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Special Weather Statement, NWS Memphis, TN

July 4, 2015Calhoun County, Yalobusha County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this special weather statement at Jul 4, 2015, 4:01 AM CDT for Calhoun County, Yalobusha County, Mississippi. It was in force for 44 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: Jul 4, 2015, 4:01 AM CDT (09:01 UTC)
Expired: Jul 4, 2015, 4:45 AM CDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN

Counties Calhoun County, MS, Yalobusha County, MS

The radar

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The text

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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 Jul 4, 12:24 AM CDT, 3 hours 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 4, 12:24 AM CDT, 3 hours 37 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 4, 3:16 AM CDT, 45 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
316 AM CDT SAT JUL 4 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>092-051030-
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-
316 AM CDT SAT JUL 4 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST ARKANSAS...
THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...AND WEST TENNESSEE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY INTO THE
EARLY EVENING OVER NORTH MISSISSIPPI...POSSIBLY AS FAR NORTH AS
THE MEMPHIS METRO AREA. IN ADDITION...THERE IS A MARGINAL RISK
FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH MISSISSIPPI THROUGH THIS
EVENING...WITH DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY THREAT. ISOLATED STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE MIDSOUTH
THROUGH TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED TODAY OVER NORTH MISSISSIPPI.

PWB

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 4, 3:16 AM CDT, 45 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
316 AM CDT SAT JUL 4 2015

MSZ010>012-020-040900-
PANOLA MS-TALLAHATCHIE MS-QUITMAN MS-COAHOMA MS-
316 AM CDT SAT JUL 4 2015

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL UNTIL 400 AM CDT FOR...

SOUTHWESTERN PANOLA COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI...
NORTHERN TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI...
SOUTHERN QUITMAN COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI...
SOUTHEASTERN COAHOMA COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI...

AT 315 AM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL OR
LARGER AND WINDS AT LEAST 40 MPH WAS LOCATED OVER DUBLIN...OR NEAR
CLARKSDALE...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE
ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

PEOPLE IN SOUTHWESTERN PANOLA...NORTHERN TALLAHATCHIE...SOUTHERN
QUITMAN AND SOUTHEASTERN COAHOMA COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM
CLOSELY.

LAT...LON 3399 9045 3399 9066 3412 9066 3412 9079
      3422 9080 3425 9002 3395 9002 3394 9045
TIME...MOT...LOC 0815Z 254DEG 52KT 3411 9053

Special weather statement, Jul 4, 4:01 AM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
401 AM CDT SAT JUL 4 2015

MSZ012-013-020>022-040945-
CALHOUN MS-PANOLA MS-TALLAHATCHIE MS-YALOBUSHA MS-LAFAYETTE MS-
401 AM CDT SAT JUL 4 2015

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL UNTIL 445 AM CDT FOR...

NORTHWESTERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
SOUTHERN PANOLA COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI...
NORTHEASTERN TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI...
YALOBUSHA COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI...
SOUTHERN LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI...

AT 401 AM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL OR
LARGER AND WINDS AT LEAST 40 MPH WAS LOCATED 7 MILES EAST OF ENID...
OR 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WATER VALLEY...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE
ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

PEOPLE IN NORTHWESTERN CALHOUN...SOUTHERN PANOLA...NORTHEASTERN
TALLAHATCHIE...YALOBUSHA AND SOUTHERN LAFAYETTE COUNTIES SHOULD
MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.

LAT...LON 3385 9014 3407 9016 3408 9014 3425 9013
      3429 8925 3420 8925 3387 8930 3387 8977
      3390 8977 3390 8992 3386 8993
TIME...MOT...LOC 0901Z 251DEG 40KT 3408 8982

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 3, 7:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Monroe	24 min
Jul 3, 8:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Monroe	30 min
Jul 4, 3:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Tallahatchie	44 min
Jul 4, 3:27 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Lafayette, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Yalobusha	3 hr
Jul 4, 3:41 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Lee, Pontotoc, Union	6 hr
Jul 4, 4:16 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Coahoma, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Yalobusha	3 hr
Jul 4, 5:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Calhoun, Chickasaw, Monroe	38 min
Jul 4, 10:51 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Lafayette	14 hr
Jul 4, 10:51 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Lee	10 hr
Jul 4, 10:51 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Lowndes, Monroe	5 days
Jul 4, 1:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Randolph	49 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Mississippi, 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.