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Special Weather Statement, NWS Memphis, TN

May 27, 2015Obion County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this special weather statement at May 27, 2015, 10:21 AM CDT for Obion County, Tennessee. It was in force for 24 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 27, 2015, 10:21 AM CDT (15:21 UTC)
Expired: May 27, 2015, 10:45 AM CDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN

County Obion County, TN

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KBYH), launched 12:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 197 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 1167 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -58 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 758 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 0 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 0 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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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 May 27, 6:49 AM CDT, 3 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 27, 6:49 AM CDT, 3 hours 32 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 27, 9:33 AM CDT, 48 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
933 AM CDT WED MAY 27 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>092-281645-
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-
933 AM CDT WED MAY 27 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 STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE MAINLY THIS
AFTERNOON WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AS THE POTENTIAL
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THREAT. LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO
POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

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, May 27, 9:34 AM CDT, 47 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
934 AM CDT WED MAY 27 2015

ARZ027-271515-
POINSETT AR-
934 AM CDT WED MAY 27 2015

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL UNTIL 1015 AM CDT FOR...

CENTRAL POINSETT COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...

AT 934 AM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL OR
LARGER AND WINDS AT LEAST 40 MPH WAS LOCATED NEAR HARRISBURG...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

PEOPLE IN CENTRAL POINSETT COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.

LAT...LON 3563 9068 3569 9030 3544 9042 3544 9061
      3545 9061 3544 9089
TIME...MOT...LOC 1434Z 241DEG 16KT 3551 9067

Special weather statement, May 27, 10:21 AM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1021 AM CDT WED MAY 27 2015

TNZ002-271545-
OBION TN-
1021 AM CDT WED MAY 27 2015

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL UNTIL 1045 AM CDT FOR...

OBION COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE...

AT 1021 AM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL OR
LARGER AND WINDS AT LEAST 40 MPH WAS LOCATED NEAR UNION CITY...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

PEOPLE IN OBION COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.

LAT...LON 3650 8883 3647 8881 3641 8882 3641 8884
      3639 8888 3641 8895 3624 8896 3627 8940
      3651 8932
TIME...MOT...LOC 1521Z 227DEG 25KT 3643 8912

The office that day

Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 27, 10:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Tishomingo	31 min
May 27, 11:42 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Calhoun, Tallahatchie, Yalobusha	48 min
May 27, 12:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Lafayette, Yalobusha	53 min
May 27, 1:41 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Calhoun, Yalobusha	3 hr
May 27, 2:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Union	31 min
May 27, 3:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lee, Prentiss, Tippah, Union	51 min
May 27, 3:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chickasaw, Lee, Monroe	47 min
May 27, 3:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Prentiss, Tishomingo	45 min
May 27, 11:53 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Carroll	37 min
May 27, 12:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Henry, Weakley	47 min
May 27, 9:34 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Poinsett	41 min
May 27, 10:48 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Mississippi	27 min
May 27, 11:21 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Craighead	3 hr
May 27, 1:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Randolph	34 min
May 27, 1:55 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Lawrence, Randolph	5 hr
May 27, 2:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Lawrence	42 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Tennessee, 2015 Every special weather statement 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.