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Special Weather Statement, NWS Memphis, TN

May 15, 2022Quitman County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this special weather statement at May 15, 2022, 5:21 PM CDT for Quitman County, Mississippi. It was in force for 24 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued
May 15, 2022, 5:21 PM CDT (22:21 UTC)
Expired
May 15, 2022, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
30

County Quitman County, MS

The radar

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The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 328 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, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2022-05-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 671 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, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2022-05-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 7 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
671 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-48 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1009 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
68 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 May 15, 3:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 15, 3:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Memphis TN
300 PM CDT Sun May 15 2022

.DISCUSSION...

A cluster of thunderstorms over Central Arkansas are quickly
racing toward the Mid-South at this time. The highest instability
remains across Southeast Arkansas where CAPE values are around
5000 J/KG. The trajectory of those storms are following this axis
of higher instability. If the trend continues expect the storms
to move into areas of East Arkansas, south of Forrest City into
Northwest Mississippi over the next couple of hours. Additional
storms have developed along the Mississippi River on the edge of
the humid airmass(dewpoints in the lower 70s) and the drier
air(mid to upper 60s). Damaging winds and hail will be the main
threat with any storms this afternoon into the evening. Locally
heavy rainfall will also be possible.

The complex of storms will race through the entire CWA this evening.
A few showers may develop behind the storms along the trailing
cold front when it moves into the area during the overnight
hours. Otherwise, cooler and drier air will begin to filter into
the region behind the front.

Pleasant conditions are expected on Monday as SFC high pressure
builds over the region. Highs will remain in the lower to mid 80s but
should feel nice with lower humidity. Lows Monday Night will drop
into the mid 50s to lower 60s.

The upper ridge will begin to build back on Tuesday. As the ridge
builds back, a SFC warm front will lift northeastward over the area
Tuesday Night into Wednesday morning. Can't rule out a few
showers and thunderstorms developing along and ahead of the front.

Chances for rain thereafter will occur along the periphery of the
upper ridge until Friday. As a result, a few showers and
thunderstorms may skirt Northeast Arkansas, the Missouri Bootheel,
and Northwest Tennessee. The upper ridge will then begin to break
down allowing a cold front to move into the Mid-South Friday Night
into Saturday. Both the GFS and ECMWF seem a lot faster with the
clearing of the front. It is possible the front sinks south of
the area on Saturday leaving much of next weekend dry. For now
will continue with POPS.

KRM

&&

.AVIATION...

18Z TAFs

A complicated first six hours of the TAF, with upstream TSRA over
the Ozarks at discussion time. The western edge of this activity
will likely drop south through AR, remaining predominately west of
JBR and MEM. To the east, over south central MO, TSRA will take a
more southeasterly track to into the Midsouth. It is not clear
how connected the two areas of storms will be, with several CAMs
suggesting wide gap of NIL weather until scattered TSRA develops
in place near MEM/MKL along weak remnant boundaries, during peak
surface heating.

TSRA should end north to south through the evening. A high MVFR
post-frontal cloud deck appears likely after sunrise, which should
mix out with surface heating Monday morning.

PWB

&&

.MEG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...None.
MO...None.
MS...None.
TN...None.
&&
Hazardous weather outlook, May 15, 11:47 AM CDT, 5 hours 34 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Memphis TN
1147 AM CDT Sun May 15 2022

ARZ009-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001>017-
020>024-TNZ001>004-019>022-048>055-088>092-161900-
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-
1147 AM CDT Sun May 15 2022

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

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight

Another round of strong to severe storms will be possible this
afternoon into this evening as a cluster of thunderstorms
approaches the Midsouth from the Northwest. Damaging wind is
expected to be the greatest threat. Large hail is also possible.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday

The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed this afternoon into this evening.

KRM

In the hours before

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 15, 4:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMonroe29 min
May 15, 5:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCoahoma40 min
May 15, 5:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGDeSoto32 min
May 15, 5:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGTate33 min
May 15, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCoahoma, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Tunica61 min
May 15, 5:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGTallahatchie28 min
May 15, 5:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGChickasaw11 min
May 15, 6:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGTallahatchie, Yalobusha44 min
May 15, 6:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGChickasaw27 min
May 15, 6:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGBenton, Marshall35 min
May 15, 6:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGLafayette25 min
May 15, 6:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGTallahatchie18 min
May 15, 6:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGYalobusha29 min
May 15, 6:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGClay26 min
May 15, 6:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGCalhoun33 min
May 15, 2:42 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGLake, Obion33 min
May 15, 6:04 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGTipton26 min
May 15, 3:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGDyer29 min
May 15, 3:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGLauderdale35 min
May 15, 4:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLauderdale, Tipton39 min
May 15, 4:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGLake34 min
May 15, 4:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHaywood, Lauderdale, Tipton47 min
May 15, 4:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGLake, Obion30 min
May 15, 4:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGTipton37 min
May 15, 5:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGHaywood, Lauderdale31 min
May 15, 5:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHaywood, Lauderdale, Tipton28 min
May 15, 5:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGGibson26 min
May 15, 5:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGShelby24 min
May 15, 5:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGFayette, Haywood, Lauderdale, Tipton31 min
May 15, 6:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGCarroll, Henderson37 min
May 15, 6:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGChester, Hardeman31 min
May 15, 3:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMississippi34 min
May 15, 4:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGSt. Francis49 min
May 15, 3:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGDunklin28 min
May 15, 3:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGDunklin31 min
May 15, 4:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGPemiscot31 min
May 15, 4:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGDunklin, Pemiscot25 min
May 15, 5:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGPemiscot26 min

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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.