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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 190, NWS Memphis, TN

December 21, 2013Shelby County, Tennessee; Crittenden County, St. Francis County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 21, 2013, 5:08 PM CST for Shelby County, Tennessee; Crittenden County, St. Francis County, Arkansas. It was in force for 52 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: Dec 21, 2013, 5:08 PM CST (23:08 UTC)
Expired: Dec 21, 2013, 6:00 PM CST
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Crittenden County, AR, St. Francis County, AR, Shelby County, TN

The radar

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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
Dec 21, 12:01 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 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 Dec 21, 4:49 PM CST, 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 21, 4:49 PM CST, 19 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 21, 5:02 PM CST, 6 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 21, 3:42 PM CST, 1 hour 26 minutes before

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Local storm report, Dec 21, 3:50 PM CST, 1 hour 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
350 PM CST SAT DEC 21 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0338 PM     TORNADO          9 W WEST MEMPHIS        35.15N 90.34W
12/21/2013                   CRITTENDEN         AR   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SEMIS OVERTURNED ON INTERSTATE FORTY NEAR MILE MARKER
            276. SHERIFF REPORTED TORNADO ON THE GROUND AND THEN
            RELAYED THE REPORT TO TRAINED SPOTTER.

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JAB

Local storm report, Dec 21, 3:57 PM CST, 1 hour 11 minutes before

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Local storm report, Dec 21, 4:43 PM CST, 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
443 PM CST SAT DEC 21 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0423 PM     TSTM WND DMG     COVINGTON               35.57N 89.65W
12/21/2013                   TIPTON             TN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            UTILITY POLES DOWN ALONG WEST LIBERTY AVE IN COVINGTON.

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Local storm report, Dec 21, 4:46 PM CST, 22 minutes before

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Local storm report, Dec 21, 4:56 PM CST, 12 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
Dec 20, 9:01 PM CST	River Flood Warning	MEG	Obion, Weakley	3 days
Dec 20, 9:01 PM CST	River Flood Warning	MEG	Dyer, Gibson, Obion	7 days
Dec 20, 9:01 PM CST	River Flood Warning	MEG	Dyer	38 hr
Dec 21, 11:32 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Dyer, Lauderdale	28 min
Dec 21, 3:08 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Dyer, Gibson, Lake, Lauderdale, Obion, Tipton and 1 more	6 hr
Dec 21, 3:18 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Shelby, Tipton	42 min
Dec 21, 4:00 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Crockett, Fayette, Haywood, Lauderdale, Shelby, Tipton	45 min
Dec 21, 4:12 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lauderdale, Tipton	48 min
Dec 21, 4:15 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Shelby, Tipton	3 hr
Dec 21, 4:30 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Dyer, Lake	4 hr
Dec 21, 4:31 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Shelby	44 min
Dec 21, 4:31 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Lake, Obion, Weakley	44 min
Dec 21, 5:12 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Henry, Weakley	48 min
Dec 21, 2:59 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Tunica	46 min
Dec 21, 4:10 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	DeSoto, Tunica	35 min
Dec 21, 4:39 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	DeSoto, Tunica	51 min
Dec 21, 5:00 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Coahoma, Tunica	45 min
Dec 21, 5:22 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Coahoma, Quitman	23 min
Dec 21, 5:25 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Coahoma, DeSoto, Quitman, Tate, Tunica	35 min
Dec 21, 5:38 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Coahoma, Panola, Quitman, Tate, Tunica	52 min
Dec 21, 5:45 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Coahoma, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie	30 min
Dec 21, 5:50 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Coahoma, DeSoto, Marshall, Panola, Quitman, Tate and 1 more	40 min
Dec 21, 5:52 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	DeSoto, Tate, Tunica	38 min
Dec 21, 5:55 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Panola, Quitman, Tate, Tunica	35 min
Dec 20, 8:56 PM CST	River Flood Warning	MEG	Clay, Greene	9 days
Dec 20, 8:56 PM CST	River Flood Warning	MEG	Craighead	3 days
Dec 20, 8:56 PM CST	River Flood Warning	MEG	Mississippi, Poinsett	12 days
Dec 20, 8:58 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Cross	3 hr
Dec 21, 8:24 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Craighead, Cross, Mississippi, Poinsett	7 hr
Dec 21, 8:33 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Mississippi	7 hr
Dec 21, 9:35 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Clay, Craighead, Greene, Lawrence, Poinsett, Randolph	6 hr
Dec 21, 2:11 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Crittenden, Cross, Lee, Mississippi, Poinsett, St. Francis	3 hr
Dec 21, 3:21 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Crittenden, St. Francis	24 min
Dec 21, 3:29 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Lee, Phillips	6 hr
Dec 21, 5:21 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Crittenden, Cross, Lee, Mississippi, Phillips, Poinsett and 1 more	5 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arkansas, 2013 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee, 2013 Every severe thunderstorm 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.