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Excessive Heat Warning 4, NWS Memphis, TN

August 8, 201510 counties in Mississippi; Shelby County, Tennessee; 5 counties in Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this excessive heat warning at Aug 8, 2015, 3:31 AM CDT for 10 counties in Mississippi; Shelby County, Tennessee; 5 counties in Arkansas. It took effect at Aug 9, 2015, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 17 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: Aug 8, 2015, 3:31 AM CDT (08:31 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 9, 2015, 10:00 AM CDT
Expired: Aug 10, 2015, 3:12 AM CDT
In force: 17 hr
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN

Counties Crittenden County, AR, Cross County, AR, Lee County, AR, Phillips County, AR, St. Francis County, AR, Coahoma County, MS, DeSoto County, MS, Lafayette County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Panola County, MS, Quitman County, MS, Tallahatchie County, MS, Tate County, MS, Tunica County, MS, Yalobusha County, MS, Shelby County, TN

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:33 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 Aug 8, 12:15 AM CDT, 3 hours 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 8, 12:15 AM CDT, 3 hours 16 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 7, 3:18 PM CDT, 12 hours 13 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 8, 2:37 AM CDT, 54 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
Aug 8, 2:37 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Monroe	23 min
Aug 8, 3:31 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	MEG	Alcorn, Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw, DeSoto, Itawamba and 9 more	48 hr

Nearby

Excessive Heat Warnings in Mississippi, 2015 Excessive Heat Warnings in Arkansas, 2015 Excessive Heat Warnings in Tennessee, 2015 Every 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.