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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 187, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 2015, 6:57 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.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 14, 2015, 6:57 PM CDT (23:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 2015, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Monroe County, MS
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 3:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KBYH), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 171 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
- 1111 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -235 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1433 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 14, 6:22 PM CDT, 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 14, 6:22 PM CDT, 35 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 501 PM CDT TUE JUL 14 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>092-160015- 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- 501 PM CDT TUE JUL 14 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST ARKANSAS... THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...AND WEST TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THERE IS AN ENHANCED RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN WEST TENNESSEE AND NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI THROUGH THIS EVENING. WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ARE LIKELY WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH IN SOME AREAS. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF EASTERN ARKANSAS...AND FAR NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI. DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST TENNESSEE AND NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AS STORMS MOVE REPEATEDLY OVER THE SAME AREAS. SEVERAL INCHES OF RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY A HEAT ADVISORY WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM WEDNESDAY FOR HEAT INDICES IN EXCESS OF 105 DEGREES. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST FOR PORTIONS OF THE MID-SOUTH WEDNESDAY. HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THIS WEEK AND INTO NEXT WEEKEND. HEAT INDICES MAY CONTINUE ABOVE 105 DEGREES THROUGH THIS PERIOD. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE LIKELY THIS EVENING IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS. PLEASE RELAY ANY REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS TENNESSEE. JLH
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Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 3:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto | 38 min |
| Jul 14, 4:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Marshall | 37 min |
| Jul 14, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, Marshall, Tippah | 31 min |
| Jul 14, 4:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Marshall, Tate | 38 min |
| Jul 14, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Benton, DeSoto, Lafayette, Marshall, Panola and 3 more | 44 min |
| Jul 14, 5:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Tippah, Tishomingo | 38 min |
| Jul 14, 5:19 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MEG | Alcorn, Prentiss, Tippah, Tishomingo | 2 hr |
| Jul 14, 5:21 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Tishomingo | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Itawamba, Lafayette, Lee, Marshall, Pontotoc and 4 more | 49 min |
| Jul 14, 5:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Tishomingo | 39 min |
| Jul 14, 6:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc, Prentiss and 1 more | 50 min |
| Jul 14, 3:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Shelby, Tipton | 44 min |
| Jul 14, 3:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lauderdale, Shelby, Tipton | 39 min |
| Jul 14, 3:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll, Decatur, Henderson | 40 min |
| Jul 14, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crockett, Gibson, Haywood, Lauderdale | 50 min |
| Jul 14, 4:08 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Benton, Carroll, Decatur, Henderson | 52 min |
| Jul 14, 4:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Chester, Hardeman, McNairy, Madison | 39 min |
| Jul 14, 4:41 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Carroll, Gibson, Henderson, Madison | 64 min |
| Jul 14, 4:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Hardeman, McNairy, Madison | 42 min |
| Jul 14, 5:11 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Benton, Carroll, Chester, Decatur, Gibson, Hardin and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 2:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Craighead, Greene, Lawrence, Randolph | 49 min |
| Jul 14, 2:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Clay, Craighead, Greene, Lawrence, Poinsett, Randolph | 43 min |
| Jul 14, 2:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Lawrence, Mississippi and 1 more | 45 min |
Nearby
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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.