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Special Weather Statement, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this special weather statement at Aug 8, 2011, 10:31 PM CDT for Quitman County, Tallahatchie County, Mississippi. 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
- Aug 8, 2011, 10:31 PM CDT (03:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 2011, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
Counties Quitman County, MS, Tallahatchie County, MS
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 157 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:33 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 102 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
- 4035 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -55 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1436 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 132 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 156 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.7
- Supercell composite
- 12.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
174
WWUS84 KMEG 090331
SPSMEG
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1031 PM CDT MON AUG 8 2011
MSZ011-012-020-021-090400-
YALOBUSHA MS-TALLAHATCHIE MS-QUITMAN MS-PANOLA MS-
1031 PM CDT MON AUG 8 2011
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR...
SOUTHERN PANOLA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
SOUTHERN QUITMAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
WESTERN YALOBUSHA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING WINDS AT LEAST 40 MPH WAS LOCATED
OVER CHARLESTON AT 1032 PM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
PEOPLE IN PANOLA...QUITMAN...TALLAHATCHIE AND YALOBUSHA COUNTIES...
INCLUDING LOCATIONS NEAR CHARLESTON AND GEORGE PAYNE STATE PARK...
SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3378 9018 3380 9019 3381 9045 3426 9045
3427 8995 3420 8972 3386 8971 3386 8977
3389 8978 3389 8992 3382 8993 3380 9013
3378 9013
TIME...MOT...LOC 0332Z 283DEG 24KT 3401 9000
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 8:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Coahoma | 51 min |
| Aug 8, 9:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Tate, Tunica | 59 min |
| Aug 8, 9:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Panola | 39 min |
| Aug 8, 9:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie | 36 min |
| Aug 8, 7:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Lee | 38 min |
| Aug 8, 8:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lee, St. Francis | 42 min |
| Aug 8, 8:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lee, St. Francis | 52 min |
| Aug 8, 9:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lee, Phillips | 38 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.