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Special Weather Statement, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this special weather statement at Apr 7, 2021, 6:21 PM CDT for DeSoto County, Tate County, Mississippi. 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
- Apr 7, 2021, 6:21 PM CDT (23:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 7, 2021, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
Counties DeSoto County, MS, Tate County, MS
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 14 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
- 23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -264 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 721 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 170 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 140 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
177
WWUS84 KMEG 072321
SPSMEG
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
621 PM CDT Wed Apr 7 2021
MSZ001-002-007-008-012-072345-
Tunica MS-Marshall MS-DeSoto MS-Panola MS-Tate MS-
621 PM CDT Wed Apr 7 2021
...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED UNTIL 645 PM CDT
FOR...
East central Tunica County in northwestern Mississippi...
West central Marshall County in northwestern Mississippi...
Central DeSoto County in northwestern Mississippi...
Northwestern Panola County in northwestern Mississippi...
Tate County in northwestern Mississippi...
At 620 PM CDT...a strong thunderstorm producing winds at least 40 mph
was located near Strayhorn, or 13 miles west of Senatobia, moving
northeast at 40 mph.
Very heavy rain is also possible with this thunderstorm.
People in east central Tunica...west central Marshall...central
DeSoto...northwestern Panola and Tate Counties should monitor this
storm closely.
LAT...LON 3500 8991 3499 8987 3467 8962 3446 9020
3451 9020 3451 9025 3468 9032
TIME...MOT...LOC 2320Z 239DEG 36KT 3462 9021
$$
SGWThe office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 11:20 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | MEG | Coahoma, DeSoto, Quitman, Tunica | 8 hr |
| Apr 7, 6:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Tate | 27 min |
| Apr 7, 6:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Lauderdale, Tipton | 50 min |
| Apr 7, 6:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Shelby | 20 min |
| Apr 7, 5:56 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Craighead | 115 min |
| Apr 7, 6:52 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Crittenden, Mississippi, Poinsett | 2 hr |
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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.