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Special Weather Statement, NWS Memphis, TN

June 4, 2012Tate County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this special weather statement at Jun 4, 2012, 7:33 AM CDT for Tate County, Mississippi. It was in force for 27 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 4, 2012, 7:33 AM CDT (12:33 UTC)
Expired: Jun 4, 2012, 8:00 AM CDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN

County Tate County, MS

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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 4, 7:10 AM CDT, 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 7:10 AM CDT, 23 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 4, 4:37 AM CDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 4, 4:46 AM CDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
446 AM CDT MON JUN 4 2012

ARZ036-MSZ001>003-007-008-012-TNZ088-041015-
CRITTENDEN AR-BENTON MS-TUNICA MS-TATE MS-PANOLA MS-MARSHALL MS-
DE SOTO MS-SHELBY TN-
446 AM CDT MON JUN 4 2012

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 515 AM CDT FOR...

  SOUTH CENTRAL CRITTENDEN COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
  WEST CENTRAL BENTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  DESOTO COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
  NORTHEASTERN PANOLA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
  TATE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
  NORTHEASTERN TUNICA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
  SOUTH CENTRAL SHELBY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...

A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL OR LARGER AND
WINDS AT LEAST 40 MPH WAS LOCATED FROM OLIVE BRANCH TO 3 MILES EAST
OF ROBINSONVILLE AT 446 AM CDT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

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

PEOPLE IN BENTON...CRITTENDEN...DESOTO...MARSHALL...PANOLA...
SHELBY...TATE AND TUNICA COUNTIES...INCLUDING LOCATIONS NEAR
HERNANDO...HOLLY SPRINGS...HORN LAKE...OLIVE BRANCH...SENATOBIA...
SOUTHAVEN AND WALL DOXEY STATE PARK...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM
CLOSELY. THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT ALSO INCLUDES HORN LAKE...
LAKE MCKELLAR AND ROBCO LAKE.

&&

LAT...LON 3488 9044 3487 9043 3484 9043 3483 9041
      3489 9041 3508 8980 3474 8925 3451 8983
      3483 9046 3487 9049
TIME...MOT...LOC 0946Z 300DEG 45KT 3494 8980 3479 9024

Local storm report, Jun 4, 5:14 AM CDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 4, 5:40 AM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 4, 6:09 AM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
609 AM CDT MON JUN 4 2012

MSZ012-013-021-022-041145-
YALOBUSHA MS-PANOLA MS-LAFAYETTE MS-CALHOUN MS-
609 AM CDT MON JUN 4 2012

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 645 AM CDT FOR...

  NORTHWESTERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  SOUTHERN LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
  EAST CENTRAL PANOLA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
  NORTHEASTERN YALOBUSHA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL OR LARGER AND WINDS AT
LEAST 40 MPH WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BURGESS AT 609 AM
CDT...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

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

PEOPLE IN CALHOUN...LAFAYETTE...PANOLA AND YALOBUSHA COUNTIES SHOULD
MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT ALSO
INCLUDES SARDIS LAKE.

&&

LAT...LON 3430 8926 3408 8934 3427 8994 3441 8979
TIME...MOT...LOC 1109Z 287DEG 30KT 3430 8972

Special weather statement, Jun 4, 6:24 AM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 4, 7:33 AM 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
Jun 3, 7:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Alcorn, Tishomingo	24 min
Jun 3, 7:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Tishomingo	48 min
Jun 3, 10:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Benton, Tippah	40 min
Jun 3, 10:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Alcorn, Benton, Tippah	38 min
Jun 3, 11:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Alcorn, Tishomingo	49 min
Jun 3, 11:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Alcorn, Prentiss, Tippah, Union	51 min
Jun 3, 11:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Alcorn, Itawamba, Lee, Prentiss, Tippah, Tishomingo	62 min
Jun 4, 3:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	DeSoto	35 min
Jun 4, 4:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	DeSoto, Marshall	40 min
Jun 4, 4:09 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Alcorn, Tishomingo	36 min
Jun 4, 4:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Tippah	31 min
Jun 4, 4:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Alcorn, Benton, Marshall, Prentiss, Tippah, Union	38 min
Jun 4, 4:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Alcorn, Itawamba, Prentiss, Tishomingo	46 min
Jun 4, 4:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	DeSoto, Marshall, Tate	29 min
Jun 4, 4:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Alcorn, Itawamba, Lee, Prentiss, Tippah, Tishomingo and 1 more	47 min
Jun 4, 5:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Benton, DeSoto, Lafayette, Marshall, Tate, Tippah and 1 more	37 min
Jun 4, 5:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lafayette, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc and 1 more	39 min
Jun 4, 6:09 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Lafayette	36 min
Jun 4, 6:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc	46 min
Jun 4, 8:02 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Panola, Yalobusha	28 min
Jun 3, 7:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Decatur, Henderson	51 min
Jun 3, 7:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Decatur, Hardin	14 min
Jun 3, 7:40 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Decatur	3 hr
Jun 3, 7:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Decatur, Hardin	23 min
Jun 3, 7:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Dyer, Gibson, Lake, Obion, Weakley	48 min
Jun 3, 8:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Dyer, Lauderdale	26 min
Jun 3, 8:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Hardin, McNairy	38 min
Jun 3, 8:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Carroll, Dyer, Gibson, Obion, Weakley	45 min
Jun 3, 8:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Dyer, Lauderdale	43 min
Jun 3, 8:35 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	McNairy	5 hr
Jun 3, 8:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	McNairy	36 min
Jun 3, 8:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lauderdale	28 min
Jun 3, 8:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Hardin, McNairy	51 min
Jun 3, 8:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Hardin, McNairy	32 min
Jun 3, 9:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Hardin, McNairy	13 min
Jun 3, 9:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lauderdale, Tipton	45 min
Jun 3, 9:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Crockett, Haywood, Lauderdale, Madison	43 min
Jun 3, 9:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Hardin	68 min
Jun 3, 9:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Crockett, Haywood, Madison	28 min
Jun 3, 9:34 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Hardeman, Hardin, Haywood and 3 more	3 hr
Jun 3, 9:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Fayette, Shelby	43 min
Jun 3, 10:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Fayette	24 min
Jun 3, 10:40 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Chester, Decatur, Hardin, Henderson, McNairy	3 hr
Jun 4, 2:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Fayette, Haywood, Lauderdale, Tipton	31 min
Jun 4, 3:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Shelby, Tipton	52 min
Jun 4, 3:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Shelby	47 min
Jun 4, 10:19 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Shelby	26 min
Jun 4, 10:22 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Fayette, Shelby	83 min
Jun 3, 7:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lawrence	55 min
Jun 3, 7:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Clay, Greene	50 min
Jun 3, 7:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Craighead, Greene, Lawrence	59 min
Jun 3, 7:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Greene	66 min
Jun 3, 7:47 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Mississippi	43 min
Jun 3, 8:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Craighead, Greene, Lawrence	39 min
Jun 3, 8:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Mississippi	30 min
Jun 4, 2:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Craighead, Crittenden, Mississippi, Poinsett	41 min
Jun 4, 2:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Craighead, Poinsett	47 min
Jun 4, 3:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Crittenden, Cross, Mississippi, Poinsett	45 min
Jun 4, 3:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Crittenden, Cross, Poinsett, St. Francis	47 min
Jun 4, 6:24 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	St. Francis	36 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Mississippi, 2012 Every special weather statement in 2012

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.