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Special Weather Statement, NWS Memphis, TN

June 17, 2011Henry County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this special weather statement at Jun 17, 2011, 1:15 PM CDT for Henry County, Tennessee. It was in force for 30 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
Jun 17, 2011, 1:15 PM CDT (18:15 UTC)
Expired
Jun 17, 2011, 1:45 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN

County Henry County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 139 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2011-06-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 148 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2011-06-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 23 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
148 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-83 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1183 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Jun 17, 12:48 PM CDT, 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 17, 12:48 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 17, 11:46 AM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 17, 11:03 AM CDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 17, 1:15 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 16, 7:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGBenton, DeSoto, Marshall, Tippah47 min
Jun 16, 9:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCoahoma, Quitman28 min
Jun 16, 9:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCoahoma, Quitman, Tunica47 min
Jun 16, 9:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCoahoma, Quitman, Tallahatchie43 min
Jun 16, 9:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCoahoma, Quitman44 min
Jun 16, 9:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCoahoma31 min
Jun 16, 10:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCoahoma, Panola, Quitman45 min
Jun 16, 10:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCoahoma, Quitman, Tallahatchie37 min
Jun 17, 7:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGDeSoto, Marshall44 min
Jun 17, 7:31 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGBenton, Marshall119 min
Jun 17, 8:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGChickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc40 min
Jun 16, 7:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCarroll, Chester, Crockett, Fayette, Gibson, Hardeman and 5 more43 min
Jun 16, 7:39 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGLauderdale, Tipton3 hr
Jun 16, 7:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCarroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Fayette, Gibson and 6 more61 min
Jun 16, 9:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCarroll, Chester, Decatur, Henderson, Henry28 min
Jun 16, 9:28 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGCarroll, Decatur, Henderson3 hr
Jun 17, 1:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHaywood, Lauderdale, Tipton35 min
Jun 17, 2:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGDyer, Lake, Obion29 min
Jun 17, 4:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCrockett, Dyer, Gibson, Lauderdale18 min
Jun 17, 4:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHaywood, Lauderdale31 min
Jun 17, 5:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGDyer, Lake, Obion39 min
Jun 17, 5:11 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGCrockett, Dyer, Haywood, Lauderdale, Madison, Tipton2 hr
Jun 17, 5:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCrockett, Haywood, Lauderdale26 min
Jun 17, 5:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGFayette, Shelby35 min
Jun 17, 6:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGGibson, Obion, Weakley44 min
Jun 17, 6:43 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGFayette32 min
Jun 17, 7:08 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGWeakley22 min
Jun 17, 7:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCarroll, Gibson, Henry, Obion, Weakley25 min
Jun 17, 8:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCarroll, Crockett, Gibson, Madison33 min
Jun 17, 8:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCarroll, Crockett, Gibson, Henderson, Madison46 min
Jun 17, 9:29 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGCrockett, Gibson, Haywood, Henderson, Madison3 hr
Jun 17, 9:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCrockett, Dyer, Gibson, Haywood, Lauderdale44 min
Jun 17, 9:57 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMEGCrockett, Dyer, Lauderdale9 hr
Jun 17, 11:03 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGDyer27 min
Jun 16, 7:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCross, St. Francis15 min
Jun 16, 9:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLee, Phillips51 min
Jun 17, 1:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGClay36 min
Jun 17, 1:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGClay33 min
Jun 17, 2:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGGreene, Mississippi42 min
Jun 17, 3:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGClay18 min
Jun 17, 2:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGDunklin19 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.