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Excessive Heat Warning 2, NWS Memphis, TN

July 18, 2019Shelby County, Tennessee; 10 counties in Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this excessive heat warning at Jul 18, 2019, 11:10 AM CDT for Shelby County, Tennessee; 10 counties in Arkansas. It was in force for 9 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 18, 2019, 11:10 AM CDT (16:10 UTC)
Expired: Jul 18, 2019, 7:45 PM CDT
In force: 9 hr
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN

Counties Clay County, AR, Craighead County, AR, Crittenden County, AR, Cross County, AR, Greene County, AR, Lee County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, Phillips County, AR, Poinsett County, AR, St. Francis County, AR, Shelby County, TN

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:13 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 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 18, 10:19 AM CDT, 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 18, 10:19 AM CDT, 51 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 18, 3:43 AM CDT, 7 hours 27 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 17, 7:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Carroll, Decatur	51 min
Jul 17, 8:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Lake, Obion, Weakley	66 min
Jul 17, 8:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Benton, Carroll, Decatur	63 min
Jul 17, 8:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Henry	58 min
Jul 17, 9:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Benton, Henry	45 min
Jul 17, 9:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Benton, Carroll, Gibson	58 min
Jul 17, 9:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Henry	46 min
Jul 17, 9:56 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Benton, Carroll, Henry, Weakley	95 min
Jul 17, 10:04 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Benton, Carroll, Decatur, Henderson	3 hr
Jul 17, 10:14 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Decatur	3 hr
Jul 17, 10:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Decatur	49 min
Jul 18, 11:10 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	MEG	Shelby	33 hr
Jul 18, 5:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Hardin	43 min
Jul 18, 5:34 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Chester, Decatur, Hardin, McNairy	116 min
Jul 17, 7:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Clay	50 min
Jul 17, 7:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Clay	51 min
Jul 17, 9:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Clay	41 min

Nearby

Excessive Heat Warnings in Arkansas, 2019 Excessive Heat Warnings in Tennessee, 2019 Every excessive heat warning in 2019

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.