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Special Weather Statement, NWS Memphis, TN

July 6, 2012Lee County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this special weather statement at Jul 6, 2012, 9:00 PM CDT for Lee County, Arkansas. 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
Jul 6, 2012, 9:00 PM CDT (02:00 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 2012, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN

County Lee County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 281 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, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 2012-07-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 159 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, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 2012-07-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 104 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
159 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-194 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1841 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
104 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
157 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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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 Jul 6, 6:46 PM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 6:46 PM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
646 PM CDT FRI JUL 6 2012

.DISCUSSION...

UPDATED FOR 00Z AVIATION DISCUSSION

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 334 PM CDT FRI JUL 6 2012/

DISCUSSION...

CLOUDS ARE BEGINNING TO MOVE INTO EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE FORECAST
AREA WHILE MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES WERE FOUND ELSEWHERE. TEMPERATURES
RANGE FROM THE LOWER 90S TO AS HIGH AS 102 DEGREES. SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING INTO EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE FORECAST
AREA. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE BECOMING SEVERE PRODUCING
DAMAGING WINDS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WILL BE ISSUED FOR
PARTS OF THE FORECAST AREA. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE EVENING HOURS.

UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL BEGIN TO BREAK DOWN SOME ON SATURDAY.
AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WILL BE A COUPLE OF DEGREES COOLER WITH
MOST LOCATIONS REMAINING BELOW 100 DEGREES. HOWEVER...MOISTURE
WILL BE ON THE INCREASE WHICH WILL ALLOW HEAT INDEX VALUES TO RISE
ABOVE 105 DEGREES FOR ONE MORE DAY SO WILL KEEP HEAT ADVISORY IN
EFFECT UNTIL SATURDAY EVENING. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ON SATURDAY AS WELL AS SATURDAY NIGHT.

BY SUNDAY...A COLD FRONT WILL BE APPROACHING THE REGION. AS THE
FRONT GETS CLOSER TO THE REGION...CLOUDS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE
AND THERE WILL BE A BETTER CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
WITH MORE CLOUDS ACROSS THE REGION...TEMPERATURES WILL BE A LITTLE
COOLER ON SUNDAY WITH HIGHS IN THE LOW TO MID 90S. THIS HIGHER
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY NIGHT AS WELL.

BY MONDAY...THE FRONT WILL BE ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA WITH
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY. WITH THE CLOUDS AND RAIN
TEMPERATURES WILL BE COOLER THAN NORMAL WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER
80S TO AROUND 90 DEGREES. THE COLD FRONT WILL ONLY MOVE SLOWLY
SOUTH MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY WITH A CONTINUE CHANCE OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS. AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES ON TUESDAY WILL ONLY BE
IN THE MID TO UPPER 80S.

BY TUESDAY NIGHT...THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE STALL OUT OVER SOUTHERN
SECTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA WITH THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
DECREASING FROM NORTH TO SOUTH. THE FRONT WILL BE NEAR OR SOUTH OF
THE FORECAST AREA FROM WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY SO THERE WILL BE A
SMALL CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ALL THREE DAYS. TEMPERATURES WILL
REMAIN SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL FOR THESE DAYS.

ARS

&&

.AVIATION...

00Z TAFS

POTENT OUTFLOW HAS MOVED ACROSS KMEM OVER THE PAST 15 MINUTES. SCT
TSRAS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP IN THE WAKE OF THIS BOUNDARY SO WILL
CONTINUE A TEMPO AT KMEM FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. OTRW CONVECTIVE
ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE TO WANE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.
EXPECT VFR CONDS FOR THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT INTO
SATURDAY...PERHAPS SOME MVFR FOG AT KTUP EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. RIGHT
NOW IT SEEMS THAT THE BEST CHANCE FOR CONVECTION WILL BE ACROSS
NORTH MS SATURDAY AFTN SO WENT WITH A VCTS AT KTUP FOR NOW.

SJM

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
MEM  80  98  78  94 /  30  30  30  50
MKL  75  98  74  93 /  30  20  30  40
JBR  77  99  76  93 /  20  20  30  50
TUP  76  96  74  92 /  30  40  40  40

&&

.MEG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM CDT SATURDAY FOR CLAY-CRAIGHEAD-
     CRITTENDEN-CROSS-GREENE-LAWRENCE-LEE AR-MISSISSIPPI-
     PHILLIPS-POINSETT-RANDOLPH-ST. FRANCIS.

MO...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM CDT SATURDAY FOR DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT.

MS...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM CDT SATURDAY FOR ALCORN-BENTON MS-
     CALHOUN-CHICKASAW-COAHOMA-DESOTO-ITAWAMBA-LAFAYETTE-LEE MS-
     MARSHALL-MONROE-PANOLA-PONTOTOC-PRENTISS-QUITMAN-
     TALLAHATCHIE-TATE-TIPPAH-TISHOMINGO-TUNICA-UNION-YALOBUSHA.

TN...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM CDT SATURDAY FOR CARROLL-CHESTER-
     CROCKETT-DECATUR-DYER-FAYETTE-GIBSON-HARDEMAN-HARDIN-
     HAYWOOD-HENDERSON-HENRY-LAKE-LAUDERDALE-MADISON-MCNAIRY-
     OBION-SHELBY-TIPTON-WEAKLEY.

&&
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Special weather statement, Jul 6, 7:48 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 6, 7:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGDeSoto, Tate30 min
Jul 6, 7:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGTate, Tunica27 min
Jul 7, 6:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGMarshall36 min
Jul 7, 6:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGDeSoto32 min
Jul 7, 6:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGDeSoto25 min
Jul 7, 4:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHardin28 min
Jul 7, 5:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGCrockett32 min
Jul 7, 6:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGCrockett34 min

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Special Weather Statements in Arkansas, 2012Every 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.