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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 1, 2022, 11:21 AM CST for Benton 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 counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 1, 2022, 11:21 AM CST (17:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 1, 2022, 11:45 AM CST
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Benton County, TN
The radar
The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 10:50 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 132 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 379 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 791 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 72 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 189 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 245 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 2.6
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jan 1, 10:31 AM CST, 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 1, 10:31 AM CST, 50 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 1, 10:18 AM CST, 1 hour 3 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Memphis TN 1018 AM CST Sat Jan 1 2022 ARZ009-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001>017- 020>024-TNZ001>004-019>022-048>055-088>092-021830- 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- 1018 AM CST Sat Jan 1 2022 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of East Arkansas... the Missouri Bootheel...North Mississippi...and West Tennessee. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Strong to severe thunderstorms are possible today. Damaging winds, tornadoes, and hail will be the main threats. Storms will also bring prolonged heavy rainfall which could lead to flash flooding. A Flood Watch has been issued for much of Northeast Arkansas, the Missouri Bootheel, and all of West Tennessee. Winds will be elevated today across portions of north Mississippi and west Tennessee. A Wind Advisory has been issued. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday Much colder air will filter into the region behind a cold front Saturday Night. An upper level disturbance will then move into the Mid-South by Sunday morning. Chances for snow will occur with the disturbance. No accumulation is expected. Wind chill values will drop into the teens Sunday and Sunday Night. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed Today. Please relay any information about observed severe weather to the NWS while following all local, state, and CDC guidelines.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jan 1, 10:35 AM CST, 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1035 AM CST SAT JAN 01 2022
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1015 AM NON-TSTM WND GST 2 NNE MILLINGTON 35.36N 89.87W
01/01/2022 M59 MPH SHELBY TN AWOS
&&
TLSJRLocal storm report, Jan 1, 11:08 AM CST, 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1108 AM CST SAT JAN 01 2022
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1044 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG EAST MEMPHIS 35.13N 89.87W
01/01/2022 SHELBY TN PUBLIC
LOTS OF TREES DAMAGED, BROKEN BRANCHES AND DOWN, IN
EAST MEMPHIS. POWER LINES DOWN AS A RESULT.
1046 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG 1 WNW CORDOVA 35.16N 89.79W
01/01/2022 SHELBY TN PUBLIC
WIND DAMAGED BUSINESS SIGN NEAR DEXTER AND GERMANTOWN
ROADS.
&&
TLSJRThe office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 3:52 AM CST | Wind Advisory | MEG | Alcorn, Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Coahoma, DeSoto and 16 more | 11 hr |
| Jan 1, 12:40 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | DeSoto | 3 hr |
| Jan 1, 1:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Prentiss, Tishomingo | 19 min |
| Jan 1, 1:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lafayette, Marshall, Panola | 46 min |
| Jan 1, 2:28 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Prentiss | 32 min |
| Jan 1, 2:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, Lafayette, Marshall, Tippah, Union | 39 min |
| Jan 1, 2:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Prentiss, Tishomingo | 18 min |
| Jan 1, 3:22 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Tishomingo | 23 min |
| Jan 1, 3:41 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Alcorn | 34 min |
| Jan 1, 4:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tishomingo | 17 min |
| Jan 1, 5:02 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | DeSoto, Marshall | 118 min |
| Jan 1, 12:17 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Dyer, Lake | 28 min |
| Jan 1, 12:42 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Dyer, Lake, Obion | 33 min |
| Jan 1, 1:16 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Henry, Obion, Weakley | 44 min |
| Jan 1, 1:41 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Henry, Weakley | 34 min |
| Jan 1, 1:57 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Henry, Weakley | 35 min |
| Jan 1, 10:27 AM CST | River Flood Advisory | MEG | Decatur, Hardin | 4 days |
| Jan 1, 11:28 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Madison | 32 min |
| Jan 1, 11:45 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Decatur, Henderson, Madison | 45 min |
| Jan 1, 2:04 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Clay | 26 min |
| Jan 1, 9:02 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MEG | Clay, Greene | 3 days |
| Jan 1, 2:47 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Clay, Greene | 3 hr |
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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.