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Special Weather Statement, NWS Memphis, TN

September 7, 20124 counties in Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this special weather statement at Sep 7, 2012, 10:16 PM CDT for 4 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 44 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: Sep 7, 2012, 10:16 PM CDT (03:16 UTC)
Expired: Sep 7, 2012, 11:00 PM CDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN

Counties Fayette County, TN, Hardeman County, TN, Haywood County, TN, Madison County, TN

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 Sep 7, 9:25 PM CDT, 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 7, 9:25 PM CDT, 51 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 7, 7:18 PM CDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
718 PM CDT FRI SEP 7 2012

TNZ019-048-050-051-080045-
CROCKETT TN-DYER TN-HAYWOOD TN-LAUDERDALE TN-
718 PM CDT FRI SEP 7 2012

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR...

  WESTERN CROCKETT COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE...
  SOUTH CENTRAL DYER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE...
  EXTREME NORTHWESTERN HAYWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...
  NORTHEASTERN LAUDERDALE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL OR LARGER AND WINDS AT
LEAST 40 MPH WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF HALLS AT 718 PM CDT...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL
OCCUR WITH THIS  THUNDERSTORM.

PEOPLE IN CROCKETT...DYER...HAYWOOD AND LAUDERDALE COUNTIES...
INCLUDING LOCATIONS NEAR DYERSBURG...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM
CLOSELY.

&&

LAT...LON 3606 8935 3589 8914 3573 8949 3586 8961
TIME...MOT...LOC 0018Z 230DEG 22KT 3585 8949

Local storm report, Sep 7, 10:01 PM CDT, 15 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 7, 10:16 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1016 PM CDT FRI SEP 7 2012

MSZ001>003-TNZ048>052-088>090-080400-
BENTON MS-MARSHALL MS-DE SOTO MS-SHELBY TN-CROCKETT TN-FAYETTE TN-
HARDEMAN TN-HAYWOOD TN-LAUDERDALE TN-MADISON TN-TIPTON TN-
1016 PM CDT FRI SEP 7 2012

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR...

  NORTHERN BENTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  NORTHEASTERN DESOTO COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
  NORTHERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
  SOUTHERN CROCKETT COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE...
  FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...
  HARDEMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...
  HAYWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...
  SOUTHEASTERN LAUDERDALE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...
  MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...
  EASTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...
  EASTERN TIPTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...

A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING WINDS AT LEAST 40 MPH WAS
LOCATED FROM 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF BELLE EAGLE TO 5 MILES EAST OF
OLIVE BRANCH AT 1016 PM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL
OCCUR WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

PEOPLE IN BENTON...CROCKETT...DESOTO...FAYETTE...HARDEMAN...
HAYWOOD...LAUDERDALE...MADISON...MARSHALL...SHELBY AND TIPTON
COUNTIES...INCLUDING LOCATIONS NEAR BOLIVAR...BROWNSVILLE...
COLLIERVILLE...CORDOVA...GERMANTOWN...JACKSON AND OLIVE BRANCH...
SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.

.A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ADVISORY
AREA.

&&

LAT...LON 3543 8882 3543 8884 3539 8884 3490 8907
      3490 8997 3545 8968 3576 8939 3578 8864
TIME...MOT...LOC 0316Z 274DEG 52KT 3574 8914 3552 8922
          3497 8967

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 7, 9:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	DeSoto, Marshall	41 min
Sep 7, 10:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Tunica	67 min
Sep 7, 10:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Alcorn	52 min
Sep 7, 7:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Dyer	27 min
Sep 7, 8:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Dyer, Lake, Obion	38 min
Sep 7, 8:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lake, Obion	52 min
Sep 7, 9:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Dyer, Haywood, Lake, Lauderdale, Obion	52 min
Sep 7, 9:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lauderdale, Shelby, Tipton	47 min
Sep 7, 9:31 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Lake, Obion	6 hr
Sep 7, 9:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Haywood, Lauderdale, Obion and 1 more	44 min
Sep 7, 10:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Carroll, Crockett, Gibson, Haywood, Henderson, Henry and 3 more	24 min
Sep 7, 10:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Carroll, Henry	44 min
Sep 7, 7:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Clay, Randolph	48 min
Sep 7, 7:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Clay, Greene, Lawrence, Randolph	46 min
Sep 7, 8:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Craighead, Greene, Lawrence	38 min
Sep 7, 8:09 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Craighead	3 hr
Sep 7, 8:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Craighead, Cross, Poinsett	45 min
Sep 7, 8:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Mississippi, Poinsett, St. Francis	46 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.