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Special Weather Statement, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this special weather statement at Jul 18, 2013, 12:13 PM CDT for Craighead County, Arkansas. It was in force for 32 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
- Jul 18, 2013, 12:13 PM CDT (17:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 18, 2013, 12:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
County Craighead County, AR
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 141 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
- 1817 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1227 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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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 Jul 18, 9:50 AM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 18, 9:50 AM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 500 AM CDT THU JUL 18 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>092-191200- 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- 500 AM CDT THU JUL 18 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST ARKANSAS... THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...AND WEST TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 18, 12:13 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 12:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Weakley | 24 min |
| Jul 18, 2:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Crockett | 37 min |
| Jul 18, 3:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Haywood | 47 min |
| Jul 18, 3:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Haywood, Lauderdale, Tipton | 27 min |
| Jul 18, 3:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Fayette | 43 min |
| Jul 18, 3:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Shelby, Tipton | 36 min |
| Jul 18, 4:13 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Fayette, Shelby, Tipton | 3 hr |
| Jul 18, 4:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Shelby | 28 min |
| Jul 18, 1:24 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Monroe | 51 min |
| Jul 18, 1:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Chickasaw, Monroe | 46 min |
| Jul 18, 3:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Calhoun, Chickasaw | 43 min |
| Jul 18, 3:50 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Itawamba | 40 min |
| Jul 18, 4:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Chickasaw | 41 min |
| Jul 18, 12:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Coahoma | 26 min |
| Jul 18, 2:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Tunica | 25 min |
| Jul 18, 12:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Craighead | 34 min |
| Jul 18, 4:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Crittenden | 23 min |
| Jul 18, 4:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden | 48 min |
| Jul 18, 4:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Cross, Mississippi, St. Francis | 3 hr |
| Jul 18, 4:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Mississippi, Poinsett | 50 min |
| Jul 18, 4:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Randolph | 46 min |
| Jul 18, 5:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Crittenden | 37 min |
| Jul 18, 5:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Craighead | 37 min |
| Jul 18, 5:24 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Cross, Mississippi, Poinsett | 3 hr |
| Jul 18, 5:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Cross | 35 min |
| Jul 18, 6:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Lawrence | 19 min |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in Arkansas, 2013Every special weather statement 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.