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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 14, NWS Memphis, TN

January 29, 20138 counties in Tennessee; Benton County, DeSoto County, Marshall County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 29, 2013, 11:28 PM CST for 8 counties in Tennessee; Benton County, DeSoto County, Marshall County, Mississippi. It was in force for 47 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: Jan 29, 2013, 11:28 PM CST (05:28 UTC)
Expired: Jan 30, 2013, 12:15 AM CST
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Benton County, MS, DeSoto County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Crockett County, TN, Fayette County, TN, Hardeman County, TN, Haywood County, TN, Lauderdale County, TN, Madison County, TN, Shelby County, TN, Tipton County, TN

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jan 29, 5:37 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr
Jan 29, 10:07 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

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 Jan 29, 5:58 PM CST, 5 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 29, 5:58 PM CST, 5 hours 30 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 29, 11:00 AM CST, 12 hours 28 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 29, 9:55 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Dyer, Lake, Obion	65 min
Jan 29, 10:05 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Shelby, Tipton	25 min
Jan 29, 10:22 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Lauderdale	53 min
Jan 29, 10:31 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Lake	3 hr
Jan 29, 10:31 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Crockett, Dyer, Haywood, Lauderdale	59 min
Jan 29, 10:35 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Fayette, Haywood, Lauderdale, Shelby, Tipton	55 min
Jan 29, 10:48 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Obion, Weakley	57 min
Jan 29, 10:48 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Shelby	42 min
Jan 29, 11:43 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Lauderdale, Obion, Shelby and 1 more	3 hr
Jan 30, 12:01 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Lauderdale, Obion, Weakley	44 min
Jan 30, 12:13 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chester, Crockett, Fayette, Hardeman, Haywood, Henderson and 2 more	47 min
Jan 30, 12:21 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Fayette, Hardeman	39 min
Jan 30, 12:27 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Carroll, Decatur, Gibson, Henderson, Henry, Weakley	48 min
Jan 30, 12:34 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Fayette, Hardeman, Haywood, Tipton	6 hr
Jan 30, 12:56 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chester, Fayette, Hardeman, Henderson, McNairy, Madison	64 min
Jan 30, 1:00 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Fayette, Hardeman	30 min
Jan 30, 1:10 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Carroll, Crockett, Gibson, Haywood, Henderson, Madison	6 hr
Jan 30, 1:33 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Carroll, Chester, Decatur, Henderson	27 min
Jan 30, 1:35 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Chester, Decatur, Hardin, Henderson, McNairy	25 min
Jan 30, 1:44 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chester, Decatur, Hardin, Henderson, McNairy	61 min
Jan 30, 2:01 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Hardin, McNairy	44 min
Jan 30, 2:09 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Hardin, McNairy	51 min
Jan 30, 2:41 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Shelby	3 hr
Jan 30, 3:00 AM CST	Wind Advisory	MEG	Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer, Fayette and 14 more	15 hr
Jan 30, 4:50 AM CST	River Flood Warning	MEG	Crockett, Dyer, Lauderdale	15 hr
Jan 30, 4:55 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	MEG	Hardin	50 hr
Jan 30, 6:11 AM CST	River Flood Warning	MEG	Obion, Weakley	14 hr
Jan 29, 7:50 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Tunica	25 min
Jan 29, 8:06 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Quitman, Tallahatchie	24 min
Jan 29, 11:07 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Tate, Tunica	38 min
Jan 29, 11:35 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Coahoma, Quitman, Tallahatchie	25 min
Jan 29, 11:35 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Panola, Quitman, Tate	40 min
Jan 29, 11:54 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Benton, DeSoto, Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Tate	36 min
Jan 30, 12:23 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Tate	37 min
Jan 30, 12:31 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Quitman, Tate, Yalobusha	6 hr
Jan 30, 12:31 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Benton, Lafayette, Marshall, Tate, Tippah	29 min
Jan 30, 1:41 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Calhoun, Chickasaw, Lafayette, Marshall, Pontotoc, Union and 1 more	34 min
Jan 30, 2:31 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc, Prentiss and 1 more	44 min
Jan 30, 3:14 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Chickasaw, Monroe	61 min
Jan 30, 4:14 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Itawamba, Monroe	46 min
Jan 30, 10:16 AM CST	River Flood Warning	MEG	Monroe	20 hr
Jan 30, 1:07 PM CST	River Flood Warning	MEG	Monroe	17 hr
Jan 29, 8:09 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Clay, Greene, Lawrence, Randolph	36 min
Jan 29, 8:37 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Clay, Greene, Lawrence, Mississippi, Randolph	38 min
Jan 29, 8:49 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Greene, Lawrence	26 min
Jan 29, 9:03 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Mississippi, Poinsett	42 min
Jan 29, 9:09 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Clay, Greene	36 min
Jan 29, 9:12 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Clay, Craighead, Greene, Mississippi	63 min
Jan 29, 9:17 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Crittenden, Cross, Lee, St. Francis	58 min
Jan 29, 9:44 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Mississippi, Poinsett	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.