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Excessive Heat Warning 5, NWS Memphis, TN

July 26, 2017Lauderdale County, Shelby County, Tipton County, Tennessee; 7 counties in Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this excessive heat warning at Jul 26, 2017, 2:31 AM CDT for Lauderdale County, Shelby County, Tipton County, Tennessee; 7 counties in Arkansas. It took effect at Jul 26, 2017, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 26, 2017, 2:31 AM CDT (07:31 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 26, 2017, 12:00 PM CDT
Expired
Jul 26, 2017, 5:32 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN

Counties Clay County, AR, Craighead County, AR, Crittenden County, AR, Cross County, AR, Greene County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, Poinsett County, AR, Lauderdale County, TN, Shelby County, TN, Tipton County, TN

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:30 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 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 25, 6:29 PM CDT, 8 hours 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 25, 6:29 PM CDT, 8 hours 2 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 25, 3:45 PM CDT, 10 hours 46 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Memphis TN
345 PM CDT Tue Jul 25 2017

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MSZ001>017-020>024-TNZ001>004-019>022-048>055-088>092-261100-
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-
345 PM CDT Tue Jul 25 2017

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of East Arkansas...
the Missouri Bootheel...North Mississippi...and West Tennessee.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight

Dangerous heat will continue across the Mid-South through early
evening. A Heat Advisory is in effect for most of the area along
and west of the Mississippi River, where heat indices of 105 to
109 degrees are expected. A portion of northeast Arkansas and the
Missouri Bootheel are in an Excessive Heat Warning through 8 PM
where heat indices will be near or just over 110 degrees.

A few strong to severe storms are possible through early evening.
The primary hazards will be strong winds and locally heavy
rainfall.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday

Heat indices of 105 to 109 degrees are expected across portions of
the Mid-South on Wednesday. A Heat Advisory is in effect for
locations roughly along and west of a line from Martin, to
Jackson, to Somerville, to Clarksdale. This advisory will likely
need to be expanded into Thursday.

A cold front is forecast to move across the Mid-South Thursday
night into Friday, bringing a chance for a few strong to severe
thunderstorms and heavy rainfall.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be possible Thursday night and into Friday.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 26, 11:55 AM CDTHeat AdvisoryMEGBenton, Carroll, Chester, Decatur, Hardeman, Hardin and 6 more30 hr
Jul 26, 3:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGHardin30 min
Jul 26, 5:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGHardin36 min
Jul 26, 3:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGAlcorn21 min
Jul 26, 4:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGAlcorn29 min

Nearby

Excessive Heat Warnings in Arkansas, 2017Excessive Heat Warnings in Tennessee, 2017Every excessive heat warning in 2017

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.