Alert archive / Tennessee / Ice Storm Warnings in 2013
Ice Storm Warning 3, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this ice storm warning at Dec 5, 2013, 3:01 AM CST for 18 counties in Tennessee; DeSoto County, Tunica County, Mississippi; 8 counties in Arkansas. It took effect at Dec 5, 2013, 9:00 PM CST. It was in force for 22 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 5, 2013, 3:01 AM CST (09:01 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 5, 2013, 9:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Dec 6, 2013, 7:20 PM CST
- In force
- 22 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
All 28 counties
Craighead County, AR, Crittenden County, AR, Cross County, AR, Lee County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, Phillips County, AR, Poinsett County, AR, St. Francis County, AR, DeSoto County, MS, Tunica County, MS, Carroll County, TN, Chester County, TN, Crockett County, TN, Decatur County, TN, Dyer County, TN, Fayette County, TN, Gibson County, TN, Hardeman County, TN, Haywood County, TN, Henderson County, TN, Henry County, TN, Lake County, TN, Lauderdale County, TN, Madison County, TN, Obion County, TN, Shelby County, TN, Tipton County, TN, Weakley County, TN
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:04 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
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 275 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1257 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 225 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 401 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this ice storm warning 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 ice storm warning went out at Dec 4, 11:38 PM CST, 3 hours 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 4, 11:38 PM CST, 3 hours 23 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 4, 3:45 PM CST, 11 hours 16 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 345 PM CST WED DEC 4 2013 ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115- MSZ001>017-020>024-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092-051130- 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- 345 PM CST WED DEC 4 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST ARKANSAS... THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...AND WEST TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY WINTER WEATHER WILL CAUSE TRAVEL PROBLEMS FOR THE MIDSOUTH BEGINNING THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY. THE BRUNT OF THE WINTER PRECIPITATION WILL FALL AS FREEZING RAIN...WITH POTENTIAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS EXCEEDING A HALF OF AN INCH FOR SEVERAL NORTHERN AND WESTERN MIDSOUTH COUNTIES. SOME SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL ALSO BE PROBABLE. PLEASE REFER TO WEATHER STORM WATCHES AND WARNINGS THAT ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE MIDSOUTH. VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/MEG FOR DETAILS. A SECOND ROUND OF WINTER PRECIPITATION IS LIKELY OVER A LARGE PORTION OF THE MIDSOUTH SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY...WITH ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER REPORTS OF ICE... SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS MAY BE REQUESTED THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY. JAB/BELLES
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 5, 3:01 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MEG | Hardin, McNairy | 40 hr |
Nearby
Ice Storm Warnings in Tennessee, 2013Ice Storm Warnings in Arkansas, 2013Ice Storm Warnings in Mississippi, 2013Every ice storm warning in 2013
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.