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Special Weather Statement, NWS Memphis, TN

December 11, 2021Hardin County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this special weather statement at Dec 11, 2021, 3:21 AM CST for Hardin 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
Dec 11, 2021, 3:21 AM CST (09:21 UTC)
Expired
Dec 11, 2021, 3:45 AM CST
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Hail
0.88 in
Wind
55

County Hardin County, TN

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 165 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 156 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2021-12-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 182 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2021-12-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 391 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
182 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-168 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
593 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
391 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
370 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

As transmitted.

121 
WWUS84 KMEG 110921
SPSMEG

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
321 AM CST Sat Dec 11 2021
 
TNZ055-091-092-110945-
Decatur TN-McNairy TN-Hardin TN-
321 AM CST Sat Dec 11 2021

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northeastern
McNairy, central Hardin and southern Decatur Counties through 345 AM
CST...

At 321 AM CST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Adamsville, or 8 miles west of Savannah, moving northeast at 50 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and nickel size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around 
         unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is 
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Savannah, Adamsville, Olive Hill, Morris Chapel, Crump, Saltillo,
Stantonville, Good Hope, Right, Phillips, Old Lawton, Pleasant Grove,
Hurley, Walkertown, Olivehill, Cerro Gordo, Thurman, Hickory Flats,
Mount Vinson and New Lawton.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 500 AM CST for western
Tennessee.

&&

LAT...LON 3539 8799 3539 8803 3537 8803 3535 8800
      3533 8802 3530 8802 3529 8798 3518 8798
      3511 8845 3529 8851 3553 8798 3551 8797
      3549 8798 3547 8803 3544 8804 3543 8803
      3541 8797
TIME...MOT...LOC 0921Z 242DEG 42KT 3524 8838 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH

$$

SMW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 10, 10:46 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGTunica44 min
Dec 10, 11:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGDeSoto9 min
Dec 10, 11:48 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGDeSoto, Marshall42 min
Dec 11, 12:46 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGTunica44 min
Dec 11, 12:48 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGDeSoto, Tunica42 min
Dec 11, 2:12 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMEGDeSoto, Tunica3 hr
Dec 11, 2:41 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGBenton, Marshall49 min
Dec 11, 2:44 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMEGDeSoto2 hr
Dec 11, 2:51 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningMEGDeSoto2 hr
Dec 11, 2:55 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGPanola, Tallahatchie, Yalobusha50 min
Dec 11, 3:03 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGAlcorn, Benton, Tippah42 min
Dec 11, 3:19 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMEGBenton, Marshall, Tippah3 hr
Dec 11, 3:59 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLafayette, Lee, Pontotoc, Union31 min
Dec 11, 4:03 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningMEGCalhoun, Lafayette, Lee, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Tallahatchie and 3 more2 hr
Dec 11, 4:07 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMEGAlcorn23 min
Dec 11, 4:21 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGItawamba, Lee, Prentiss, Tishomingo39 min
Dec 11, 4:25 AM CSTTornado WarningMEGItawamba, Prentiss, Tishomingo35 min
Dec 11, 4:55 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMEGAlcorn, Prentiss, Tippah, Tishomingo3 hr
Dec 11, 4:58 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGItawamba, Lee, Prentiss, Tishomingo47 min
Dec 11, 5:12 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGItawamba, Lee, Prentiss, Tishomingo33 min
Dec 11, 5:56 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMEGMonroe79 min
Dec 10, 7:28 PM CSTTornado Warning EmergencyTornado observedConsiderable damage threatMEGDyer, Lake, Lauderdale47 min
Dec 10, 8:04 PM CSTTornado Warning EmergencyTornado observedCatastrophic damage threatMEGDyer, Lake, Obion41 min
Dec 10, 8:28 PM CSTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatMEGLake, Obion30 min
Dec 10, 9:24 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGLauderdale51 min
Dec 10, 9:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatMEGTipton50 min
Dec 10, 9:52 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGDyer, Lake, Obion38 min
Dec 10, 10:01 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGDyer, Haywood, Lauderdale44 min
Dec 10, 10:27 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGCrockett, Dyer, Gibson, Obion, Weakley48 min
Dec 10, 10:34 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGObion27 min
Dec 10, 10:59 PM CSTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatMEGHenry, Weakley46 min
Dec 10, 11:20 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGDyer, Lauderdale15 min
Dec 10, 11:37 PM CSTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatMEGHenry27 min
Dec 10, 11:41 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMEGDyer, Gibson, Henry, Lauderdale, Obion, Weakley3 hr
Dec 10, 11:52 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGShelby, Tipton34 min
Dec 11, 12:05 AM CSTTornado WarningMEGShelby22 min
Dec 11, 12:26 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMEGHenry34 min
Dec 11, 12:30 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGFayette, Hardeman, Haywood, Shelby, Tipton30 min
Dec 11, 12:35 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMEGShelby4 hr
Dec 11, 12:36 AM CSTTornado Warning Tornado observedMEGFayette, Hardeman, Haywood24 min
Dec 11, 12:56 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMEGHenry, Weakley3 hr
Dec 11, 12:57 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCarroll, Crockett, Fayette, Gibson, Hardeman, Haywood and 1 more48 min
Dec 11, 12:59 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGFayette, Hardeman, Shelby31 min
Dec 11, 1:25 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGBenton, Carroll, Chester, Decatur, Gibson, Hardeman and 2 more65 min
Dec 11, 1:30 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMEGFayette, Hardeman30 min
Dec 11, 1:32 AM CSTTornado WarningMEGCarroll, Chester, Henderson, Madison28 min
Dec 11, 1:53 AM CSTTornado WarningMEGBenton, Carroll, Decatur, Henderson25 min
Dec 11, 2:26 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMEGDecatur, Hardin, McNairy34 min
Dec 11, 3:30 AM CSTTornado WarningMEGHardin, McNairy21 min
Dec 11, 4:32 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMEGHardin28 min
Dec 11, 6:56 AM CSTWind AdvisoryMEGBenton, Carroll, Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Henry and 4 more5 hr
Dec 10, 6:07 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGCraighead, Poinsett38 min
Dec 10, 6:39 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGCraighead, Greene, Mississippi, Poinsett51 min
Dec 10, 7:06 PM CSTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatMEGCraighead, Greene, Mississippi39 min
Dec 10, 8:14 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGCraighead, Greene34 min
Dec 10, 8:20 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGCross, Poinsett40 min
Dec 10, 8:57 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGCraighead, Poinsett48 min
Dec 10, 8:59 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGCraighead, Crittenden, Cross, Poinsett31 min
Dec 10, 9:18 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGCraighead, Mississippi, Poinsett42 min
Dec 10, 9:39 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMEGCraighead, Cross, Poinsett3 hr
Dec 11, 12:02 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCrittenden, Lee, St. Francis43 min
Dec 11, 1:43 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMEGPhillips32 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.