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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 120, NWS Memphis, TN

June 9, 2013Craighead County, Poinsett County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 2013, 3:24 PM CDT for Craighead County, Poinsett County, Arkansas. It was in force for 51 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 9, 2013, 3:24 PM CDT (20:24 UTC)
Expired: Jun 9, 2013, 4:15 PM CDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Craighead County, AR, Poinsett County, AR

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 9, 12:32 PM CDT, 2 hours 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 12:32 PM CDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 9, 11:57 AM CDT, 3 hours 27 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 9, 3:16 PM CDT, 8 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
316 PM CDT SUN JUN 9 2013

ARZ026-092045-
CRAIGHEAD AR-
316 PM CDT SUN JUN 9 2013

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 345 PM CDT FOR...

  EASTERN CRAIGHEAD COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING WINDS AT LEAST 40 MPH WAS LOCATED 3
MILES SOUTHEAST OF JONESBORO AT 316 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25
MPH.

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

PEOPLE IN CRAIGHEAD COUNTY...INCLUDING LOCATIONS NEAR BAY...
BROOKLAND...JONESBORO...LAKE CITY AND MONETTE...SHOULD MONITOR THIS
STORM CLOSELY.

&&

LAT...LON 3597 9053 3596 9039 3599 9038 3587 9028
      3584 9029 3570 9060 3570 9069 3582 9079
TIME...MOT...LOC 2016Z 238DEG 20KT 3579 9063

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 9, 5:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Weakley	29 min
Jun 9, 5:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Shelby	18 min
Jun 9, 5:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Crockett	34 min
Jun 9, 6:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Fayette	33 min
Jun 9, 6:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Carroll, Crockett, Gibson, Weakley	37 min
Jun 9, 6:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Carroll	32 min
Jun 9, 5:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Lee, Prentiss	32 min
Jun 9, 6:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Alcorn, Prentiss, Tishomingo	30 min
Jun 9, 6:32 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Tishomingo	28 min
Jun 9, 7:02 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Tishomingo	43 min
Jun 9, 6:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Tallahatchie	43 min
Jun 9, 6:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Benton	23 min
Jun 9, 3:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Craighead	29 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.