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Heat Advisory 5, NWS Memphis, TN

July 6, 201613 counties in Tennessee; 11 counties in Mississippi; 12 counties in Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this heat advisory at Jul 6, 2016, 2:21 AM CDT for 13 counties in Tennessee; 11 counties in Mississippi; 12 counties in Arkansas. It took effect at Jul 6, 2016, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 6, 2016, 2:21 AM CDT (07:21 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 6, 2016, 10:00 AM CDT
Expired: Jul 6, 2016, 3:25 PM CDT
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN

All 36 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, Benton County, MS, Coahoma County, MS, DeSoto County, MS, Lafayette County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Panola County, MS, Quitman County, MS, Tallahatchie County, MS, Tate County, MS, Tunica County, MS, Yalobusha County, MS, Crockett County, TN, Dyer County, TN, Fayette County, TN, Gibson County, TN, Hardeman County, TN, Haywood County, TN, Lake County, TN, Lauderdale County, TN, Madison County, TN, Obion County, TN, Shelby County, TN, Tipton County, TN, Weakley County, TN

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 8 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this heat advisory 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 heat advisory went out at Jul 5, 11:45 PM CDT, 2 hours 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 11:45 PM CDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 5, 11:42 PM CDT, 2 hours 39 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
Jul 6, 1:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lake	45 min
Jul 6, 1:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Obion	32 min
Jul 6, 1:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Henry, Weakley	37 min
Jul 6, 2:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Benton, Henry	42 min
Jul 6, 2:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Benton, Henry	48 min
Jul 5, 7:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Calhoun	27 min
Jul 6, 11:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Randolph	45 min
Jul 6, 11:46 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Lawrence, Randolph	3 hr
Jul 6, 11:46 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Clay, Randolph	31 min
Jul 6, 12:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Clay	45 min

Nearby

Heat Advisories in Tennessee, 2016 Heat Advisories in Arkansas, 2016 Heat Advisories in Mississippi, 2016 Every heat advisory 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.