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Heat Advisory 9, NWS Memphis, TN

July 4, 201821 counties in Tennessee; 22 counties in Mississippi; 12 counties in Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this heat advisory at Jul 4, 2018, 3:32 AM CDT for 21 counties in Tennessee; 22 counties in Mississippi; 12 counties in Arkansas. It took effect at Jul 4, 2018, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 33 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 4, 2018, 3:32 AM CDT (08:32 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 4, 2018, 11:00 AM CDT
Expired: Jul 5, 2018, 8:00 PM CDT
In force: 33 hr
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN

All 55 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, Alcorn County, MS, Benton County, MS, Calhoun County, MS, Chickasaw County, MS, Coahoma County, MS, DeSoto County, MS, Itawamba County, MS, Lafayette County, MS, Lee County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Monroe County, MS, Panola County, MS, Pontotoc County, MS, Prentiss County, MS, Quitman County, MS, Tallahatchie County, MS, Tate County, MS, Tippah County, MS, Tishomingo County, MS, Tunica County, MS, Union County, MS, Yalobusha County, MS, Benton County, TN, Carroll County, TN, Chester County, TN, Crockett County, TN, Decatur County, TN, Dyer County, TN, Fayette County, TN, Gibson County, TN, Hardeman County, TN, Hardin County, TN, Haywood County, TN, Henderson County, TN, Henry County, TN, Lake County, TN, Lauderdale County, TN, Madison County, TN, McNairy County, TN, Obion County, TN, Shelby County, TN, Tipton County, TN, Weakley County, TN

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:33 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 4, 3:13 AM CDT, 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 4, 3:13 AM CDT, 19 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 4, 6:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Shelby	15 min
Jul 4, 3:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Union	39 min
Jul 4, 4:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Marshall	33 min
Jul 4, 5:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	DeSoto, Tate	52 min
Jul 4, 5:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	DeSoto, Tate, Tunica	48 min
Jul 4, 6:51 PM CDT	Excessive Heat Warning	MEG	Coahoma, Tunica	25 hr
Jul 4, 6:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Lee, St. Francis	41 min

Nearby

Heat Advisories in Mississippi, 2018 Heat Advisories in Tennessee, 2018 Heat Advisories in Arkansas, 2018 Every heat advisory in 2018

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.