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Special Weather Statement, NWS Memphis, TN

June 30, 2020Hardin County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this special weather statement at Jun 30, 2020, 9:13 PM CDT for Hardin County, Tennessee. It was in force for 32 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Jun 30, 2020, 9:13 PM CDT (02:13 UTC)
Expired: Jun 30, 2020, 9:45 PM CDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN

County Hardin County, TN

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 164 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 156 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.

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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: 588 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -67 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 929 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 69 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 74 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 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 30, 9:09 PM CDT, 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 30, 9:09 PM CDT, 4 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 30, 3:47 AM CDT, 17 hours 26 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Memphis TN
347 AM CDT Tue Jun 30 2020

ARZ009-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001>017-
020>024-TNZ001>004-019>022-048>055-088>092-011215-
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-
347 AM CDT Tue Jun 30 2020

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Strong to severe thunderstorms will be possible across the Mid-South
this afternoon into the overnight hours. Damaging winds and localized flash
flooding will be possible.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday

Strong to severe storms will be possible across the Mid-South on
Wednesday. Damaging winds and localized flash flooding will be
possible.

Heat indices of 105 to 108 degrees will be possible Thursday
portions of East-Central Arkansas and Northwest Mississippi.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not anticipated at this time.

KRM

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 30, 7:48 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
748 PM CDT Tue Jun 30 2020

TNZ020>022-052-054-010115-
Carroll TN-Henderson TN-Madison TN-Benton TN-Gibson TN-
748 PM CDT Tue Jun 30 2020

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED UNTIL 815 PM CDT
FOR...

Carroll County in western Tennessee...
Northern Henderson County in western Tennessee...
Northeastern Madison County in western Tennessee...
Southwestern Benton County in western Tennessee...
Southeastern Gibson County in western Tennessee...

At 748 PM CDT...a strong thunderstorm producing pea size hail or
larger and winds at least 40 mph was located near Blue Goose, or 11
miles northeast of Jackson, moving northeast at 25 mph.

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

People in Carroll...northern Henderson...northeastern Madison...
southwestern Benton and southeastern Gibson Counties should monitor
this storm closely.

LAT...LON 3584 8812 3584 8818 3582 8818 3563 8867
      3585 8886 3615 8846 3615 8842 3586 8807
TIME...MOT...LOC 0048Z 229DEG 30KT 3575 8868

Special weather statement, Jun 30, 8:01 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
801 PM CDT Tue Jun 30 2020

ARZ028-MOZ115-TNZ003-004-019>021-048>052-054-010145-
Mississippi AR-Pemiscot MO-Carroll TN-Henderson TN-Lauderdale TN-
Henry TN-Weakley TN-Tipton TN-Madison TN-Crockett TN-Dyer TN-
Gibson TN-Haywood TN-
801 PM CDT Tue Jun 30 2020

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED UNTIL 845 PM CDT
FOR...

Northeastern Mississippi County in eastern Arkansas...
Southeastern Pemiscot County in southeastern Missouri...
Western Carroll County in western Tennessee...
Northwestern Henderson County in western Tennessee...
Lauderdale County in western Tennessee...
Southwestern Henry County in western Tennessee...
Southern Weakley County in western Tennessee...
Northeastern Tipton County in western Tennessee...
Central Madison County in western Tennessee...
Crockett County in western Tennessee...
Dyer County in western Tennessee...
Gibson County in western Tennessee...
Haywood County in western Tennessee...

At 800 PM CDT...strong thunderstorms producing pea size hail or
larger and winds at least 40 mph was located along a line extending
from 6 miles south of Palmersville to 6 miles west of Dyer to near
Caruthersville. Movement was south at 25 mph.

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

People in northeastern Mississippi...southeastern Pemiscot...western
Carroll...northwestern Henderson...Lauderdale...southwestern Henry...
southern Weakley...northeastern Tipton...central Madison...
Crockett...Dyer...Gibson and Haywood Counties should monitor this
storm closely.

LAT...LON 3581 8837 3549 8902 3559 8984 3618 8983
      3610 8910 3638 8852
TIME...MOT...LOC 0100Z 353DEG 32KT 3633 8860 3609 8910 3616 8975

Special weather statement, Jun 30, 8:34 PM CDT, 39 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
834 PM CDT Tue Jun 30 2020

TNZ003-004-021-022-010200-
Carroll TN-Weakley TN-Benton TN-Henry TN-
834 PM CDT Tue Jun 30 2020

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED UNTIL 900 PM CDT
FOR...

Eastern Carroll County in western Tennessee...
Northeastern Weakley County in western Tennessee...
Benton County in western Tennessee...
Henry County in western Tennessee...

At 834 PM CDT...a strong thunderstorm producing pea size hail or
larger and winds at least 40 mph was located near Paris, moving south
at 25 mph.

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

People in eastern Carroll...northeastern Weakley...Benton and Henry
Counties should monitor this storm closely.

LAT...LON 3582 8834 3582 8837 3649 8862 3650 8835
      3650 8813 3607 8797 3603 8800 3600 8800
      3598 8802 3596 8802 3594 8800 3594 8797
TIME...MOT...LOC 0134Z 341DEG 29KT 3634 8826

Special weather statement, Jun 30, 8:36 PM CDT, 37 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
836 PM CDT Tue Jun 30 2020

TNZ053>055-091-092-010215-
Henderson TN-Chester TN-Decatur TN-McNairy TN-Hardin TN-
836 PM CDT Tue Jun 30 2020

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED UNTIL 915 PM CDT
FOR...

Southern Henderson County in western Tennessee...
Northeastern Chester County in western Tennessee...
Decatur County in western Tennessee...
Northeastern McNairy County in western Tennessee...
Northern Hardin County in western Tennessee...

At 835 PM CDT...a strong thunderstorm producing pea size hail or
larger and winds at least 40 mph was located 7 miles south of Jacks
Creek, or 9 miles southeast of Henderson, moving east at 20 mph.

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

People in southern Henderson...northeastern Chester...Decatur...
northeastern McNairy and northern Hardin Counties should monitor this
storm closely.

LAT...LON 3539 8799 3539 8803 3535 8800 3530 8802
      3529 8798 3522 8798 3511 8855 3543 8868
      3583 8803 3581 8803 3582 8797 3577 8798
      3572 8803 3566 8802 3562 8804 3551 8797
      3549 8798 3544 8804 3543 8803 3541 8797
TIME...MOT...LOC 0135Z 249DEG 19KT 3535 8853

Local storm report, Jun 30, 8:42 PM CDT, 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
842 PM CDT TUE JUN 30 2020

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

0736 PM     TSTM WND DMG     SPRING CREEK            35.77N  88.68W
06/30/2020                   MADISON            TN   SOCIAL MEDIA

            LARGE TREE BRANCH DOWN 4 MILES WEST OF SPRING CREEK ON
            HWY 220

&&

SMW

Special weather statement, Jun 30, 9:13 PM CDT, 0 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
Jun 30, 11:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Tishomingo	49 min
Jul 1, 12:36 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Prentiss	24 min
Jul 1, 12:58 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Itawamba	47 min
Jul 1, 3:53 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Alcorn, Tishomingo	3 hr
Jul 1, 5:55 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Chickasaw, Itawamba, Monroe	2 hr
Jul 1, 6:18 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Chickasaw, Monroe	3 hr
Jul 1, 7:07 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Lee, Pontotoc, Union	3 hr
Jul 1, 7:36 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc, Union	3 hr
Jul 1, 9:16 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning EmergencyCatastrophic damage threat	MEG	Chickasaw, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc, Union	3 hr
Jul 1, 9:49 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Lowndes, Monroe	26 hr
Jul 1, 9:51 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Monroe	11 hr
Jul 1, 9:54 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Monroe	19 hr
Jul 1, 11:26 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	MEG	Alcorn, Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw, DeSoto, Itawamba and 10 more	17 hr
Jul 1, 12:18 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	MEG	Chickasaw, Lafayette, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc, Union	6 hr
Jul 1, 4:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Yalobusha	47 min
Jul 1, 5:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Alcorn, Prentiss, Tippah, Tishomingo	26 min
Jul 1, 5:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Calhoun, Chickasaw, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc	37 min
Jul 1, 6:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Itawamba, Prentiss, Tishomingo	25 min
Jul 1, 6:27 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Calhoun, Chickasaw, Lafayette, Lee, Marshall, Monroe and 2 more	3 hr
Jul 1, 6:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Monroe	46 min
Jun 30, 7:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Obion, Weakley	27 min
Jun 30, 7:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Carroll	25 min
Jun 30, 7:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Carroll	27 min
Jun 30, 8:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Carroll, Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Haywood, Lauderdale and 1 more	44 min
Jun 30, 8:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Benton, Henry	26 min
Jun 30, 8:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Chester, Decatur, Hardin, McNairy	39 min
Jun 30, 9:25 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Benton, Carroll, Decatur, Henry	3 hr
Jun 30, 9:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Hardin	39 min
Jun 30, 10:56 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Chester, Decatur, Hardeman, Hardin, Henderson, McNairy and 1 more	3 hr
Jul 1, 12:12 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	McNairy	33 min
Jul 1, 1:20 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Chester, Henderson, Madison	3 hr
Jul 1, 1:42 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Chester, Madison	3 hr
Jul 1, 1:56 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Chester, Hardin, McNairy	3 hr
Jul 1, 4:24 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Chester, Hardin, McNairy, Madison	5 hr
Jul 1, 8:45 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Decatur	30 min
Jul 1, 3:22 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Dyer, Gibson, Lake, Lauderdale, Obion	113 min
Jul 1, 3:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lauderdale, Shelby, Tipton	51 min
Jul 1, 4:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Fayette	15 min
Jul 1, 4:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Hardeman	32 min
Jul 1, 4:24 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Henry, Obion, Weakley	3 hr
Jul 1, 1:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Clay	36 min
Jul 1, 2:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Craighead, Cross, Poinsett	23 min
Jul 1, 2:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Greene	32 min
Jul 1, 2:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Cross, Poinsett	33 min
Jul 1, 3:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Craighead	24 min
Jul 1, 3:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Crittenden, Cross, Mississippi, Poinsett	38 min
Jul 1, 3:24 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Clay, Craighead, Cross, Greene, Mississippi, Poinsett	2 hr
Jul 1, 3:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Mississippi	33 min
Jul 1, 3:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Crittenden	33 min
Jul 1, 2:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Dunklin	35 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.