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Special Weather Statement, NWS Memphis, TN

March 22, 2020Hardeman County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this special weather statement at Mar 22, 2020, 11:51 PM CDT for Hardeman County, Tennessee. It was in force for 24 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: Mar 22, 2020, 11:51 PM CDT (04:51 UTC)
Expired: Mar 23, 2020, 12:15 AM CDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN

County Hardeman County, TN

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 121 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 504 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 72 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 118 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 127 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 Mar 22, 9:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 22, 9:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 22, 4:05 AM CDT, 19 hours 46 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Memphis TN
405 AM CDT Sun Mar 22 2020

ARZ009-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001>017-
020>024-TNZ001>004-019>022-048>055-088>092-231100-
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-
405 AM CDT Sun Mar 22 2020

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday

Severe thunderstorms are possible across the Mid-South Tuesday into
Tuesday evening. Damaging winds appear to be the primary hazard.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be requested Tuesday afternoon and evening.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 22, 11:46 PM CDT, 5 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
1146 PM CDT Sun Mar 22 2020

MSZ002-003-013-014-230515-
Lafayette MS-Marshall MS-Union MS-Benton MS-
1146 PM CDT Sun Mar 22 2020

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED UNTIL 1215 AM CDT
FOR...

Northern Lafayette County in northwestern Mississippi...
Southern Marshall County in northwestern Mississippi...
Western Union County in northeastern Mississippi...
Southwestern Benton County in northeastern Mississippi...

At 1146 PM CDT...a strong thunderstorm producing pea to dime size
hail was located near Harmontown, or 10 miles northwest of Holly
Springs National Forest, moving east at 50 mph.

People in northern Lafayette...southern Marshall...western Union and
southwestern Benton Counties should monitor this storm closely.

LAT...LON 3439 8972 3455 8972 3455 8967 3458 8967
      3469 8919 3438 8917
TIME...MOT...LOC 0446Z 269DEG 45KT 3449 8962

MJ

Special weather statement, Mar 22, 11:51 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
1151 PM CDT Sun Mar 22 2020

TNZ053-090-230515-
Hardeman TN-Chester TN-
1151 PM CDT Sun Mar 22 2020

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED UNTIL 1215 AM CDT
FOR...

Northern Hardeman County in western Tennessee...
Southwestern Chester County in western Tennessee...

At 1151 PM CDT...a strong thunderstorm producing pea size hail or
larger was located near Whiteville, or 7 miles northwest of Bolivar,
moving east at 50 mph.

People in northern Hardeman and southwestern Chester Counties should
monitor this storm closely.

LAT...LON 3530 8867 3531 8868 3531 8869 3526 8871
      3525 8872 3527 8919 3539 8917 3544 8867
      3534 8866 3533 8867 3531 8866
TIME...MOT...LOC 0451Z 269DEG 44KT 3534 8908

MJ

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 22, 11:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lafayette, Panola, Quitman, Tate, Tunica	41 min
Mar 22, 11:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Lafayette	29 min
Mar 23, 12:20 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Lafayette, Pontotoc, Union	40 min
Mar 23, 12:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Panola	31 min
Mar 23, 1:02 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Prentiss, Tishomingo, Union	43 min
Mar 23, 1:03 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Lafayette	42 min
Mar 23, 1:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lafayette, Marshall, Panola	35 min
Mar 23, 1:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Benton, Lafayette, Marshall, Tippah, Union	21 min
Mar 23, 2:06 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Prentiss, Union	24 min
Mar 23, 3:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Monroe	38 min
Mar 23, 4:21 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Monroe	20 min
Mar 23, 6:14 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Tallahatchie	6 days
Mar 23, 10:53 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Tate, Tunica	9 hr
Mar 23, 11:01 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Tallahatchie	3 days
Mar 23, 11:01 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Lafayette, Marshall, Union	11 hr
Mar 23, 11:01 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Monroe	5 days
Mar 23, 11:01 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Lowndes, Monroe	5 days
Mar 23, 11:59 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Monroe	57 hr

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Tennessee, 2020 Every special weather statement in 2020

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.