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Special Weather Statement, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this special weather statement at May 3, 2021, 8:21 AM 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
- May 3, 2021, 8:21 AM CDT (13:21 UTC)
- Expired
- May 3, 2021, 8:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
County Hardeman County, TN
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:21 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, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 85 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
- 1119 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 546 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 141 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 199 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 3.2
The text
As transmitted.
840 WWUS84 KMEG 031321 SPSMEG Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Memphis TN 821 AM CDT Mon May 3 2021 TNZ089-090-031345- Hardeman TN-Fayette TN- 821 AM CDT Mon May 3 2021 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED UNTIL 845 AM CDT FOR... Central Hardeman County in western Tennessee... Northeastern Fayette County in western Tennessee... At 821 AM CDT...a strong thunderstorm producing winds at least 40 mph was located near Somerville, or 15 miles west of Bolivar, moving east at 20 mph. Very heavy rain along with continuous cloud to ground lightning are also possible with this thunderstorm. People in central Hardeman and northeastern Fayette Counties should monitor this storm closely. LAT...LON 3522 8939 3540 8935 3538 8886 3511 8892 TIME...MOT...LOC 1321Z 279DEG 18KT 3530 8929 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 7:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Chickasaw | 48 min |
| May 2, 8:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Chickasaw, Pontotoc | 46 min |
| May 2, 9:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Chickasaw, Lee, Pontotoc | 47 min |
| May 2, 9:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Lee, Prentiss, Tishomingo | 52 min |
| May 2, 10:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Prentiss, Tishomingo | 38 min |
| May 3, 12:12 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Lafayette | 33 min |
| May 3, 12:38 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Tippah | 37 min |
| May 3, 12:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Tunica | 27 min |
| May 3, 12:49 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Pontotoc | 26 min |
| May 3, 1:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | DeSoto | 29 min |
| May 3, 1:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Marshall, Tate | 45 min |
| May 3, 2:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Benton | 30 min |
| May 3, 2:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Marshall | 24 min |
| May 3, 5:57 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | DeSoto | 110 min |
| May 3, 12:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Clay | 25 min |
| May 3, 12:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Monroe | 37 min |
| May 3, 12:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Monroe | 29 min |
| May 3, 1:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Monroe | 29 min |
| May 3, 1:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Monroe | 30 min |
| May 3, 3:06 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Chester, Hardeman | 24 min |
| May 3, 3:35 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Chester | 40 min |
| May 3, 4:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Haywood | 27 min |
| May 3, 4:58 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | McNairy | 32 min |
| May 3, 5:02 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Hardeman, Hardin, McNairy | 3 hr |
| May 3, 7:01 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Haywood, Madison, Tipton | 119 min |
| May 3, 7:54 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Decatur, Henderson, Madison | 2 hr |
Nearby
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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.