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Heat Advisory 13, NWS Memphis, TN

August 8, 201515 counties in Mississippi; 14 counties in Tennessee; 8 counties in Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this heat advisory at Aug 8, 2015, 3:31 AM CDT for 15 counties in Mississippi; 14 counties in Tennessee; 8 counties in Arkansas. It took effect at Aug 9, 2015, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 17 hr.

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

All 37 counties

Clay County, AR, Craighead County, AR, Crittenden County, AR, Greene County, AR, Lawrence County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, Poinsett County, AR, Randolph County, AR, Alcorn County, MS, Benton County, MS, Calhoun County, MS, Chickasaw County, MS, DeSoto County, MS, Itawamba County, MS, Lafayette County, MS, Lee County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Monroe County, MS, Pontotoc County, MS, Prentiss County, MS, Tate County, MS, Tippah County, MS, Union County, MS, Chester County, TN, Crockett County, TN, Dyer County, TN, Fayette County, TN, Gibson County, TN, Hardeman County, TN, Haywood County, TN, Lake County, TN, Lauderdale County, TN, Madison County, TN, McNairy County, TN, Obion County, TN, Shelby County, TN, Tipton County, TN

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 40 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 heat advisory 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 heat advisory 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	Excessive Heat Warning	MEG	Coahoma, DeSoto, Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Quitman and 4 more	48 hr

Nearby

Heat Advisories in Mississippi, 2015 Heat Advisories in Tennessee, 2015 Heat Advisories in Arkansas, 2015 Every heat advisory 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.