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Excessive Heat Warning 2, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this excessive heat warning at Jul 25, 2015, 3:55 AM CDT for 7 counties in Mississippi; Shelby County, Tipton County, Tennessee; 8 counties in Arkansas. It took effect at Jul 25, 2015, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 41 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 25, 2015, 3:55 AM CDT (08:55 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 25, 2015, 11:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Jul 27, 2015, 3:42 AM CDT
- In force
- 41 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
Counties Craighead County, AR, Crittenden County, AR, Cross County, AR, Lee County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, Phillips County, AR, Poinsett County, AR, St. Francis County, AR, Coahoma County, MS, DeSoto County, MS, Panola County, MS, Quitman County, MS, Tallahatchie County, MS, Tate County, MS, Tunica County, MS, Shelby County, TN, Tipton County, TN
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this excessive heat 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 excessive heat warning went out at Jul 24, 6:08 PM CDT, 9 hours 47 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 24, 6:08 PM CDT, 9 hours 47 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 24, 4:37 AM CDT, 23 hours 18 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 437 AM CDT FRI JUL 24 2015 ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115- MSZ001>017-020>024-TNZ001>004-019>022-048>055-088>092-251145- 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- 437 AM CDT FRI JUL 24 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST ARKANSAS... THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...AND WEST TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A HEAT ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER DELTA INCLUDING THE CITIES OF MEMPHIS AND JONESBORO BEGINNING THIS AFTERNOON. HEAT INDEX READINGS ARE FORECAST BETWEEN 106 AND 109 DEGREES. A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF THE MIDSOUTH TODAY WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY A HEAT ADVISORY WILL CONTINUE SATURDAY FOR THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER DELTA INCLUDING THE CITIES OF MEMPHIS AND JONESBORO. PROLONGED EXCESSIVE HEAT WILL EXPAND AND STRENGTHEN ACROSS THE MIDSOUTH OVER THE WEEKEND THROUGH NEXT WEDNESDAY. THE HEAT ADVISORY MAY NEED TO BE EXPANDED ACROSS MUCH OF THE MIDSOUTH OVER THE WEEKEND. AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MAY BECOME NECESSARY OVER PORTIONS OF THE MIDSOUTH BEGINNING EARLY NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. JCL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 10:19 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | MEG | Lake | 4 days |
Nearby
Excessive Heat Warnings in Arkansas, 2015Excessive Heat Warnings in Mississippi, 2015Excessive Heat Warnings in Tennessee, 2015Every excessive heat warning in 2015
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.