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Special Weather Statement, NWS Memphis, TN

June 17, 2019Henderson County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this special weather statement at Jun 17, 2019, 3:02 PM CDT for Henderson County, Tennessee. It was in force for 28 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 17, 2019, 3:02 PM CDT (20:02 UTC)
Expired
Jun 17, 2019, 3:30 PM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN

County Henderson County, TN

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 188 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2019-06-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 745 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2019-06-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 77 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
745 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-73 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
943 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
77 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
73 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.9

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Jun 16, 6:28 PM CDT, 20 hours 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 16, 6:28 PM CDT, 20 hours 34 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 16, 3:39 PM CDT, 23 hours 23 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Memphis TN
339 PM CDT Sun Jun 16 2019

ARZ009-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001>017-
020>024-TNZ001>004-019>022-048>055-088>092-172245-
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-
339 PM CDT Sun Jun 16 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

A few strong storms will be possible this afternoon into the early
evening hours. The primary hazard will be damaging winds.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday

Additional strong storms will be possible across portions of the
Mid-South Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not anticipated at this time.

AC3

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 17, 3:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGPontotoc52 min
Jun 17, 3:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGUnion33 min
Jun 17, 4:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGTippah24 min
Jun 17, 4:42 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMEGTippah, Union3 hr
Jun 17, 4:49 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMEGCalhoun3 hr
Jun 17, 4:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGTippah33 min
Jun 17, 5:29 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMEGChickasaw, Pontotoc2 hr
Jun 17, 5:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGChickasaw, Monroe44 min
Jun 17, 2:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGChester31 min
Jun 17, 3:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGHenderson32 min
Jun 17, 4:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGDecatur28 min
Jun 17, 4:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGCarroll33 min
Jun 17, 4:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCarroll, Gibson, Madison19 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Tennessee, 2019Every special weather statement 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.