	33 min
Mar 29, 10:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Crockett	36 min
Mar 29, 7:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Greene	29 min
Mar 29, 8:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Mississippi	26 min
Mar 29, 8:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Craighead	34 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Mississippi, 2011 Every special weather statement 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.