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Special Weather Statement, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this special weather statement at Aug 6, 2012, 4:10 PM CDT for Tallahatchie County, Mississippi. It was in force for 35 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 6, 2012, 4:10 PM CDT (21:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2012, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
County Tallahatchie County, MS
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 153 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KBYH), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 105 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2629 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 779 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 6, 3:03 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 6, 3:03 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 6, 3:38 AM CDT, 12 hours 32 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 338 AM CDT MON AUG 6 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>092-071100- 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- 338 AM CDT MON AUG 6 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST ARKANSAS... THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...AND WEST TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. JCL
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 6, 10:28 AM CDT, 5 hours 42 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1028 AM CDT MON AUG 6 2012
TNZ055-092-061600-
DECATUR TN-HARDIN TN-
1028 AM CDT MON AUG 6 2012
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 1100 AM CDT FOR...
SOUTHERN DECATUR COUNTY IN TENNESSEE...
NORTHERN HARDIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL OR LARGER AND WINDS AT
LEAST 40 MPH WAS LOCATED 9 MILES EAST OF MORRIS CHAPEL AT 1028 AM
CDT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE
ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
PEOPLE IN DECATUR AND HARDIN COUNTIES...INCLUDING LOCATIONS NEAR
SAVANNAH...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3513 8837 3538 8836 3550 8798 3548 8798
3547 8802 3544 8804 3542 8797 3540 8797
3538 8801 3536 8800 3531 8801 3529 8797
3524 8798
TIME...MOT...LOC 1528Z 333DEG 9KT 3536 8820Special weather statement, Aug 6, 10:59 AM CDT, 5 hours 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1059 AM CDT MON AUG 6 2012
TNZ092-061630-
HARDIN TN-
1059 AM CDT MON AUG 6 2012
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 1130 AM CDT FOR...
HARDIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL OR LARGER AND WINDS AT
LEAST 40 MPH WAS LOCATED OVER SAVANNAH AT 1059 AM CDT...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE
ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
PEOPLE IN HARDIN COUNTY...INCLUDING LOCATIONS NEAR SAVANNAH...SHOULD
MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3508 8838 3527 8837 3539 8811 3539 8801
3536 8800 3531 8801 3529 8797 3515 8798
TIME...MOT...LOC 1559Z 327DEG 7KT 3525 8824Special weather statement, Aug 6, 4:10 PM 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 10:28 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Hardin | 32 min |
| Aug 6, 10:59 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Hardin | 31 min |
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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.