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Special Weather Statement, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this special weather statement at May 29, 2015, 3:11 PM CDT for DeSoto County, Mississippi. It was in force for 34 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 29, 2015, 3:11 PM CDT (20:11 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 2015, 3:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
County DeSoto County, MS
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:15 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, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 8 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
- 111 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -93 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1102 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>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 29, 1:24 PM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 29, 1:24 PM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 29, 2:48 PM CDT, 23 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 248 PM CDT FRI MAY 29 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>092-302200- 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- 248 PM CDT FRI MAY 29 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST ARKANSAS... THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...AND WEST TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY STRONG TO PERHAPS ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. DAMAGING WINDS AND LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 29, 3:11 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 311 PM CDT FRI MAY 29 2015 MSZ001-008-292045- TATE MS-DE SOTO MS- 311 PM CDT FRI MAY 29 2015 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL UNTIL 345 PM CDT FOR... NORTHWESTERN TATE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI... SOUTHEASTERN DE SOTO COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI... AT 311 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING WINDS AT LEAST 40 MPH WAS LOCATED NEAR HERNANDO...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. PEOPLE IN NORTHWESTERN TATE AND SOUTHEASTERN DE SOTO COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. LAT...LON 3468 8986 3469 9012 3487 9011 3487 8982 TIME...MOT...LOC 2011Z 181DEG 28KT 3476 9000
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 3:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto | 25 min |
| May 29, 3:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto | 15 min |
| May 29, 5:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Fayette | 45 min |
| May 29, 5:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Craighead | 40 min |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in Mississippi, 2015Every 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.