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Special Weather Statement, NWS Memphis, TN
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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</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 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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</html>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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 7:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Coahoma | 38 min |
| Aug 13, 8:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Yalobusha | 48 min |
| Aug 13, 8:59 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Yalobusha | 46 min |
| Aug 13, 9:24 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Calhoun | 51 min |
| Aug 13, 10:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Chickasaw, Lee, Monroe | 43 min |
| Aug 13, 10:10 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Alcorn | 50 min |
| Aug 13, 10:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Monroe | 46 min |
| Aug 13, 10:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Alcorn | 26 min |
| Aug 13, 4:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Coahoma | 40 min |
| Aug 13, 4:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Tishomingo | 34 min |
| Aug 13, 4:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tallahatchie | 38 min |
| Aug 13, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Coahoma | 45 min |
| Aug 13, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton | 45 min |
| Aug 13, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Panola, Tallahatchie, Yalobusha | 49 min |
| Aug 13, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tallahatchie | 46 min |
| Aug 13, 6:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Tallahatchie | 37 min |
| Aug 13, 6:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Marshall | 25 min |
| Aug 13, 6:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Tallahatchie | 34 min |
| Aug 13, 6:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Panola | 33 min |
| Aug 13, 6:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lake | 43 min |
| Aug 13, 7:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lake, Obion | 39 min |
| Aug 13, 8:50 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Madison | 25 min |
| Aug 13, 9:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Henderson | 31 min |
| Aug 13, 10:03 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Decatur, Hardin, McNairy | 27 min |
| Aug 13, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Haywood, Lauderdale | 50 min |
| Aug 13, 6:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Clay | 45 min |
| Aug 13, 3:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Poinsett | 32 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.