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Special Weather Statement, NWS Memphis, TN

June 8, 2021Monroe County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this special weather statement at Jun 8, 2021, 1:59 AM CDT for Monroe County, Mississippi. It was in force for 46 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 8, 2021, 1:59 AM CDT (06:59 UTC)
Expired: Jun 8, 2021, 2:45 AM CDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN

County Monroe County, MS

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 162 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: 1708 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 939 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 17 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.5

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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 7, 11:33 PM CDT, 2 hours 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 7, 11:33 PM CDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 7, 4:40 PM CDT, 9 hours 19 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Memphis TN
440 PM CDT Mon Jun 7 2021

ARZ009-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001>017-
020>024-TNZ001>004-019>022-048>055-088>092-082345-
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-
440 PM CDT Mon Jun 7 2021

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

.DAY ONE...Tonight

Strong to severe storms are possible this evening. These storms
could produce locally heavy rain, damaging winds, large hail and
isolated tornadoes. Greatest threat will be over portions of East-
Central Arkansas, Northwest Mississippi and Southwest Tennessee.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday

Expect showers and thunderstorms each afternoon through at least
Wednesday. These showers and storms could produce locally heavy
rainfall. A few storms may produce brief gusty wind tomorrow.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not anticipated at this time.

KRM

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 7, 8:19 PM CDT, 5 hours 40 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 7, 8:20 PM CDT, 5 hours 39 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 7, 9:58 PM CDT, 4 hours 1 minute before

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Special weather statement, Jun 8, 1:59 AM 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 7, 7:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Coahoma, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Tunica	21 min
Jun 7, 7:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	DeSoto, Marshall, Panola, Tate, Tunica	37 min
Jun 7, 8:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Marshall	26 min
Jun 8, 2:33 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe	57 min
Jun 8, 4:25 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	MEG	Alcorn, Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Coahoma, DeSoto and 16 more	4 days
Jun 8, 5:24 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Coahoma, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie	5 hr
Jun 8, 6:50 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Benton, Calhoun, Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Tallahatchie and 3 more	3 hr
Jun 8, 7:47 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Coahoma, DeSoto, Marshall, Panola, Quitman, Tate and 1 more	3 hr
Jun 8, 9:59 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	MEG	Calhoun, Coahoma, Lafayette, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie and 1 more	4 hr
Jun 8, 10:33 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Coahoma, Panola, Quitman, Tate, Tunica	3 hr
Jun 8, 10:37 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Benton, Marshall, Tippah, Union	2 hr
Jun 8, 11:12 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Benton, Marshall, Pontotoc, Tippah, Union	4 hr
Jun 8, 12:19 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning EmergencyCatastrophic damage threat	MEG	Coahoma, Quitman, Tallahatchie	4 hr
Jun 8, 1:02 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Monroe	5 days
Jun 8, 1:02 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Lafayette	61 hr
Jun 8, 1:02 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Lafayette, Marshall, Union	3 days
Jun 8, 1:02 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Monroe	7 days
Jun 8, 1:02 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Lowndes, Monroe	8 days
Jun 8, 1:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Calhoun	24 min
Jun 8, 1:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Lee, Pontotoc	35 min
Jun 8, 1:45 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Coahoma, Lafayette, Panola, Quitman, Tunica	4 hr
Jun 8, 1:53 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	MEG	Calhoun, Coahoma, Lafayette, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie and 1 more	4 hr
Jun 8, 2:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lee, Pontotoc, Union	23 min
Jun 8, 2:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Itawamba, Lee, Pontotoc	34 min
Jun 8, 2:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Itawamba, Lee	33 min
Jun 8, 2:53 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Quitman	9 days
Jun 8, 2:54 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Tallahatchie	7 days
Jun 8, 2:55 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	MEG	Lee, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Tippah, Union	3 hr
Jun 8, 2:55 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Tallahatchie	29 hr
Jun 8, 2:56 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MEG	Quitman	46 hr
Jun 8, 3:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Itawamba, Prentiss, Tishomingo	29 min
Jun 8, 3:20 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc	3 hr
Jun 8, 5:56 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	MEG	Coahoma, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Tate, Tunica	5 hr
Jun 8, 6:03 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	MEG	Calhoun, Lafayette, Pontotoc, Union, Yalobusha	5 hr
Jun 8, 6:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Lee, Pontotoc	31 min
Jun 7, 7:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Lee, St. Francis	31 min
Jun 7, 7:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Cross, Lee, St. Francis	21 min
Jun 7, 8:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Cross, Poinsett	25 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.