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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 111, NWS Memphis, TN

July 15, 20195 counties in Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 2019, 5:35 PM CDT for 5 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 40 min. 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 15, 2019, 5:35 PM CDT (22:35 UTC)
Expired
Jul 15, 2019, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Calhoun County, MS, Chickasaw County, MS, Lee County, MS, Monroe County, MS, Pontotoc County, MS

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:34 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 222 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2019-07-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 647 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2019-07-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -39 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
647 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-32 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
776 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
3 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
49 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 15, 3:15 PM CDT, 2 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 15, 3:15 PM CDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 15, 3:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Memphis TN
330 PM CDT Mon Jul 15 2019

ARZ009-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001>017-
020>024-TNZ001>004-019>022-048>055-088>092-162230-
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-Lee AR-Lee MS-
Madison-Marshall-McNairy-Mississippi-Monroe-Obion-Panola-Pemiscot-
Phillips-Poinsett-Pontotoc-Prentiss-Quitman-Shelby-St. Francis-
Tallahatchie-Tate-Tippah-Tipton-Tishomingo-Tunica-Union-Weakley-
Yalobusha-
330 PM CDT Mon Jul 15 2019

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

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight

The remnants of Barry will continue to bring rainfall to the
Midsouth. Flash flooding will remain possible in areas affected by
persistent rain bands.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday

Flash flooding will remain possible, particularly over western
sections of the Mid-South.

Short-lived tornadoes could occur on Tuesday associated with
thunderstorms embedded in heavier rain bands.

Heat indices may reach or exceed 105 degrees from Wednesday
through the weekend.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed through Tuesday.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 15, 2:55 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMEGChickasaw3 hr
Jul 15, 3:24 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMEGChickasaw, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc3 hr
Jul 15, 8:23 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMEGChickasaw, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Union3 hr
Jul 15, 12:55 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMEGMonroe32 hr
Jul 15, 1:54 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMEGMonroe33 hr
Jul 15, 6:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGLee45 min
Jul 15, 6:11 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMEGCraighead3 hr

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.