Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 161, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2021, 7:39 PM CDT for Dyer County, Lauderdale County, Tennessee; Mississippi County, Arkansas; Pemiscot County, Missouri. It was in force for 31 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 12, 2021, 7:39 PM CDT (00:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2021, 8:10 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Mississippi County, AR, Pemiscot County, MO, Dyer County, TN, Lauderdale County, TN
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 126 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2712 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1446 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 2.6
The text
As transmitted.
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WUUS54 KMEG 130039
SVRMEG
ARC093-MOC155-TNC045-097-130130-
/O.NEW.KMEG.SV.W.0161.210613T0039Z-210613T0130Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Memphis TN
739 PM CDT Sat Jun 12 2021
The National Weather Service in Memphis has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northeastern Mississippi County in eastern Arkansas...
South central Pemiscot County in southeastern Missouri...
Southwestern Dyer County in western Tennessee...
Northwestern Lauderdale County in western Tennessee...
* Until 830 PM CDT.
* At 739 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles southeast
of Cooter, or 9 miles east of Blytheville, moving south at 10 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage
to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Blytheville, Cooter, Ashport, Heloise, Holland, Barr, Hickman,
Barfield, O'Donnell Bend, Tomato, Burton, Number Nine, Armorel,
Huffman, Chic, Tyler, Chickasaw National Wildlife Refuge and
Cottonwood Point.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3605 8990 3610 8967 3583 8955 3575 8984
TIME...MOT...LOC 0039Z 340DEG 9KT 3595 8974
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$2 follow-up statements
023
WWUS54 KMEG 130056
SVSMEG
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
756 PM CDT Sat Jun 12 2021
ARC093-MOC155-TNC045-097-130130-
/O.CON.KMEG.SV.W.0161.000000T0000Z-210613T0130Z/
Mississippi AR-Pemiscot MO-Dyer TN-Lauderdale TN-
756 PM CDT Sat Jun 12 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...SOUTH CENTRAL PEMISCOT...SOUTHWESTERN
DYER AND NORTHWESTERN LAUDERDALE COUNTIES...
At 756 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles south of
Heloise, or 10 miles east of Blytheville, moving south at 10 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Blytheville, Cooter, Ashport, Heloise, Holland, Barr, Hickman,
Barfield, O'Donnell Bend, Tomato, Burton, Number Nine, Armorel,
Huffman, Chic, Tyler, Chickasaw National Wildlife Refuge and
Cottonwood Point.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3605 8990 3610 8967 3583 8955 3575 8984
TIME...MOT...LOC 0056Z 340DEG 9KT 3591 8972
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$155
WWUS54 KMEG 130110
SVSMEG
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
810 PM CDT Sat Jun 12 2021
ARC093-MOC155-TNC045-097-130120-
/O.CAN.KMEG.SV.W.0161.000000T0000Z-210613T0130Z/
Mississippi AR-Pemiscot MO-Dyer TN-Lauderdale TN-
810 PM CDT Sat Jun 12 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
SOUTH CENTRAL PEMISCOT...SOUTHWESTERN DYER AND NORTHWESTERN
LAUDERDALE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
LAT...LON 3605 8990 3610 8967 3583 8955 3575 8984
TIME...MOT...LOC 0107Z 340DEG 9KT 3588 8971
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 7:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Lauderdale | 27 min |
| Jun 12, 10:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, Henry | 38 min |
| Jun 12, 7:32 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Mississippi | 118 min |
| Jun 12, 7:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Mississippi | 28 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.