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Excessive Heat Warning 13, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this excessive heat warning at Aug 13, 2023, 3:17 PM CDT for 14 counties in Mississippi; Lee County, Phillips County, Arkansas. It took effect at Aug 14, 2023, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 13, 2023, 3:17 PM CDT (20:17 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 14, 2023, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Aug 14, 2023, 7:29 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
Counties Lee County, AR, Phillips County, AR, Calhoun County, MS, Chickasaw County, MS, Coahoma County, MS, Itawamba County, MS, Lafayette County, MS, Lee County, MS, Monroe County, MS, Panola County, MS, Pontotoc County, MS, Quitman County, MS, Tallahatchie County, MS, Tunica County, MS, Union County, MS, Yalobusha County, MS
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this excessive heat 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 excessive heat warning went out at Aug 12, 6:50 PM CDT, 20 hours 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 12, 6:50 PM CDT, 20 hours 27 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 2:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Benton, Tippah | 38 min |
| Aug 13, 2:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Alcorn | 52 min |
| Aug 13, 3:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Tippah | 29 min |
| Aug 13, 3:17 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | MEG | Alcorn, Benton, DeSoto, Lafayette, Marshall, Prentiss and 4 more | 28 hr |
| Aug 13, 3:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Prentiss, Tishomingo | 37 min |
| Aug 13, 3:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Prentiss, Tishomingo | 36 min |
| Aug 13, 5:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Pontotoc | 37 min |
| Aug 13, 6:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Calhoun | 21 min |
| Aug 13, 11:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Lauderdale, Tipton | 31 min |
| Aug 13, 12:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Carroll, Gibson | 34 min |
| Aug 13, 1:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Benton, Carroll, Decatur, Henderson, Henry | 34 min |
| Aug 13, 1:17 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Benton, Carroll, Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Henry and 3 more | 3 hr |
| Aug 13, 1:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Benton, Decatur, Henderson | 47 min |
| Aug 13, 3:23 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Crockett, Dyer, Lauderdale | 4 hr |
Nearby
Excessive Heat Warnings in Mississippi, 2023Excessive Heat Warnings in Arkansas, 2023Every excessive heat warning in 2023
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.