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Special Weather Statement, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this special weather statement at Aug 20, 2011, 10:01 AM CDT for 5 counties in Arkansas; Dunklin County, Pemiscot County, Missouri. It was in force for 44 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 20, 2011, 10:01 AM CDT (15:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 20, 2011, 10:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
Counties Clay County, AR, Craighead County, AR, Greene County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, Poinsett County, AR, Dunklin County, MO, Pemiscot County, MO
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The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>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 Aug 20, 6:54 AM CDT, 3 hours 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 20, 6:54 AM CDT, 3 hours 7 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 442 AM CDT SAT AUG 20 2011 ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115- MSZ001>017-020>024-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092-211100- ALCORN-BENTON MS-CALHOUN-CARROLL-CHESTER-CHICKASAW-CLAY-COAHOMA- CRAIGHEAD-CRITTENDEN-CROCKETT-CROSS-DESOTO-DECATUR-DUNKLIN-DYER- FAYETTE-GIBSON-GREENE-HARDEMAN-HARDIN-HAYWOOD-HENDERSON-HENRY- ITAWAMBA-LAFAYETTE-LAKE-LAUDERDALE-LAWRENCE-LEE AR-LEE MS-MADISON- MARSHALL-MCNAIRY-MISSISSIPPI-MONROE-OBION-PANOLA-PEMISCOT- PHILLIPS-POINSETT-PONTOTOC-PRENTISS-QUITMAN-RANDOLPH-SHELBY- ST. FRANCIS-TALLAHATCHIE-TATE-TIPPAH-TIPTON-TISHOMINGO-TUNICA- UNION-WEAKLEY-YALOBUSHA- 442 AM CDT SAT AUG 20 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST ARKANSAS... THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...AND WEST TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A HEAT ADVISORY HAS BEEN POSTED FROM LATE THIS MORNING UNTIL EARLY EVENING FOR PARTS OF EAST-CENTRAL ARKANSAS AND NORTH MISSISSIPPI. HEAT INDEX READINGS BETWEEN 105 AND 108 DEGREES ARE EXPECTED IN THIS AREA. A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN MAY OCCUR. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. JCL
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 20, 10:01 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Aug 20, 3:51 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | MEG | Calhoun, Coahoma, Lafayette, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie and 3 more | 16 hr |
| Aug 20, 12:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | DeSoto, Marshall, Tate, Tunica | 27 min |
| Aug 20, 12:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, Marshall | 40 min |
| Aug 20, 12:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Benton, DeSoto, Marshall, Panola, Tate, Tunica | 51 min |
| Aug 20, 1:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, Lafayette, Marshall, Union | 41 min |
| Aug 20, 2:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Chickasaw, Pontotoc | 22 min |
| Aug 20, 3:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Yalobusha | 40 min |
| Aug 20, 11:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Lauderdale, Shelby, Tipton | 50 min |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in Arkansas, 2011Special Weather Statements in Missouri, 2011Every 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.