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Special Weather Statement, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this special weather statement at Dec 20, 2012, 4:31 AM CST for Benton County, Marshall County, Mississippi. 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
- Dec 20, 2012, 4:31 AM CST (10:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 20, 2012, 5:15 AM CST
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
Counties Benton County, MS, Marshall County, MS
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 44 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
- 7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -260 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 803 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 78 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 529 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 617 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 Dec 20, 3:17 AM CST, 1 hour 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 20, 3:17 AM CST, 1 hour 14 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
317 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012
.DISCUSSION...
TODAY AND TONIGHT...CURRENT PLAINS/MIDWEST STORM IS UNDERWAY WITH
A PREFRONTAL TROUGH ACROSS CENTRAL ARKANSAS AND THE TRUE COLD
FRONT JUST NEAR THE ARKANSAS/OKLAHOMA BORDER. LINE OF CONVECTION
IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE TROUGH...WHERE AS THE LEADING EDGE OF THE
STRONGEST WINDS WITH THE FRONT. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN
PLACE FOR THE SOUTHWEST DELTA COUNTIES THROUGH 7AM. CONFIDENCE IS
HIGH THAT THIS WATCH WILL NOT BE NEEDED FURTHER EAST. SO IN THE
SHORT TERM CURRENT LINE OF STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO TRUCK ACROSS
THE MIDSOUTH THROUGH 9AM WITH GUSTY SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST WINDS OUT
AHEAD VEERING MORE WESTERLY BY NOONISH. ALSO MONITORING BACK EDGE OF
CONVECTIVE CLOUD COVER WHERE A 100 MILE WIDE DRY/CLEAR SLOT WAS
LOCATED OVER WESTERN ARKANSAS. THIS FEATURE WILL SHIFT INTO THE
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE ALLOWING FOR EFFICIENT
MIXING TO START. THIS MIXING SHOULD EAT AWAY ON SOME OF THE COLD AIR
STRATACU IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA. THE AFTERNOON SKIES WILL BE PARTLY
CLOUDY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF AND MOSTLY CLOUDY ACROSS THE
NORTH. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH AND WIND GUSTS TO 45
TO 50 MPH ARE STILL EXPECTED OVER A GOOD PORTION OF THE
MIDSOUTH...WITH SLIGHTLY SLOWER SPEEDS ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST COUNTIES.
A WIND ADVISORY IS IN PLACE THROUGH 21/00Z...BUT MAY HAVE TO BE
EXTENDED THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING AS THE SHORT TERM MODELS INDICATE
925MB WINDS REMAINING ABOVE 40 KTS AND CAA STILL OCCURRING. WILL
LEAVE THE DAYSHIFT TO DECIDE OFF THE 12Z MODEL RUNS.
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL CROSS THE
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY THIS PERIOD. BREEZY AND COOL CONDITIONS WILL BE
FELT ON FRIDAY WITH WIND CHILLS IN THE MORNING DROPPING INTO THE
TEENS AREA WIDE. HIGHS WILL ONLY CLIMB INTO THE 40S. WINDS WILL
RELAX LATE IN THE AFTERNOON AND DECOUPLE BY EVENING. LOWS WILL
DROP BACK INTO THE 20S WITH WINDS SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH BY
SATURDAY MORNING. SATURDAY WILL BE MILDER WITH CLEAR SKIES.
SUNDAY THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY...THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BEGIN TO
MOISTEN BACK UP STARTING SUNDAY AS A WEAK CLIPPER TYPE FRONT DROPS
SOUTH THROUGH THE MIDWEST. MODELS INDICATE THE FRONT STALLING OUT
JUST TO OUR NORTH AND WEST BY SUNDAY NIGHT. THIS IS IN RESPONSE TO
A SHORTWAVE PICKING UP A WAVE ON THE BOUNDARY IN THE RED RIVER
VALLEY. THE THREAT FOR RAIN WILL INCREASE FROM THE SOUTH SUNDAY
AFTERNOON SPREADING NORTH OVERNIGHT. BETTER CHANCES FOR BOTH RAIN
AND THUNDER IS EXPECTED ON CHRISTMAS EVE. HOWEVER TIMING OF FROPA
IS NEARLY TWENTY FOURS DIFFERENT BETWEEN THE GFS AND EURO. HAVE
LEANED MORE WITH THE EURO INDICATING RAIN CHANCES WILL EXTEND INTO
CHRISTMAS DAY. HIGHS WILL MAINLY BE IN THE 50S.
EXTENDED...CURRENT SNOWPACK EXTENDING FROM KANSAS TO WISCONSIN
MAY ALLOW FOR COLDER TEMPERATURES THEN CURRENT MODELS ARE
INDICATING FOR WEDNESDAY. THIS COUPLED WITH A STRONGER CUTOFF LOW
CROSSING THE RED RIVER VALLEY HINTS AT THE POTENTIAL FOR WINTER
WEATHER IN THE REGION. HAVE PLACED A RAIN AND SNOW MIX IN THE
FORECAST FOR NOW AS MODELS GET A BETTER HANDLE ON BOTH THE TIMING
AND TRACK OF THIS FEATURE. HAVE BROUGHT IN COOLER HIGHS IN THE
40S FOR MOST AREAS WEDNESDAY.
JAB
&&
.AVIATION...
06Z TAF CYCLE
PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY CONTINUES
TO TIGHTEN IN RESPONSE TO A DEEPENING SURFACE LOW OVER SOUTHWEST
MISSOURI. S/SW 925 MB WINDS AT NQA ARE ALREADY AT 51 KTS AND IS
EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO AROUND 60 KTS INTO THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT.
THUS...HAVE INCLUDED LLWS IN TAFS TONIGHT/THROUGH AT LEAST 20/12Z.
A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT JBR/MEM MAINLY
BETWEEN 09-13Z...AND MKL/TUP BETWEEN 12-16Z. SOUTHEAST/SOUTH WINDS
WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 20 KTS SUSTAINED WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30
KTS OVERNIGHT...VEER WEST/NORTHWEST WITH FRONTAL PASSAGE THURSDAY
MORINING...AND GRADUALLY DIMINISH THURSDAY NIGHT. VFR CONDITIONS
ANTICIPATED TO DETERIORATE TO MVFR CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT WITH A
POTENTIAL FOR IFR CONDITIONS WITHIN THUNDERSTORMS. CONDITIONS WILL
GRADUALLY IMPROVE TO VFR CONDITIONS THURSDAY MORNING AT ALL SITES.
CJC
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
MEM 54 30 47 33 / 30 0 0 0
MKL 57 28 45 26 / 80 0 0 0
JBR 50 28 45 28 / 10 0 0 0
TUP 59 28 47 29 / 90 0 0 0
&&
.MEG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR CLAY-CRAIGHEAD-
CRITTENDEN-CROSS-GREENE-LAWRENCE-LEE AR-MISSISSIPPI-
PHILLIPS-POINSETT-RANDOLPH-ST. FRANCIS.
MO...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT.
MS...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR ALCORN-BENTON MS-
CALHOUN-CHICKASAW-COAHOMA-DESOTO-ITAWAMBA-LAFAYETTE-LEE MS-
MARSHALL-MONROE-PANOLA-PONTOTOC-PRENTISS-QUITMAN-
TALLAHATCHIE-TATE-TIPPAH-TISHOMINGO-TUNICA-UNION-YALOBUSHA.
TN...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR CARROLL-CHESTER-
CROCKETT-DECATUR-DYER-FAYETTE-GIBSON-HARDEMAN-HARDIN-
HAYWOOD-HENDERSON-HENRY-LAKE-LAUDERDALE-MADISON-MCNAIRY-
OBION-SHELBY-TIPTON-WEAKLEY.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 20, 3:39 AM CST, 52 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 339 AM CST THU DEC 20 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>092-211145- 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- 339 AM CST THU DEC 20 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 OF SEVERE WEATHER SOUTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM WYNNE ARKANSAS...BOLIVAR TENNESSEE...TO COFFEEVILLE MISSISSIPPI THROUGH 7AM THIS MORNING. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS. A FEW STRONG STORMS MAY BE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF THE ABOVE LINE. STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT. A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE ENTIRE MIDSOUTH THROUGH 6 PM THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THROUGH 7AM THIS MORNING. JAB
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Dec 20, 3:32 AM CST, 59 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
332 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012
ARZ028-TNZ019-048-049-201015-
MISSISSIPPI AR-DYER TN-LAUDERDALE TN-TIPTON TN-
332 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 415 AM CST FOR...
MISSISSIPPI COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
SOUTHERN DYER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE...
LAUDERDALE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...
NORTH CENTRAL TIPTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...
A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING WINDS TO 45 MPH WAS LOCATED
FROM 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF GOSNELL TO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KEISER AT
332 AM CST...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
PEOPLE IN DYER...LAUDERDALE...MISSISSIPPI AND TIPTON COUNTIES...
INCLUDING LOCATIONS NEAR BLYTHEVILLE...DYERSBURG...FORT PILLOW STATE
PARK...GOSNELL...KEISER...LUXORA...OSCEOLA AND RIPLEY...SHOULD
MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT ALSO
INCLUDES BIG LAKE...CHISHOLM LAKE AND OPEN LAKE.
&&
LAT...LON 3607 8924 3582 8937 3582 8940 3577 8944
3574 8943 3570 8944 3568 8947 3560 8949
3560 9028 3600 9008 3600 8971 3603 8969
3607 8968
TIME...MOT...LOC 0932Z 274DEG 40KT 3602 8991 3563 9019Special weather statement, Dec 20, 3:47 AM CST, 44 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
347 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012
ARZ049-MSZ001-002-007-008-010>012-020-021-201015-
LEE AR-YALOBUSHA MS-TUNICA MS-TATE MS-TALLAHATCHIE MS-QUITMAN MS-
PANOLA MS-MARSHALL MS-DE SOTO MS-COAHOMA MS-
347 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 415 AM CST FOR...
EXTREME EAST CENTRAL LEE COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
EASTERN COAHOMA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
SOUTHERN DESOTO COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
WEST CENTRAL MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
PANOLA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
QUITMAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
NORTHERN TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
TATE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
TUNICA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
WESTERN YALOBUSHA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING WINDS AT LEAST 40 MPH WAS
LOCATED FROM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ROBINSONVILLE TO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF DUBLIN AT 347 AM CST...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL
OCCUR WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.
PEOPLE IN COAHOMA...DESOTO...LEE...MARSHALL...PANOLA...QUITMAN...
TALLAHATCHIE...TATE...TUNICA AND YALOBUSHA COUNTIES...INCLUDING
LOCATIONS NEAR BATESVILLE...CHARLESTON...CLARKSDALE...GEORGE PAYNE
STATE PARK...JOHN W KYLE STATE PARK AND SENATOBIA...SHOULD MONITOR
THIS STORM CLOSELY. THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT ALSO INCLUDES
ARKABUTLA LAKE...BEAVERDAM LAKE...HORN LAKE...HORSESHOE LAKE...MOON
LAKE AND ROBCO LAKE.
.A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ADVISORY
AREA.
&&
LAT...LON 3443 9046 3482 9050 3481 8964 3456 8970
3455 8972 3444 8972 3392 8980 3394 9046
3398 9046 3399 9067 3402 9067
TIME...MOT...LOC 0947Z 272DEG 43KT 3478 9036 3443 9035
3403 9055Special weather statement, Dec 20, 4:08 AM CST, 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
408 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012
MOZ115-TNZ001>003-019-020-201045-
PEMISCOT MO-WEAKLEY TN-DYER TN-GIBSON TN-LAKE TN-OBION TN-
408 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 445 AM CST FOR...
NORTHERN DYER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE...
NORTHWESTERN GIBSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE...
LAKE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE...
OBION COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE...
WESTERN WEAKLEY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE...
EAST CENTRAL PEMISCOT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING WINDS AT LEAST 45 MPH WAS LOCATED 4
MILES SOUTHEAST OF RIDGELY AT 409 AM CST...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL OCCUR WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
PEOPLE IN DYER...GIBSON...LAKE...OBION...PEMISCOT AND WEAKLEY
COUNTIES...INCLUDING LOCATIONS NEAR MARTIN...REELFOOT LAKE STATE PARK
AND UNION CITY...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. THIS SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ALERT ALSO INCLUDES REELFOOT LAKE.
&&
LAT...LON 3650 8873 3604 8891 3604 8969 3635 8955
3636 8952 3639 8953 3647 8949 3646 8946
3650 8941 3652 8930
TIME...MOT...LOC 1009Z 270DEG 42KT 3623 8939Special weather statement, Dec 20, 4:20 AM CST, 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
420 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012
TNZ019-020-048>051-089-201100-
CROCKETT TN-DYER TN-FAYETTE TN-GIBSON TN-HAYWOOD TN-LAUDERDALE TN-
TIPTON TN-
420 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 500 AM CST FOR...
CROCKETT COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE...
SOUTHERN DYER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE...
SOUTHWESTERN GIBSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE...
EXTREME NORTHEASTERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...
HAYWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...
EASTERN LAUDERDALE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...
EASTERN TIPTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...
A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING WAS LOCATED FROM 4 MILES
WEST OF BRADLEYTOWN TO MUNFORD AT 420 AM CST...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL OCCUR WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.
PEOPLE IN CROCKETT...DYER...FAYETTE...GIBSON...HAYWOOD...LAUDERDALE
AND TIPTON COUNTIES...INCLUDING LOCATIONS NEAR BROWNSVILLE...
COVINGTON...DYERSBURG...RIPLEY AND TRENTON...SHOULD MONITOR THIS
STORM CLOSELY. THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT ALSO INCLUDES CHISHOLM
LAKE AND OPEN LAKE.
&&
LAT...LON 3605 8886 3568 8905 3569 8907 3565 8907
3540 8919 3539 8970 3541 8973 3539 8984
3607 8951
TIME...MOT...LOC 1020Z 271DEG 49KT 3603 8944 3542 8976Special weather statement, Dec 20, 4:26 AM CST, 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 426 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012 MSZ002-TNZ049-050-088-089-201100- MARSHALL MS-SHELBY TN-FAYETTE TN-HAYWOOD TN-TIPTON TN- 426 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 500 AM CST FOR... EXTREME NORTHWESTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE... EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN HAYWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE... EASTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE... EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN TIPTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE... A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING WAS LOCATED FROM 12 MILES NORTH OF ARLINGTON TO 4 MILES SOUTH OF SOUTHEAST MEMPHIS AT 427 AM CST...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL OCCUR WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. PEOPLE IN FAYETTE...HAYWOOD...MARSHALL...SHELBY AND TIPTON COUNTIES...INCLUDING LOCATIONS NEAR BARTLETT...COLLIERVILLE...CORDOVA AND GERMANTOWN...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. && LAT...LON 3499 8937 3500 8993 3541 8981 3541 8919 TIME...MOT...LOC 1027Z 270DEG 33KT 3545 8966 3501 8985
Special weather statement, Dec 20, 4:31 AM CST, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 431 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012 MSZ001>003-008-012-013-201115- BENTON MS-TATE MS-PANOLA MS-MARSHALL MS-LAFAYETTE MS-DE SOTO MS- 431 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 515 AM CST FOR... WESTERN BENTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... EASTERN DESOTO COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... NORTHERN LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... NORTHEASTERN PANOLA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... EASTERN TATE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING WINDS AT LEAST 40 MPH WAS LOCATED FROM 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF OLIVE BRANCH TO 7 MILES EAST OF COMO AT 431 AM CST...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL OCCUR WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. PEOPLE IN BENTON...DESOTO...LAFAYETTE...MARSHALL...PANOLA AND TATE COUNTIES...INCLUDING LOCATIONS NEAR HOLLY SPRINGS...OLIVE BRANCH AND WALL DOXEY STATE PARK...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. && LAT...LON 3446 8926 3446 8997 3500 8986 3499 8916 TIME...MOT...LOC 1031Z 271DEG 45KT 3500 8964 3450 8974
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 20, 3:15 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Coahoma, Quitman, Tunica | 30 min |
| Dec 20, 3:30 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MEG | DeSoto | 45 min |
| Dec 20, 3:47 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Tate, Tunica | 28 min |
| Dec 20, 3:49 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Coahoma, DeSoto, Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Quitman and 4 more | 41 min |
| Dec 20, 4:03 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Marshall | 42 min |
| Dec 20, 4:32 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Lafayette, Panola, Yalobusha | 43 min |
| Dec 20, 5:10 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Alcorn, Benton, Prentiss, Tippah, Union | 35 min |
| Dec 20, 5:12 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Calhoun, Chickasaw, Lee, Pontotoc | 33 min |
| Dec 20, 5:45 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Alcorn, Prentiss, Tippah, Tishomingo, Union | 45 min |
| Dec 20, 5:48 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe | 57 min |
| Dec 20, 3:13 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Lake | 47 min |
| Dec 20, 3:32 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Dyer, Lauderdale | 43 min |
| Dec 20, 4:08 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Dyer, Lake, Obion | 37 min |
| Dec 20, 4:20 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Haywood, Lauderdale, Tipton | 40 min |
| Dec 20, 4:26 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Fayette | 34 min |
| Dec 20, 4:52 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Hardeman | 38 min |
| Dec 20, 4:58 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Carroll, Chester, Gibson, Madison | 47 min |
| Dec 20, 5:29 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MEG | McNairy | 46 min |
| Dec 20, 1:36 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Lawrence, Randolph | 39 min |
| Dec 20, 2:04 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Cross, Poinsett | 41 min |
| Dec 20, 2:18 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Craighead | 27 min |
| Dec 20, 2:37 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Lee, Phillips | 23 min |
| Dec 20, 2:41 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Lee, St. Francis | 49 min |
| Dec 20, 2:50 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Craighead, Cross, Mississippi, Poinsett | 40 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.