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Special Weather Statement, NWS Memphis, TN

June 2, 2021Union County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this special weather statement at Jun 2, 2021, 12:56 PM CDT for Union County, Mississippi. It was in force for 34 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 2, 2021, 12:56 PM CDT (17:56 UTC)
Expired: Jun 2, 2021, 1:30 PM CDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN

County Union County, MS

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:00 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, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 94 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: 205 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 551 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 66 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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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 Jun 2, 12:22 PM CDT, 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 12:22 PM CDT, 34 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 2, 3:14 AM CDT, 9 hours 42 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Memphis TN
314 AM CDT Wed Jun 2 2021

ARZ009-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001>017-
020>024-TNZ001>004-019>022-048>055-088>092-031015-
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-
314 AM CDT Wed Jun 2 2021

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

There is a Marginal Risk for severe storms over areas along and
east of the Mississippi River on Wednesday. Damaging winds will
be the primary risk if any thunderstorms reach severe limits.
Localized heavy rainfall also possible.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed late Wednesday afternoon east of
the Mississippi River.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 2, 12:56 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
1256 PM CDT Wed Jun 2 2021

MSZ014-015-021830-
Pontotoc MS-Union MS-
1256 PM CDT Wed Jun 2 2021

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED UNTIL 130 PM CDT
FOR...

Northwestern Pontotoc County in northeastern Mississippi...
Union County in northeastern Mississippi...

At 1256 PM CDT...a strong thunderstorm producing pea size hail or
larger and winds at least 40 mph was located near Pinedale, or 11
miles southwest of New Albany, moving northeast at 30 mph.

Very heavy rain is also possible with this thunderstorm.

People in northwestern Pontotoc and Union Counties should monitor
this storm closely.

LAT...LON 3426 8917 3436 8925 3445 8925 3460 8902
      3460 8890 3446 8879 3441 8879
TIME...MOT...LOC 1756Z 236DEG 24KT 3438 8915

SWB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 1, 9:58 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	DeSoto	2 hr
Jun 1, 11:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Monroe	41 min
Jun 2, 12:48 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Calhoun, Lafayette, Pontotoc, Union	3 hr
Jun 2, 3:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Itawamba	24 min
Jun 2, 4:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Prentiss	36 min
Jun 2, 4:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Benton, Carroll, Henry	43 min
Jun 2, 4:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Obion	29 min
Jun 2, 4:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Weakley	32 min
Jun 2, 6:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Carroll	26 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Mississippi, 2021 Every special weather statement in 2021

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.