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Special Weather Statement, NWS Memphis, TN

July 11, 2016Benton County, Tippah County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this special weather statement at Jul 11, 2016, 2:49 PM CDT for Benton County, Tippah County, Mississippi. It was in force for 41 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 11, 2016, 2:49 PM CDT (19:49 UTC)
Expired: Jul 11, 2016, 3:30 PM CDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN

Counties Benton County, MS, Tippah County, MS

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:50 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, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 63 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 562 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -95 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 793 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -10 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 11, 2:44 PM CDT, 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 11, 2:44 PM CDT, 5 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 11, 3:46 AM CDT, 11 hours 3 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
346 AM CDT MON JUL 11 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>092-121100-
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-
346 AM CDT MON JUL 11 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FEATURING FREQUENT LIGHTNING...LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TODAY. LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 11, 1:27 PM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
127 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2016

MSZ001-008-111915-
TATE MS-DESOTO MS-
127 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2016

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 215 PM CDT FOR...

TATE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI...
SOUTHERN DESOTO COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI...

AT 127 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL OR
LARGER AND WINDS AT LEAST 40 MPH WAS LOCATED NEAR STRAYHORN...OR 7
MILES WEST OF SENATOBIA

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

PEOPLE IN TATE AND SOUTHERN DESOTO COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM
CLOSELY.

LAT...LON 3456 9019 3480 9020 3488 8973 3456 8973
TIME...MOT...LOC 1827Z 238DEG 21KT 3464 9010

Special weather statement, Jul 11, 1:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
133 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2016

MSZ022-111915-
CALHOUN MS-
133 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2016

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 215 PM CDT FOR...

CALHOUN COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...

AT 133 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING WINDS AT LEAST 40 MPH
WAS LOCATED NEAR SABOUGLA...OR 20 MILES EAST OF GRENADA

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

PEOPLE IN CALHOUN COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.

LAT...LON 3416 8947 3416 8924 3408 8924 3407 8918
      3372 8919 3372 8951
TIME...MOT...LOC 1833Z 239DEG 17KT 3384 8945

Special weather statement, Jul 11, 2:08 PM CDT, 41 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
208 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2016

MSZ013-015-022-023-112000-
CALHOUN MS-LAFAYETTE MS-CHICKASAW MS-PONTOTOC MS-
208 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2016

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 300 PM CDT FOR...

EASTERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
SOUTHEASTERN LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI...
CHICKASAW COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
PONTOTOC COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...

AT 208 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL OR
LARGER WAS LOCATED NEAR BRUCE...OR 16 MILES NORTHWEST OF HOUSTON

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

PEOPLE IN EASTERN CALHOUN...SOUTHEASTERN LAFAYETTE...CHICKASAW AND
PONTOTOC COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.

LAT...LON 3437 8932 3437 8893 3436 8893 3436 8883
      3381 8881 3381 8893 3375 8893 3375 8903
      3374 8904 3374 8919 3372 8919 3372 8931
TIME...MOT...LOC 1908Z 244DEG 24KT 3402 8926

Special weather statement, Jul 11, 2:13 PM CDT, 36 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 11, 2:35 PM CDT, 14 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 11, 2:49 PM CDT, 0 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 11, 1:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Tate	48 min
Jul 11, 1:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Calhoun	42 min
Jul 11, 2:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Chickasaw, Pontotoc	52 min
Jul 11, 2:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Marshall	47 min
Jul 11, 2:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Chickasaw, Monroe	55 min
Jul 11, 3:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Monroe	59 min
Jul 11, 3:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Tippah	51 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Mississippi, 2016 Every special weather statement 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.