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Special Weather Statement, NWS Memphis, TN

July 8, 2012Lee County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this special weather statement at Jul 8, 2012, 1:22 PM CDT for Lee County, Mississippi. It was in force for 53 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 8, 2012, 1:22 PM CDT (18:22 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 2012, 2:15 PM CDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN

County Lee County, MS

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 128 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, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2012-07-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1410 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, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2012-07-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -35 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
1410 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-123 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1335 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
5 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 Jul 8, 12:44 PM CDT, 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 8, 12:44 PM CDT, 38 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 8, 4:36 AM CDT, 8 hours 46 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
436 AM CDT SUN JUL 8 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>092-091145-
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-
436 AM CDT SUN JUL 8 2012

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE MID SOUTH TODAY
AND CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT. A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE AND
PRODUCE LOCALIZED DAMAGING WINDS. MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL MAY ALSO
OCCUR WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS.

DUE TO THE SLOW MOVING NATURE OF THUNDERSTORMS...LOCALIZED HEAVY
RAINFALL MAY ALSO OCCUR TODAY AND TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE
ACROSS THE MID SOUTH THROUGH AT LEAST THE MIDDLE OF THE UPCOMING
WEEK. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE LOCALIZED
DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED AT TIMES TODAY THROUGH THE
MIDDLE OF THE UPCOMING WEEK. PLEASE REPORT ANY WIND DAMAGE TO
INCLUDE DOWNED TREES...POWERLINES...AND STRUCTURAL DAMAGE OR ANY
QUARTER SIZE HAIL OR LARGER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
MEMPHIS.

JLH

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 8, 1:03 PM CDT, 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
103 PM CDT SUN JUL 08 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1100 PM     TSTM WND DMG     CHARLESTON              34.01N 90.06W
07/07/2012                   TALLAHATCHIE       MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            *** 2 INJ *** SEVERAL DOWNED TREES AND HOMES DAMAGED... 1
            HOME DESTROYED... 2 MINOR INJURIES... LEFT 70 PERCENT OF
            CHARLESTON WITHOUT POWER... TIME ESTIMATED

&&

JPM
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 1:21 PM CDT, 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
121 PM CDT SUN JUL 8 2012

MSZ004-009-081900-
TIPPAH MS-PRENTISS MS-
121 PM CDT SUN JUL 8 2012

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 200 PM CDT FOR...

  NORTHWESTERN PRENTISS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  SOUTHEASTERN TIPPAH COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING WINDS AT LEAST 40 MPH WAS LOCATED 5
MILES EAST OF DUMAS AT 121 PM CDT...MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH.

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

PEOPLE IN PRENTISS AND TIPPAH COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM
CLOSELY.

&&

LAT...LON 3475 8888 3476 8871 3463 8868 3460 8873
      3460 8883
TIME...MOT...LOC 1821Z 165DEG 5KT 3464 8875
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 1:22 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
122 PM CDT SUN JUL 8 2012

MSZ016-081915-
LEE MS-
122 PM CDT SUN JUL 8 2012

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 215 PM CDT FOR...

  NORTHERN LEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING WINDS AT LEAST 40 MPH WAS LOCATED 4
MILES SOUTHEAST OF SALTILLO AT 123 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10
MPH.

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

PEOPLE IN LEE COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.

&&

LAT...LON 3445 8873 3450 8855 3430 8855 3423 8862
      3434 8878
TIME...MOT...LOC 1823Z 219DEG 9KT 3436 8863

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 7, 7:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGTate, Tunica25 min
Jul 7, 7:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGDeSoto41 min
Jul 7, 9:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGYalobusha24 min
Jul 7, 9:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLafayette, Panola, Yalobusha48 min
Jul 8, 4:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGAlcorn, Prentiss, Tishomingo34 min
Jul 8, 5:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGAlcorn, Prentiss, Tippah35 min
Jul 8, 1:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGTippah39 min
Jul 8, 1:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGPrentiss23 min
Jul 8, 2:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGAlcorn27 min
Jul 7, 8:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLauderdale, Tipton19 min
Jul 7, 8:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGHaywood36 min
Jul 7, 8:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHaywood, Lauderdale, Tipton25 min
Jul 7, 10:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHenry, Weakley45 min
Jul 8, 4:22 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGWeakley23 min
Jul 8, 2:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGRandolph34 min
Jul 8, 5:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGRandolph29 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.