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Special Weather Statement, NWS Memphis, TN

June 21, 2014Monroe County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this special weather statement at Jun 21, 2014, 8:27 PM CDT for Monroe County, Mississippi. It was in force for 33 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued: Jun 21, 2014, 8:27 PM CDT (01:27 UTC)
Expired: Jun 21, 2014, 9:00 PM CDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN

County Monroe County, MS

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What forecasters said that day

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 Jun 21, 8:26 PM CDT, 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 21, 8:26 PM CDT, 1 minute before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 21, 3:17 PM CDT, 5 hours 10 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
317 PM CDT SAT JUN 21 2014

ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-
MSZ001>017-020>024-TNZ001>004-019>022-048>055-088>092-221245-
ALCORN-BENTON MS-BENTON TN-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-
317 PM CDT SAT JUN 21 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST ARKANSAS...
THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...AND WEST TENNESSEE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

AN STRONG TO PERHAPS ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OR TWO IS POSSIBLE
ACROSS THE MID SOUTH THROUGH EARLY EVENING. DAMAGING WINDS IS THE
PREDOMINANT SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THREAT ALONG WITH A POTENTIAL FOR
HEAVY RAINFALL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

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, Jun 21, 6:14 PM CDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
614 PM CDT SAT JUN 21 2014

MSZ001-002-008-220000-
TATE MS-MARSHALL MS-DE SOTO MS-
614 PM CDT SAT JUN 21 2014

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR...

  EAST CENTRAL DESOTO COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
  NORTHERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
  NORTHEASTERN TATE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL OR LARGER AND WINDS AT
LEAST 40 MPH WAS LOCATED OVER BYHALIA AT 615 PM CDT...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

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

PEOPLE IN DESOTO...MARSHALL AND TATE COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THIS
STORM CLOSELY.

&&

LAT...LON 3486 8939 3465 8964 3483 8987 3497 8971
TIME...MOT...LOC 2315Z 307DEG 10KT 3488 8968

Local storm report, Jun 21, 6:32 PM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
632 PM CDT SAT JUN 21 2014

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

0342 PM     TSTM WND GST     1 SE JONESBORO          35.81N 90.67W
06/21/2014  M62.00 MPH       CRAIGHEAD          AR   ASOS

            62 MPH GUST MEASURED BY JONESBORO AIRPORT ASOS.

0344 PM     HAIL             1 SE JONESBORO          35.81N 90.67W
06/21/2014  E0.88 INCH       CRAIGHEAD          AR   PUBLIC

            NICKEL SIZED HAIL AT THE INTERSECTION OF NETTLETON AND
            CARAWAY.

0405 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 N JONESBORO           35.87N 90.69W
06/21/2014                   CRAIGHEAD          AR   BROADCAST MEDIA

            LARGE TREE DOWN ON POWERLINES ON HWY 141.

0410 PM     HAIL             3 N JONESBORO           35.87N 90.69W
06/21/2014  E0.88 INCH       CRAIGHEAD          AR   BROADCAST MEDIA

            NICKEL SIZED HAIL NEAR HWY 141 AND NEW HAVEN CHURCH ROAD.

&&

AJC

Special weather statement, Jun 21, 7:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
720 PM CDT SAT JUN 21 2014

MSZ008-012-220045-
TATE MS-PANOLA MS-
720 PM CDT SAT JUN 21 2014

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR...

  NORTHERN PANOLA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
  TATE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL OR LARGER AND WINDS AT
LEAST 40 MPH WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COLDWATER AT 721 PM
CDT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

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

PEOPLE IN PANOLA AND TATE COUNTIES...INCLUDING LOCATIONS NEAR JOHN W
KYLE STATE PARK AND SENATOBIA...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.
THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT ALSO INCLUDES ARKABUTLA LAKE.

&&

LAT...LON 3473 8973 3456 8971 3440 8972 3438 9018
      3466 9021
TIME...MOT...LOC 0021Z 332DEG 24KT 3462 8998

Special weather statement, Jun 21, 7:39 PM CDT, 48 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 21, 7:58 PM CDT, 29 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 21, 8:27 PM CDT, 0 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
Jun 21, 7:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Tate	25 min
Jun 21, 7:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Panola, Tate	33 min
Jun 21, 7:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Lee	36 min
Jun 21, 7:47 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Panola	13 min
Jun 22, 4:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Marshall	40 min
Jun 22, 4:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	DeSoto, Marshall	48 min
Jun 22, 4:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Marshall	29 min
Jun 22, 4:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Itawamba	34 min
Jun 22, 5:11 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	DeSoto, Tate	3 hr
Jun 22, 6:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Itawamba	35 min
Jun 22, 5:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Crittenden	31 min
Jun 22, 5:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Crittenden, Cross	18 min
Jun 22, 5:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Mississippi	50 min
Jun 22, 5:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Crittenden, Cross, Poinsett	46 min

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