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Special Weather Statement, NWS Memphis, TN

May 29, 2012Tishomingo County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this special weather statement at May 29, 2012, 7:07 PM CDT for Tishomingo County, Mississippi. It was in force for 38 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: May 29, 2012, 7:07 PM CDT (00:07 UTC)
Expired: May 29, 2012, 7:45 PM CDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN

County Tishomingo County, MS

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 213 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: 718 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1766 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 20 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 May 29, 6:19 PM CDT, 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 29, 6:19 PM CDT, 48 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 29, 3:53 PM CDT, 3 hours 14 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
353 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2012

ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-
MSZ001>017-020>024-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092-301130-
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-
353 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST ARKANSAS...
THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...AND WEST TENNESSEE.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

A FEW STRONG STORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. HAIL AND GUSTY
WINDS ARE THE MAIN THREATS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

A FEW STRONG STORMS ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT
ACROSS NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI AND EAST CENTRAL ARKANSAS. HAIL
WOULD BE THE MAIN THREAT.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY AFTERNOON
AND EVENING AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH. LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS ARE THE MAIN THREATS...BUT A TORNADO OR TWO CANNOT
BE RULED OUT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THURSDAY AND THURSDAY EVENING.

SJM

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 29, 3:54 PM CDT, 3 hours 13 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
354 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2012

TNZ004-292130-
HENRY TN-
354 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2012

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR...

  NORTHEASTERN HENRY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE...

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS TO
50 MPH WAS LOCATED 12 MILES NORTH OF PARIS AT 354 PM CDT...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

PEOPLE IN HENRY COUNTY...INCLUDING LOCATIONS NEAR PARIS LANDING STATE
PARK AND PARIS...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.

&&

LAT...LON 3635 8800 3635 8809 3626 8808 3622 8811
      3622 8813 3615 8817 3650 8851 3650 8805
      3644 8805 3640 8801 3636 8799
TIME...MOT...LOC 2054Z 315DEG 22KT 3646 8835

Special weather statement, May 29, 4:32 PM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
432 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2012

TNZ003-004-021-292200-
WEAKLEY TN-CARROLL TN-HENRY TN-
432 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2012

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR...

  NORTHEASTERN CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE...
  HENRY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE...
  SOUTHEASTERN WEAKLEY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE...

A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING WINDS AT LEAST 40 MPH WAS
LOCATED FROM 7 MILES NORTH OF SPRINGVILLE TO 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF
MCKENZIE AT 432 PM CDT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

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

PEOPLE IN CARROLL...HENRY AND WEAKLEY COUNTIES...INCLUDING LOCATIONS
NEAR MCKENZIE AND PARIS...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.

&&

LAT...LON 3635 8809 3626 8808 3622 8811 3622 8813
      3615 8817 3612 8820 3593 8821 3614 8862
      3645 8813 3636 8799
TIME...MOT...LOC 2132Z 308DEG 18KT 3634 8813 3615 8843

Local storm report, May 29, 7:04 PM CDT, 3 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 29, 7:07 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
May 30, 1:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Coahoma, Tunica	41 min
May 30, 1:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Quitman	41 min
May 30, 2:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie	42 min
May 30, 2:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Tallahatchie, Yalobusha	41 min
May 30, 2:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Panola	40 min
May 30, 3:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Lafayette	37 min
May 30, 3:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Calhoun	27 min
May 30, 3:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Calhoun, Chickasaw	13 min
May 30, 8:19 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Lawrence	26 min
May 30, 12:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Phillips	48 min
May 30, 12:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lee, Phillips	43 min
May 30, 12:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	St. Francis	25 min

Nearby

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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.