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Special Weather Statement, NWS Memphis, TN

August 7, 2019Alcorn County, Tippah County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2019, 12:33 AM CDT for Alcorn County, Tippah County, Mississippi. It was in force for 42 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued: Aug 7, 2019, 12:33 AM CDT (05:33 UTC)
Expired: Aug 7, 2019, 1:15 AM CDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN

Counties Alcorn County, MS, Tippah County, MS

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Memphis, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Aug 6, 11:29 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 6, 11:29 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 6, 3:14 PM CDT, 9 hours 19 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 6, 10:02 PM CDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 6, 10:34 PM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 6, 10:43 PM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1043 PM CDT TUE AUG 06 2019

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0935 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 NNE JONESBORO         35.89N  90.67W
08/06/2019                   CRAIGHEAD          AR   BROADCAST MEDIA

            LARGE TREE DOWN ACROSS COUNTY ROAD 730.

&&

MJ

Local storm report, Aug 6, 10:53 PM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1053 PM CDT TUE AUG 06 2019

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0910 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 W CLOVERDALE          36.23N  89.36W
08/06/2019                   OBION              TN   SOCIAL MEDIA

            POWERLINES AND SEVERAL LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN ON
            MILLSFIELD HIGHWAY NEAR CLOVERDALE. TIME ESTIMATED.

&&

MJ

Special weather statement, Aug 6, 11:01 PM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
1101 PM CDT Tue Aug 6 2019

TNZ050>052-070430-
Madison TN-Crockett TN-Haywood TN-
1101 PM CDT Tue Aug 6 2019

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED UNTIL 1130 PM CDT
FOR...

Southwestern Madison County in western Tennessee...
Southwestern Crockett County in western Tennessee...
Eastern Haywood County in western Tennessee...

At 1100 PM CDT...strong thunderstorms producing penny size hail and
winds 35 to 45 mph were located along a line extending from near
Belle Eagle to near Bemis. Movement was southeast at 30 mph.

People in southwestern Madison...southwestern Crockett and eastern
Haywood Counties should monitor this storm closely.

LAT...LON 3546 8875 3543 8881 3543 8922 3577 8930
      3566 8874
TIME...MOT...LOC 0400Z 327DEG 26KT 3572 8924 3556 8876

MJ

Special weather statement, Aug 7, 12:33 AM CDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
1233 AM CDT Wed Aug 7 2019

MSZ004-005-009-TNZ090-091-070615-
Tippah MS-Alcorn MS-Prentiss MS-Hardeman TN-McNairy TN-
1233 AM CDT Wed Aug 7 2019

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED UNTIL 115 AM CDT
FOR...

Central Tippah County in northeastern Mississippi...
Alcorn County in northeastern Mississippi...
Northern Prentiss County in northeastern Mississippi...
Southeastern Hardeman County in western Tennessee...
Southwestern McNairy County in western Tennessee...

At 1233 AM CDT...a strong thunderstorm producing winds at least 40
mph was located over Pocahontas, or near Big Hill Pond State Park,
moving south at 30 mph.

Very heavy rain along with continuous cloud to ground lightning are
also possible with this thunderstorm.

People in central Tippah...Alcorn...northern Prentiss...southeastern
Hardeman and southwestern McNairy Counties should monitor this storm
closely.

LAT...LON 3460 8877 3460 8884 3495 8902 3499 8902
      3499 8904 3507 8908 3516 8853 3470 8834
TIME...MOT...LOC 0533Z 343DEG 27KT 3503 8883

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 7, 12:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Alcorn, Prentiss, Tippah	50 min
Aug 7, 2:02 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Tippah	43 min
Aug 7, 3:35 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Lee	40 min
Aug 7, 4:06 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	MEG	Coahoma, DeSoto, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Tate and 2 more	32 hr
Aug 7, 5:16 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Alcorn, Tishomingo	3 hr
Aug 7, 5:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	DeSoto	46 min
Aug 7, 5:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Marshall	40 min
Aug 7, 5:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Alcorn, Tishomingo	47 min
Aug 7, 5:37 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Alcorn, Tishomingo	113 min
Aug 7, 5:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Benton	50 min
Aug 7, 5:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Marshall	42 min
Aug 7, 5:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	DeSoto	31 min
Aug 7, 6:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Tunica	24 min
Aug 7, 6:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Marshall	32 min
Aug 7, 6:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Itawamba	41 min
Aug 7, 6:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Itawamba, Prentiss	33 min
Aug 7, 6:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Benton	30 min
Aug 7, 6:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Lafayette	25 min
Aug 6, 8:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Henry	37 min
Aug 6, 8:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Obion	29 min
Aug 6, 8:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Dyer, Lake, Obion, Weakley	35 min
Aug 6, 9:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Gibson	28 min
Aug 6, 10:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Crockett	26 min
Aug 6, 11:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Madison	29 min
Aug 7, 3:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	McNairy	47 min
Aug 7, 4:27 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	McNairy	48 min
Aug 7, 3:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Shelby	24 min
Aug 7, 4:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Lauderdale, Tipton	44 min
Aug 7, 4:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Tipton	31 min
Aug 7, 4:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Fayette, Shelby	50 min
Aug 7, 5:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Crockett, Dyer, Haywood, Lauderdale, Tipton	44 min
Aug 7, 5:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Fayette	52 min
Aug 7, 5:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Henderson, Madison	36 min
Aug 6, 7:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Clay	35 min
Aug 6, 7:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Clay, Greene	26 min
Aug 6, 8:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Clay, Craighead, Greene, Mississippi	33 min
Aug 6, 8:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Craighead, Greene, Mississippi	25 min
Aug 6, 9:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Craighead, Greene	46 min
Aug 7, 2:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Poinsett	45 min
Aug 7, 2:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Craighead, Poinsett	33 min
Aug 7, 3:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Poinsett	27 min
Aug 7, 3:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Greene	30 min
Aug 7, 4:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Cross	24 min
Aug 7, 4:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Crittenden, Cross	27 min
Aug 7, 4:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Pemiscot	31 min

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.