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Special Weather Statement, NWS Memphis, TN

August 7, 2015Lafayette County, Panola County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2015, 9:18 AM CDT for Lafayette County, Panola County, Mississippi. It was in force for 42 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: Aug 7, 2015, 9:18 AM CDT (14:18 UTC)
Expired: Aug 7, 2015, 10:00 AM CDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN

Counties Lafayette County, MS, Panola County, MS

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Aug 6, 6:36 PM CDT, 14 hours 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 6, 6:36 PM CDT, 14 hours 42 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 6, 3:04 PM CDT, 18 hours 14 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 7, 3:27 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	MEG	Calhoun, Chickasaw, Coahoma, Lafayette, Monroe, Panola and 6 more	48 hr
Aug 7, 8:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Tunica	51 min
Aug 7, 8:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	DeSoto	23 min
Aug 7, 8:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Benton, Marshall	44 min
Aug 7, 8:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	DeSoto	28 min
Aug 7, 8:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	DeSoto, Marshall, Tate	34 min
Aug 7, 9:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Calhoun, Chickasaw, Lafayette, Pontotoc	39 min
Aug 7, 10:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Calhoun, Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe	29 min
Aug 7, 7:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Shelby, Tipton	46 min
Aug 7, 7:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Cross	44 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.