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Special Weather Statement, NWS Memphis, TN

August 2, 2016Carroll County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this special weather statement at Aug 2, 2016, 4:13 PM CDT for Carroll County, Tennessee. It was in force for 47 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 2, 2016, 4:13 PM CDT (21:13 UTC)
Expired
Aug 2, 2016, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN

County Carroll County, TN

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KBYH), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 172 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2016-08-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 625 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2016-08-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 14 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
625 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-128 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1604 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
30 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

997 
WWUS84 KMEG 022113
SPSMEG

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
413 PM CDT TUE AUG 2 2016
 
TNZ003-020-021-052-054-022200-
CARROLL TN-WEAKLEY TN-MADISON TN-GIBSON TN-HENDERSON TN-
413 PM CDT TUE AUG 2 2016

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR...

CARROLL COUNTY IN WESTERN TENNESSEE...
SOUTHEASTERN WEAKLEY COUNTY IN WESTERN TENNESSEE...
NORTHEASTERN MADISON COUNTY IN WESTERN TENNESSEE...
EASTERN GIBSON COUNTY IN WESTERN TENNESSEE...
NORTHWESTERN HENDERSON COUNTY IN WESTERN TENNESSEE...

AT 413 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL OR
LARGER AND WINDS AT LEAST 40 MPH WAS LOCATED NEAR MILAN

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

PEOPLE IN CARROLL...SOUTHEASTERN WEAKLEY...NORTHEASTERN MADISON...
EASTERN GIBSON AND NORTHWESTERN HENDERSON COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR
THIS STORM CLOSELY.

LAT...LON 3578 8889 3579 8891 3617 8883 3617 8853
      3615 8853 3615 8839 3577 8839
TIME...MOT...LOC 2113Z 297DEG 29KT 3586 8882 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 2, 3:03 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryMEGChester, McNairy, Shelby, Tipton4 days
Aug 2, 4:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGChester, Madison50 min
Aug 2, 4:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGChester, Hardeman, Madison38 min
Aug 2, 4:29 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGMadison31 min
Aug 2, 4:53 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGChester, Gibson, Madison2 hr
Aug 2, 4:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGChester, Hardeman, Madison18 min
Aug 2, 4:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGCrockett48 min
Aug 2, 5:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGHardeman45 min

Nearby

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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.