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Special Weather Statement, NWS Memphis, TN

June 9, 2021Lee County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this special weather statement at Jun 9, 2021, 11:53 AM CDT for Lee County, Mississippi. It was in force for 37 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued
Jun 9, 2021, 11:53 AM CDT (16:53 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 2021, 12:30 PM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN

County Lee County, MS

The radar

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The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 124 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 12:00Z on 2021-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1290 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 12:00Z on 2021-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 94 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
1290 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-26 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
533 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
94 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 9, 11:49 AM CDT, 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 11:49 AM CDT, 4 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 9, 5:30 AM CDT, 6 hours 23 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Memphis TN
530 AM CDT Wed Jun 9 2021

ARZ009-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001>017-
020>024-TNZ001>004-019>022-048>055-088>092-101230-
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-
530 AM CDT Wed Jun 9 2021

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Significant flash flooding, areal flooding, and river flooding is
expected to continue through this afternoon across all of north
Mississippi and southeast Arkansas. The flooding threat may extend
into portions of west Tennessee, mainly along the state border of
Mississippi.

A few strong to severe storms are possible today, mainly across
north Mississippi. Damaging winds are the main threat.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday

Multiple rounds of showers and thunderstorms are expected on both
Thursday and Friday. This additional rainfall could exacerbate
flooding issues across the Mid-South, especially hard hit areas of
north Mississippi.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not anticipated at this time.

AC3

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 9, 9:14 AM CDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 9, 11:08 AM CDT, 45 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 9, 11:32 AM CDT, 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1132 AM CDT WED JUN 09 2021

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1130 AM     FLASH FLOOD      2 S SALTILLO            34.36N  88.69W
06/09/2021                   LEE                MS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            MULTIPLE FLOODED RESIDENCES IN THE WILLOW CREEK
            SUBDIVISION. EVACUATIONS UNDERWAY.

&&

MJ
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 11:53 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
1153 AM CDT Wed Jun 9 2021

MSZ009-014>017-091730-
Itawamba MS-Pontotoc MS-Union MS-Lee MS-Prentiss MS-
1153 AM CDT Wed Jun 9 2021

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED UNTIL 1230 PM CDT
FOR...

Northwestern Itawamba County in northeastern Mississippi...
Northeastern Pontotoc County in northeastern Mississippi...
Southeastern Union County in northeastern Mississippi...
Northern Lee County in northeastern Mississippi...
Southwestern Prentiss County in northeastern Mississippi...

At 1153 AM CDT...a strong thunderstorm producing winds at least 40
mph was located near New Harmony, or 9 miles northeast of Trace State
Park, moving east at 35 mph.

Very heavy rain is also possible with this thunderstorm.

People in northwestern Itawamba...northeastern Pontotoc...
southeastern Union...northern Lee and southwestern Prentiss Counties
should monitor this storm closely.

LAT...LON 3429 8891 3447 8891 3457 8843 3422 8840
TIME...MOT...LOC 1653Z 270DEG 30KT 3438 8883

SWB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 7:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGChickasaw, Lee, Monroe37 min
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, 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

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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.