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Special Weather Statement, NWS Memphis, TN

August 13, 2012Clay County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this special weather statement at Aug 13, 2012, 5:40 AM CDT for Clay County, Arkansas. 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 13, 2012, 5:40 AM CDT (10:40 UTC)
Expired
Aug 13, 2012, 6:15 AM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN

County Clay County, AR

The radar

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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 Aug 13, 4:32 AM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 13, 4:32 AM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 13, 4:43 AM CDT, 57 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
443 AM CDT MON AUG 13 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>092-141145-
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-
443 AM CDT MON AUG 13 2012

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE MID
SOUTH THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE GREATEST SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL
SHOULD OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ALONG AND EAST OF THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER. THERE WILL BE AN ENHANCED RISK FOR DAMAGING
WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WITH ANY SEVERE STORMS THAT DEVELOP.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THROUGH THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY
ALONG AND EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.

JLH

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 13, 5:40 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
540 AM CDT MON AUG 13 2012

ARZ008-009-131115-
CLAY AR-RANDOLPH AR-
540 AM CDT MON AUG 13 2012

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 615 AM CDT FOR...

  CLAY COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
  NORTHEASTERN RANDOLPH COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL OR LARGER AND WINDS AT
LEAST 40 MPH WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF DATTO AT 541 AM CDT...
MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

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

PEOPLE IN CLAY AND RANDOLPH COUNTIES...INCLUDING LOCATIONS NEAR
CORNING...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.

&&

LAT...LON 3650 9023 3628 9027 3630 9087 3650 9085
TIME...MOT...LOC 1041Z 268DEG 28KT 3642 9063

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 13, 7:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCoahoma38 min
Aug 13, 8:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCoahoma, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Yalobusha48 min
Aug 13, 8:59 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGYalobusha46 min
Aug 13, 9:24 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGCalhoun51 min
Aug 13, 10:02 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGChickasaw, Lee, Monroe43 min
Aug 13, 10:10 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGAlcorn50 min
Aug 13, 10:29 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGMonroe46 min
Aug 13, 10:34 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGAlcorn26 min
Aug 13, 4:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCoahoma40 min
Aug 13, 4:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGTishomingo34 min
Aug 13, 4:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGTallahatchie38 min
Aug 13, 5:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCoahoma45 min
Aug 13, 5:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGBenton45 min
Aug 13, 5:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGPanola, Tallahatchie, Yalobusha49 min
Aug 13, 5:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGTallahatchie46 min
Aug 13, 6:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGTallahatchie37 min
Aug 13, 6:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGMarshall25 min
Aug 13, 6:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGTallahatchie34 min
Aug 13, 6:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGPanola33 min
Aug 13, 6:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLake43 min
Aug 13, 7:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLake, Obion39 min
Aug 13, 8:50 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGMadison25 min
Aug 13, 9:14 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGHenderson31 min
Aug 13, 10:03 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGDecatur, Hardin, McNairy27 min
Aug 13, 5:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHaywood, Lauderdale50 min
Aug 13, 6:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGClay45 min
Aug 13, 3:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGPoinsett32 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.