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Special Weather Statement, NWS Memphis, TN

June 8, 2021Chickasaw County, Lee County, Monroe County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this special weather statement at Jun 8, 2021, 7:08 PM CDT for Chickasaw County, Lee County, Monroe County, Mississippi. It was in force for 37 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, 7:08 PM CDT (00:08 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 2021, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN

Counties Chickasaw County, MS, Lee County, MS, Monroe County, MS

The radar

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The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 142 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 2021-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 69 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 2021-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 89 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
69 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-185 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
917 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
89 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
146 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 8, 6:52 PM CDT, 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 6:52 PM CDT, 16 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 8, 2:27 PM CDT, 4 hours 41 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Memphis TN
227 PM CDT Tue Jun 8 2021

ARZ009-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001>017-
020>024-TNZ001>004-019>022-048>055-088>092-092130-
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-
227 PM CDT Tue Jun 8 2021

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

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight

Significant flooding and strong to severe thunderstorms are
expected this afternoon and possibly into the overnight hours.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday

Showers and thunderstorms are expected each afternoon and evening
through at least Thursday. These showers and storms could produce
locally heavy rainfall and gusty winds.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not anticipated at this time.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 8, 4:10 PM CDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 8, 4:52 PM CDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 8, 7:08 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 7:12 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMEGCalhoun, Chickasaw, Pontotoc3 hr
Jun 8, 7:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGItawamba, Monroe28 min
Jun 8, 8:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGItawamba30 min
Jun 8, 9:20 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMEGDeSoto, Tunica3 hr
Jun 8, 10:58 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGCoahoma, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Tunica11 hr
Jun 8, 11:00 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGCalhoun, Lafayette, Pontotoc, Union, Yalobusha11 hr
Jun 8, 11:05 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGBenton, Marshall, Tate, Tippah3 hr
Jun 9, 1:28 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningMEGCalhoun, Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc and 3 more38 min
Jun 9, 1:53 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMEGDeSoto, Marshall, Tate, Tunica4 hr
Jun 9, 2:04 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMEGBenton, Lafayette, Marshall, Tate, Tippah, Union4 hr
Jun 9, 2:06 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGCalhoun, Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc and 2 more7 hr
Jun 9, 5:00 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMEGLee21 days
Jun 9, 5:06 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMEGCalhoun15 hr
Jun 9, 5:11 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningMEGBenton, Coahoma, DeSoto, Lafayette, Marshall, Panola and 2 more99 min
Jun 9, 5:22 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMEGTate, Tunica44 hr
Jun 9, 5:37 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMEGCalhoun13 hr
Jun 9, 6:50 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGDeSoto, Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Tate, Tunica3 hr
Jun 9, 6:56 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMEGAlcorn, Benton, Marshall, Prentiss, Tippah, Union3 hr
Jun 9, 7:44 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMEGAlcorn, Lee, Prentiss, Tishomingo2 hr
Jun 9, 8:58 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGLafayette, Lee, Pontotoc, Union5 hr
Jun 9, 9:21 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGCoahoma, DeSoto, Panola, Quitman, Tate, Tunica3 hr
Jun 9, 11:04 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMEGLafayette, Marshall3 hr
Jun 9, 11:08 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGUnion37 min
Jun 9, 11:53 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGLee37 min
Jun 9, 12:12 PM CDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatMEGCoahoma, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Tate, Tunica and 1 more3 hr
Jun 9, 12:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGCalhoun36 min
Jun 9, 1:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGChickasaw33 min
Jun 9, 2:03 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMEGCalhoun, Lafayette, Lee, Pontotoc, Union, Yalobusha3 hr
Jun 9, 2:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGMonroe31 min
Jun 9, 3:04 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGLafayette9 min
Jun 9, 3:10 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMEGCoahoma, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Tate, Tunica and 1 more3 hr
Jun 9, 3:15 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGLafayette6 hr
Jun 8, 10:03 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMEGShelby3 hr
Jun 9, 5:50 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMEGFayette, Shelby2 hr

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Mississippi, 2021Every 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.