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Excessive Heat Warning 2, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this excessive heat warning at Jul 22, 2016, 8:08 AM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 12 hr. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 22, 2016, 8:08 AM CDT (13:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 22, 2016, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
All 23 counties
Clay County, AR, Craighead County, AR, Crittenden County, AR, Cross County, AR, Greene County, AR, Lawrence County, AR, Lee County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, Phillips County, AR, Poinsett County, AR, Randolph County, AR, St. Francis County, AR, Dunklin County, MO, Pemiscot County, MO, Coahoma County, MS, DeSoto County, MS, Tunica County, MS, Dyer County, TN, Lake County, TN, Lauderdale County, TN, Obion County, TN, Shelby County, TN, Tipton County, TN
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 6:06 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Caruthersville, MO | LARGE TREE DOWN ON POWERLINES IN CARUTHERSVILLE. TIME IS RADAR ESTIMATED. |
| Jul 22, 7:45 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 8 W Covington, TN | TREES REPORTED DOWN COUNTY WIDE. |
| Jul 22, 7:50 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 55 | Ripley, TN | A BUNCH OF SMALL LIMBS DOWN IN ADDITION TO HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG WINDS. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KBYH), launched 12:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 87 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
- 2376 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1163 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted.
209 WWUS74 KMEG 221308 NPWMEG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 808 AM CDT FRI JUL 22 2016 ...VERY DANGEROUS HEAT WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE MIDSOUTH TODAY AND SATURDAY... .THE MIDSOUTH WILL REMAIN UNDER THE EASTERN PORTION OF A LARGE UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE CENTERED OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. THE HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS OBSERVED OVER THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND SATURDAY...INTERRUPTED ON OCCASION BY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. AWAY FROM THUNDERSTORMS... AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES WILL RANGE FROM 105 DEGREES OVER NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...TO AROUND 112 DEGREES ALONG AND JUST WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. DESPITE A POTENTIAL SLIGHT MODERATION OF TEMPERATURES SUNDAY AND MONDAY...THE HEAT ADVISORY MAY LATER BE EXTENDED INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK FOR A PORTION OF THE MIDSOUTH. ARZ009-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001-007-010- TNZ001-002-019-048-049-088-222115- /O.UPG.KMEG.HT.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-160724T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KMEG.EH.W.0002.160722T1308Z-160723T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KMEG.HT.Y.0009.160723T0100Z-160724T0100Z/ CLAY-GREENE-CRAIGHEAD-POINSETT-MISSISSIPPI-CROSS-CRITTENDEN- ST. FRANCIS-LEE AR-PHILLIPS-DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT-DESOTO-TUNICA- COAHOMA-LAKE-OBION-DYER-LAUDERDALE-TIPTON-SHELBY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PIGGOTT...CORNING...PARAGOULD... JONESBORO...HARRISBURG...BLYTHEVILLE...WYNNE...WEST MEMPHIS... FORREST CITY...MARIANNA...HELENA...WEST HELENA...KENNETT... CARUTHERSVILLE...SOUTHAVEN...OLIVE BRANCH...TUNICA...CLARKSDALE... TIPTONVILLE...UNION CITY...DYERSBURG...RIPLEY TN...COVINGTON... BARTLETT...GERMANTOWN...COLLIERVILLE...MEMPHIS...MILLINGTON 808 AM CDT FRI JUL 22 2016 ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 PM CDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. A HEAT ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 PM CDT SATURDAY. THE HEAT ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * HEAT INDICES...BETWEEN 105 TO 112 DEGREES. WARM AND HUMID CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT WILL PROVIDE LITTLE RELIEF FROM THE HEAT. * HEAT INDEX READINGS...105 TO 112 DEGREES. * TIMING...PEAK HEAT INDICES WILL OCCUR FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING...WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT OCCURRING. * IMPACTS...PROLONGED PERIODS OUTDOORS MAY RESULT IN HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES SUCH AS HEAT EXHAUSTION OR HEAT STROKE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS...IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1. AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN... AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. YOUNG CHILDREN AND PETS SHOULD NEVER BE LEFT UNATTENDED IN VEHICLES UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE DURING WARM OR HOT WEATHER WHEN CAR INTERIORS CAN REACH LETHAL TEMPERATURES IN A MATTER OF MINUTES. A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS...IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1. && $$ ARZ008-017-MSZ002>006-008-009-011>017-020>024-TNZ003-004-020>022- 050>055-089>092-222115- /O.CON.KMEG.HT.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-160724T0100Z/ RANDOLPH-LAWRENCE-MARSHALL-BENTON MS-TIPPAH-ALCORN-TISHOMINGO- TATE-PRENTISS-QUITMAN-PANOLA-LAFAYETTE-UNION-PONTOTOC-LEE MS- ITAWAMBA-TALLAHATCHIE-YALOBUSHA-CALHOUN-CHICKASAW-MONROE-WEAKLEY- HENRY-GIBSON-CARROLL-BENTON TN-HAYWOOD-CROCKETT-MADISON-CHESTER- HENDERSON-DECATUR-FAYETTE-HARDEMAN-MCNAIRY-HARDIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...POCAHONTAS...WALNUT RIDGE... HOLLY SPRINGS...ASHLAND...RIPLEY MS...CORINTH...IUKA... SENATOBIA...BOONEVILLE...MARKS...BATESVILLE...OXFORD... NEW ALBANY...PONTOTOC...TUPELO...FULTON...CHARLESTON... WATER VALLEY...COFFEEVILLE...BRUCE...CALHOUN CITY...HOUSTON... OKOLONA...AMORY...ABERDEEN...MARTIN...DRESDEN...PARIS... HUMBOLDT...MILAN...HUNTINGDON...CAMDEN...BROWNSVILLE...ALAMO... JACKSON...HENDERSON...LEXINGTON...PARSONS...DECATURVILLE... SOMERVILLE...OAKLAND...BOLIVAR...SELMER...SAVANNAH 808 AM CDT FRI JUL 22 2016 ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT SATURDAY... * HEAT INDICES...BETWEEN 105 TO 110 DEGREES. WARM AND HUMID CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT WILL PROVIDE LITTLE RELIEF FROM THE HEAT. * TIMING...PEAK HEAT INDICES WILL OCCUR FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING...WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT OCCURRING. * IMPACTS...PROLONGED PERIODS OUTDOORS MAY RESULT IN HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES SUCH AS HEAT EXHAUSTION OR HEAT STROKE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS...IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. && $$ JAB
4 follow-up statements
477 WWUS74 KMEG 221514 NPWMEG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1014 AM CDT FRI JUL 22 2016 ...VERY DANGEROUS HEAT WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE MIDSOUTH TODAY AND SATURDAY... .THE MIDSOUTH WILL REMAIN UNDER THE EASTERN PORTION OF A LARGE UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE CENTERED OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. THE HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS OBSERVED OVER THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND SATURDAY...INTERRUPTED ON OCCASION BY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. AWAY FROM THUNDERSTORMS... AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES WILL RANGE FROM 105 DEGREES OVER NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...TO AROUND 112 DEGREES ALONG AND JUST WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. DESPITE A POTENTIAL SLIGHT MODERATION OF TEMPERATURES SUNDAY AND MONDAY...THE HEAT ADVISORY MAY LATER BE EXTENDED INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK FOR A PORTION OF THE MIDSOUTH. ARZ009-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001-007-010- TNZ001-002-019-048-049-088-222315- /O.CON.KMEG.EH.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160723T0100Z/ /O.CON.KMEG.HT.Y.0009.160723T0100Z-160724T0100Z/ CLAY-GREENE-CRAIGHEAD-POINSETT-MISSISSIPPI-CROSS-CRITTENDEN- ST. FRANCIS-LEE AR-PHILLIPS-DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT-DESOTO-TUNICA- COAHOMA-LAKE-OBION-DYER-LAUDERDALE-TIPTON-SHELBY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PIGGOTT...CORNING...PARAGOULD... JONESBORO...HARRISBURG...BLYTHEVILLE...WYNNE...WEST MEMPHIS... FORREST CITY...MARIANNA...HELENA...WEST HELENA...KENNETT... CARUTHERSVILLE...SOUTHAVEN...OLIVE BRANCH...TUNICA...CLARKSDALE... TIPTONVILLE...UNION CITY...DYERSBURG...RIPLEY TN...COVINGTON... BARTLETT...GERMANTOWN...COLLIERVILLE...MEMPHIS...MILLINGTON 1014 AM CDT FRI JUL 22 2016 ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 PM CDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 PM CDT SATURDAY. * HEAT INDICES...110 DEGREES OR GREATER TODAY. WARM AND HUMID CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT WILL PROVIDE LITTLE RELIEF FROM THE HEAT. HEAT INDICES TOMORROW 105 TO 110 DEGREES. * TIMING...PEAK HEAT INDICES WILL OCCUR FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING...WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT OCCURRING. * IMPACTS...PROLONGED PERIODS OUTDOORS MAY RESULT IN HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES SUCH AS HEAT EXHAUSTION OR HEAT STROKE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS...IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1. AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN... AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. YOUNG CHILDREN AND PETS SHOULD NEVER BE LEFT UNATTENDED IN VEHICLES UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE DURING WARM OR HOT WEATHER WHEN CAR INTERIORS CAN REACH LETHAL TEMPERATURES IN A MATTER OF MINUTES. A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS...IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1. && $$ ARZ008-017-MSZ002>006-008-009-011>017-020>024-TNZ003-004-020>022- 050>055-089>092-222315- /O.CON.KMEG.HT.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-160724T0100Z/ RANDOLPH-LAWRENCE-MARSHALL-BENTON MS-TIPPAH-ALCORN-TISHOMINGO- TATE-PRENTISS-QUITMAN-PANOLA-LAFAYETTE-UNION-PONTOTOC-LEE MS- ITAWAMBA-TALLAHATCHIE-YALOBUSHA-CALHOUN-CHICKASAW-MONROE-WEAKLEY- HENRY-GIBSON-CARROLL-BENTON TN-HAYWOOD-CROCKETT-MADISON-CHESTER- HENDERSON-DECATUR-FAYETTE-HARDEMAN-MCNAIRY-HARDIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...POCAHONTAS...WALNUT RIDGE... HOLLY SPRINGS...ASHLAND...RIPLEY MS...CORINTH...IUKA... SENATOBIA...BOONEVILLE...MARKS...BATESVILLE...OXFORD... NEW ALBANY...PONTOTOC...TUPELO...FULTON...CHARLESTON... WATER VALLEY...COFFEEVILLE...BRUCE...CALHOUN CITY...HOUSTON... OKOLONA...AMORY...ABERDEEN...MARTIN...DRESDEN...PARIS... HUMBOLDT...MILAN...HUNTINGDON...CAMDEN...BROWNSVILLE...ALAMO... JACKSON...HENDERSON...LEXINGTON...PARSONS...DECATURVILLE... SOMERVILLE...OAKLAND...BOLIVAR...SELMER...SAVANNAH 1014 AM CDT FRI JUL 22 2016 ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT SATURDAY... * HEAT INDICES...BETWEEN 105 TO 110 DEGREES. WARM AND HUMID CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT WILL PROVIDE LITTLE RELIEF FROM THE HEAT. * TIMING...PEAK HEAT INDICES WILL OCCUR FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING...WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT OCCURRING. * IMPACTS...PROLONGED PERIODS OUTDOORS MAY RESULT IN HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES SUCH AS HEAT EXHAUSTION OR HEAT STROKE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS...IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. && $$
274 WWUS74 KMEG 221546 NPWMEG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1046 AM CDT FRI JUL 22 2016 ...VERY DANGEROUS HEAT WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE MIDSOUTH TODAY AND SATURDAY... .THE MIDSOUTH WILL REMAIN UNDER THE EASTERN PORTION OF A LARGE UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE CENTERED OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. THE HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS OBSERVED OVER THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND SATURDAY...INTERRUPTED ON OCCASION BY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. AWAY FROM THUNDERSTORMS... AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES WILL RANGE FROM 105 DEGREES OVER NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...TO AROUND 112 DEGREES ALONG AND WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. DESPITE A POTENTIAL SLIGHT MODERATION OF TEMPERATURES SUNDAY AND MONDAY...THE HEAT ADVISORY MAY LATER BE EXTENDED INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK FOR A PORTION OF THE MIDSOUTH. ARZ008-017-230000- /O.UPG.KMEG.HT.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-160724T0100Z/ /O.EXA.KMEG.EH.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160723T0100Z/ /O.EXA.KMEG.HT.Y.0009.160723T0100Z-160724T0100Z/ RANDOLPH-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...POCAHONTAS...WALNUT RIDGE 1046 AM CDT FRI JUL 22 2016 ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 PM CDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. A HEAT ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 PM CDT SATURDAY. THE HEAT ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * HEAT INDICES...110 DEGREES OR GREATER TODAY. WARM AND HUMID CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT WILL PROVIDE LITTLE RELIEF FROM THE HEAT. HEAT INDICES TOMORROW OF 105 TO 110 DEGREES. * TIMING...PEAK HEAT INDICES WILL OCCUR FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING...WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT OCCURRING. * IMPACTS...PROLONGED PERIODS OUTDOORS MAY RESULT IN HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES SUCH AS HEAT EXHAUSTION OR HEAT STROKE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS...IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1. AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN... AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. YOUNG CHILDREN AND PETS SHOULD NEVER BE LEFT UNATTENDED IN VEHICLES UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE DURING WARM OR HOT WEATHER WHEN CAR INTERIORS CAN REACH LETHAL TEMPERATURES IN A MATTER OF MINUTES. A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS...IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1. && $$ ARZ009-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001-007-010- TNZ001-002-019-048-049-088-230000- /O.CON.KMEG.EH.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160723T0100Z/ /O.CON.KMEG.HT.Y.0009.160723T0100Z-160724T0100Z/ CLAY-GREENE-CRAIGHEAD-POINSETT-MISSISSIPPI-CROSS-CRITTENDEN- ST. FRANCIS-LEE AR-PHILLIPS-DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT-DESOTO-TUNICA- COAHOMA-LAKE-OBION-DYER-LAUDERDALE-TIPTON-SHELBY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PIGGOTT...CORNING...PARAGOULD... JONESBORO...HARRISBURG...BLYTHEVILLE...WYNNE...WEST MEMPHIS... FORREST CITY...MARIANNA...HELENA...WEST HELENA...KENNETT... CARUTHERSVILLE...SOUTHAVEN...OLIVE BRANCH...TUNICA...CLARKSDALE... TIPTONVILLE...UNION CITY...DYERSBURG...RIPLEY TN...COVINGTON... BARTLETT...GERMANTOWN...COLLIERVILLE...MEMPHIS...MILLINGTON 1046 AM CDT FRI JUL 22 2016 ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 PM CDT SATURDAY... * HEAT INDICES...110 DEGREES OR GREATER TODAY. WARM AND HUMID CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT WILL PROVIDE LITTLE RELIEF FROM THE HEAT. HEAT INDICES TOMORROW 105 TO 110 DEGREES. * TIMING...PEAK HEAT INDICES WILL OCCUR FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING...WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT OCCURRING. * IMPACTS...PROLONGED PERIODS OUTDOORS MAY RESULT IN HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES SUCH AS HEAT EXHAUSTION OR HEAT STROKE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS...IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1. AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN... AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. YOUNG CHILDREN AND PETS SHOULD NEVER BE LEFT UNATTENDED IN VEHICLES UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE DURING WARM OR HOT WEATHER WHEN CAR INTERIORS CAN REACH LETHAL TEMPERATURES IN A MATTER OF MINUTES. A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS...IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1. && $$ MSZ002>006-008-009-011>017-020>024-TNZ003-004-020>022-050>055- 089>092-230000- /O.CON.KMEG.HT.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-160724T0100Z/ MARSHALL-BENTON MS-TIPPAH-ALCORN-TISHOMINGO-TATE-PRENTISS-QUITMAN- PANOLA-LAFAYETTE-UNION-PONTOTOC-LEE MS-ITAWAMBA-TALLAHATCHIE- YALOBUSHA-CALHOUN-CHICKASAW-MONROE-WEAKLEY-HENRY-GIBSON-CARROLL- BENTON TN-HAYWOOD-CROCKETT-MADISON-CHESTER-HENDERSON-DECATUR- FAYETTE-HARDEMAN-MCNAIRY-HARDIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOLLY SPRINGS...ASHLAND...RIPLEY MS... CORINTH...IUKA...SENATOBIA...BOONEVILLE...MARKS...BATESVILLE... OXFORD...NEW ALBANY...PONTOTOC...TUPELO...FULTON...CHARLESTON... WATER VALLEY...COFFEEVILLE...BRUCE...CALHOUN CITY...HOUSTON... OKOLONA...AMORY...ABERDEEN...MARTIN...DRESDEN...PARIS... HUMBOLDT...MILAN...HUNTINGDON...CAMDEN...BROWNSVILLE...ALAMO... JACKSON...HENDERSON...LEXINGTON...PARSONS...DECATURVILLE... SOMERVILLE...OAKLAND...BOLIVAR...SELMER...SAVANNAH 1046 AM CDT FRI JUL 22 2016 ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT SATURDAY... * HEAT INDICES...BETWEEN 105 TO 110 DEGREES. WARM AND HUMID CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT WILL PROVIDE LITTLE RELIEF FROM THE HEAT. * TIMING...PEAK HEAT INDICES WILL OCCUR FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING...WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT OCCURRING. * IMPACTS...PROLONGED PERIODS OUTDOORS MAY RESULT IN HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES SUCH AS HEAT EXHAUSTION OR HEAT STROKE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS...IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. && $$ JAB
240 WWUS74 KMEG 221854 NPWMEG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 154 PM CDT FRI JUL 22 2016 ...VERY DANGEROUS HEAT WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE MIDSOUTH TODAY AND TOMORROW... .THE MIDSOUTH WILL REMAIN UNDER THE EASTERN PORTION OF A LARGE UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE CENTERED OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. THE HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS OBSERVED OVER THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND SATURDAY...INTERRUPTED ON OCCASION BY THUNDERSTORMS. AWAY FROM THUNDERSTORMS...AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES WILL RANGE FROM 105 DEGREES OVER NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...TO AROUND 112 DEGREES ALONG AND WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. DESPITE A POTENTIAL SLIGHT MODERATION OF TEMPERATURES LATER THIS WEEKEND AND ON MONDAY...THE HEAT ADVISORY MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED FOR A PORTION OF THE MIDSOUTH. 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COLLIERVILLE...MEMPHIS...MILLINGTON 154 PM CDT FRI JUL 22 2016 ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 PM CDT SATURDAY... * HEAT INDICES...110 DEGREES OR GREATER TODAY. WARM AND HUMID CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT WILL PROVIDE LITTLE RELIEF FROM THE HEAT. HEAT INDICES TOMORROW OF 105 TO 110 DEGREES. * TIMING...PEAK HEAT INDICES WILL OCCUR FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING...WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT OCCURRING. * IMPACTS...PROLONGED PERIODS OUTDOORS MAY RESULT IN HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES SUCH AS HEAT EXHAUSTION OR HEAT STROKE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS...IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1. AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN... AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. YOUNG CHILDREN AND PETS SHOULD NEVER BE LEFT UNATTENDED IN VEHICLES UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE DURING WARM OR HOT WEATHER WHEN CAR INTERIORS CAN REACH LETHAL TEMPERATURES IN A MATTER OF MINUTES. A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS...IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1. && $$ MSZ002>006-008-009-011>017-020>024-TNZ003-004-020>022-050>055- 089>092-230300- /O.CON.KMEG.HT.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-160724T0100Z/ MARSHALL-BENTON MS-TIPPAH-ALCORN-TISHOMINGO-TATE-PRENTISS-QUITMAN- PANOLA-LAFAYETTE-UNION-PONTOTOC-LEE MS-ITAWAMBA-TALLAHATCHIE- YALOBUSHA-CALHOUN-CHICKASAW-MONROE-WEAKLEY-HENRY-GIBSON-CARROLL- BENTON TN-HAYWOOD-CROCKETT-MADISON-CHESTER-HENDERSON-DECATUR- FAYETTE-HARDEMAN-MCNAIRY-HARDIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOLLY SPRINGS...ASHLAND...RIPLEY MS... CORINTH...IUKA...SENATOBIA...BOONEVILLE...MARKS...BATESVILLE... OXFORD...NEW ALBANY...PONTOTOC...TUPELO...FULTON...CHARLESTON... WATER VALLEY...COFFEEVILLE...BRUCE...CALHOUN CITY...HOUSTON... OKOLONA...AMORY...ABERDEEN...MARTIN...DRESDEN...PARIS... HUMBOLDT...MILAN...HUNTINGDON...CAMDEN...BROWNSVILLE...ALAMO... JACKSON...HENDERSON...LEXINGTON...PARSONS...DECATURVILLE... SOMERVILLE...OAKLAND...BOLIVAR...SELMER...SAVANNAH 154 PM CDT FRI JUL 22 2016 ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT SATURDAY... * HEAT INDICES...BETWEEN 105 TO 110 DEGREES. WARM AND HUMID CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT WILL PROVIDE LITTLE RELIEF FROM THE HEAT. * TIMING...PEAK HEAT INDICES WILL OCCUR FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING...WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT OCCURRING. * IMPACTS...PROLONGED PERIODS OUTDOORS MAY RESULT IN HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES SUCH AS HEAT EXHAUSTION OR HEAT STROKE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS...IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. && $$
805 WWUS74 KMEG 230102 NPWMEG URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 802 PM CDT FRI JUL 22 2016 ...VERY DANGEROUS HEAT WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE MIDSOUTH TOMORROW... .THE MIDSOUTH WILL REMAIN UNDER THE EASTERN PORTION OF A LARGE UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE CENTERED OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. THE HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS OBSERVED OVER THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS WILL CONTINUE SATURDAY...INTERRUPTED ON OCCASION BY THUNDERSTORMS. AWAY FROM THUNDERSTORMS...AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES WILL RANGE FROM 105 DEGREES OVER NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...TO AROUND 109 DEGREES ALONG AND WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. DESPITE A POTENTIAL SLIGHT MODERATION OF TEMPERATURES LATER THIS WEEKEND AND ON MONDAY...THE HEAT ADVISORY MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED FOR A PORTION OF THE MIDSOUTH. ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001- 007-010-TNZ001-002-019-048-049-088-231000- /O.EXP.KMEG.EH.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160723T0100Z/ /O.CON.KMEG.HT.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-160724T0100Z/ RANDOLPH-CLAY-LAWRENCE-GREENE-CRAIGHEAD-POINSETT-MISSISSIPPI- CROSS-CRITTENDEN-ST. FRANCIS-LEE AR-PHILLIPS-DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT- DESOTO-TUNICA-COAHOMA-LAKE-OBION-DYER-LAUDERDALE-TIPTON-SHELBY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...POCAHONTAS...PIGGOTT...CORNING... WALNUT RIDGE...PARAGOULD...JONESBORO...HARRISBURG...BLYTHEVILLE... WYNNE...WEST MEMPHIS...FORREST CITY...MARIANNA...HELENA... WEST HELENA...KENNETT...CARUTHERSVILLE...SOUTHAVEN... OLIVE BRANCH...TUNICA...CLARKSDALE...TIPTONVILLE...UNION CITY... DYERSBURG...RIPLEY TN...COVINGTON...BARTLETT...GERMANTOWN... COLLIERVILLE...MEMPHIS...MILLINGTON 802 PM CDT FRI JUL 22 2016 ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT SATURDAY... ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING HAS EXPIRED... * HEAT INDICES....HEAT INDICES TOMORROW OF 105 TO 110 DEGREES. * TIMING...PEAK HEAT INDICES WILL OCCUR FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING...WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT OCCURRING. * IMPACTS...PROLONGED PERIODS OUTDOORS MAY RESULT IN HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES SUCH AS HEAT EXHAUSTION OR HEAT STROKE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS...IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1. && $$ MSZ002>006-008-009-011>017-020>024-TNZ003-004-020>022-050>055- 089>092-231000- /O.CON.KMEG.HT.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-160724T0100Z/ MARSHALL-BENTON MS-TIPPAH-ALCORN-TISHOMINGO-TATE-PRENTISS-QUITMAN- PANOLA-LAFAYETTE-UNION-PONTOTOC-LEE MS-ITAWAMBA-TALLAHATCHIE- YALOBUSHA-CALHOUN-CHICKASAW-MONROE-WEAKLEY-HENRY-GIBSON-CARROLL- BENTON TN-HAYWOOD-CROCKETT-MADISON-CHESTER-HENDERSON-DECATUR- FAYETTE-HARDEMAN-MCNAIRY-HARDIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOLLY SPRINGS...ASHLAND...RIPLEY MS... CORINTH...IUKA...SENATOBIA...BOONEVILLE...MARKS...BATESVILLE... OXFORD...NEW ALBANY...PONTOTOC...TUPELO...FULTON...CHARLESTON... WATER VALLEY...COFFEEVILLE...BRUCE...CALHOUN CITY...HOUSTON... OKOLONA...AMORY...ABERDEEN...MARTIN...DRESDEN...PARIS... HUMBOLDT...MILAN...HUNTINGDON...CAMDEN...BROWNSVILLE...ALAMO... JACKSON...HENDERSON...LEXINGTON...PARSONS...DECATURVILLE... SOMERVILLE...OAKLAND...BOLIVAR...SELMER...SAVANNAH 802 PM CDT FRI JUL 22 2016 ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT SATURDAY... * HEAT INDICES...BETWEEN 105 TO 110 DEGREES. WARM AND HUMID CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT WILL PROVIDE LITTLE RELIEF FROM THE HEAT. * TIMING...PEAK HEAT INDICES WILL OCCUR FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING...WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT OCCURRING. * IMPACTS...PROLONGED PERIODS OUTDOORS MAY RESULT IN HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES SUCH AS HEAT EXHAUSTION OR HEAT STROKE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS...IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. && $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this excessive heat 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 excessive heat warning went out at Jul 22, 6:02 AM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 22, 6:02 AM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Memphis TN
602 AM CDT FRI JUL 22 2016
.DISCUSSION... /issued 358 AM CDT FRI JUL 22 2016/
A broad 598dm 500mb ridge will remain centered over the southern
plains today, in similar fashion to the past several days. The
Midsouth will remain under the eastern periphery of this ridge,
under weak northerly flow aloft weakened daytime convective
inhibition.
The primary short term forecast challenge remains heat indices.
Several factors will be a play today: coverage of thunderstorms,
high level convective debris clouds from a decaying southward-
moving MCS over the mid-MS River valley, and the varying dewpoint
measurement and local scale effects associated with the varying
observation platforms. Synoptically, it appears heat indices will
have a potential to reach 110 degrees over northeast AR and the MO
bootheel, but given the aforementioned factors, have decided to
continue with the Heat Advisory and hold off on an Excessive Heat
Warning at this time. The advisory may need to upgraded to an
Excessive Heat Warning if ASOS-measured dewpoints over northeast
AR do not sufficiently mix out with daytime heating.
Similar conditions forecast for Saturday, except perhaps a bump
in afternoon thunderstorm coverage, as the upper ridge begins a
slow deamplification. This trend continues into early next week,
with the main lobe of the upper ridge retrograding to the desert
southwest. Concurrently, a weak easterly wave will lower convective
inhibition along the gulf coast and lower MS River valley, while
stronger westerlies drop into the Ohio River valley by early
Wednesday. This northern branch will phase with the weak subtropical
wave to the south, bringing increased rain chances and moderating
daytime temps to the Midsouth. GFS progs precipitable water values
around 2 inches. By Thursday or Friday of next week, portions of
the Midsouth may not warm out of the 80s, depending on afternoon
storm coverage.
PWB
&&
.AVIATION...
12Z TAF Set
Some patchy fog is occurring at KMKL this morning. Fog should
lift by 15Z. Fog may occur again late tonight at KMKL. Otherwise,
expect VFR conditions to prevail over the next 24 hours. Although,
have added VCTS wording at KMKL at 16Z and KTUP at 18Z as an
outflow boundary from ongoing convection over Illinois could move
into the area and trigger some development. In addition, have
added VCTS wording at KMEM as a thunderstorm has developed near
the airport every day for the past week around 21Z. Pattern hasn't
changed so see why this wouldn't occur again this afternoon. Winds
will be light and variable through the period.
KRM
&&
&&
.MEG Watches/Warnings/Advisories...
AR...Heat Advisory until 8 PM CDT Saturday for Clay-Craighead-
Crittenden-Cross-Greene-Lawrence-Lee AR-Mississippi-
Phillips-Poinsett-Randolph-St. Francis.
MO...Heat Advisory until 8 PM CDT Saturday for Dunklin-Pemiscot.
MS...Heat Advisory until 8 PM CDT Saturday for Alcorn-Benton MS-
Calhoun-Chickasaw-Coahoma-DeSoto-Itawamba-Lafayette-Lee MS-
Marshall-Monroe-Panola-Pontotoc-Prentiss-Quitman-
Tallahatchie-Tate-Tippah-Tishomingo-Tunica-Union-Yalobusha.
TN...Heat Advisory until 8 PM CDT Saturday for Benton TN-Carroll-
Chester-Crockett-Decatur-Dyer-Fayette-Gibson-Hardeman-
Hardin-Haywood-Henderson-Henry-Lake-Lauderdale-Madison-
McNairy-Obion-Shelby-Tipton-Weakley.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 22, 3:09 AM CDT, 4 hours 59 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 309 AM CDT FRI JUL 22 2016 ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115- MSZ001>017-020>024-TNZ001>004-019>022-048>055-088>092-231015- 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- 309 AM CDT FRI JUL 22 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST ARKANSAS... THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...AND WEST TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT HAZARDOUS LEVELS OF HEAT ARE FORECAST FOR ALL OF THE MIDSOUTH TODAY. MIDDAY AND AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES WILL RANGE FROM 105 OVER NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... TO AROUND 110 DEGREES OVER NORTHEAST ARKANSAS AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL. THERE IS A MARGINAL RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY MIDDAY AND AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES WILL RANGE FROM 105 TO 110 DEGREES SATURDAY...AND ABOVE 100 DEGREES INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. THE CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS INCREASE TOWARD THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK...WITH A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. PWB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 8:08 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | MEG | Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Lawrence and 6 more | 50 hr |
| Jul 22, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, Marshall | 33 min |
| Jul 22, 12:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Henry | 22 min |
| Jul 22, 1:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Henry | 41 min |
| Jul 22, 1:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Madison | 39 min |
| Jul 22, 1:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Weakley | 51 min |
| Jul 22, 2:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Carroll, Henderson | 50 min |
| Jul 22, 2:19 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Carroll, Gibson, Henderson, Henry, Madison, Weakley | 2 hr |
| Jul 22, 2:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Madison | 39 min |
| Jul 22, 2:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll, Henderson | 47 min |
| Jul 22, 3:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Decatur | 49 min |
| Jul 22, 3:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Haywood | 41 min |
Nearby
Excessive Heat Warnings in Arkansas, 2016Excessive Heat Warnings in Tennessee, 2016Excessive Heat Warnings in Mississippi, 2016Every excessive heat warning in 2016
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.