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Heat Advisory 8, NWS Memphis, TN

August 20, 2017Shelby County, Tennessee; 8 counties in Mississippi; 7 counties in Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this heat advisory at Aug 20, 2017, 3:21 AM CDT for Shelby County, Tennessee; 8 counties in Mississippi; 7 counties in Arkansas. It took effect at Aug 20, 2017, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 20, 2017, 3:21 AM CDT (08:21 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 20, 2017, 11:00 AM CDT
Expired: Aug 20, 2017, 6:26 PM CDT
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN

Counties Craighead County, AR, Crittenden County, AR, Cross County, AR, Lee County, AR, Phillips County, AR, Poinsett County, AR, St. Francis County, AR, Coahoma County, MS, DeSoto County, MS, Panola County, MS, Quitman County, MS, Tallahatchie County, MS, Tate County, MS, Tunica County, MS, Yalobusha County, MS, Shelby County, TN

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:22 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 Aug 19, 11:23 PM CDT, 3 hours 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 19, 11:23 PM CDT, 3 hours 58 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
Aug 20, 11:54 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Greene	36 min
Aug 20, 1:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Mississippi	26 min
Aug 20, 1:46 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Phillips	59 min
Aug 20, 1:59 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Craighead, Lawrence	61 min
Aug 20, 2:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Clay	28 min
Aug 20, 6:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Lee	23 min
Aug 20, 6:15 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Lee, St. Francis	2 hr

Nearby

Heat Advisories in Mississippi, 2017 Heat Advisories in Arkansas, 2017 Heat Advisories in Tennessee, 2017 Every heat advisory 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.