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Heat Advisory 21, NWS Memphis, TN

August 10, 202322 counties in Mississippi; 13 counties in Tennessee; 10 counties in Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this heat advisory at Aug 10, 2023, 2:32 PM CDT for 22 counties in Mississippi; 13 counties in Tennessee; 10 counties in Arkansas. It took effect at Aug 11, 2023, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 10, 2023, 2:32 PM CDT (19:32 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 11, 2023, 12:00 PM CDT
Expired: Aug 11, 2023, 8:00 PM CDT
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN

All 45 counties

Clay County, AR, Craighead County, AR, Crittenden County, AR, Cross County, AR, Greene County, AR, Lee County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, Phillips County, AR, Poinsett County, AR, St. Francis County, AR, Alcorn County, MS, Benton County, MS, Calhoun County, MS, Chickasaw County, MS, Coahoma County, MS, DeSoto County, MS, Itawamba County, MS, Lafayette County, MS, Lee County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Monroe County, MS, Panola County, MS, Pontotoc County, MS, Prentiss County, MS, Quitman County, MS, Tallahatchie County, MS, Tate County, MS, Tippah County, MS, Tishomingo County, MS, Tunica County, MS, Union County, MS, Yalobusha County, MS, Chester County, TN, Crockett County, TN, Dyer County, TN, Fayette County, TN, Gibson County, TN, Hardeman County, TN, Hardin County, TN, Haywood County, TN, Lauderdale County, TN, Madison County, TN, McNairy County, TN, Shelby County, TN, Tipton County, TN

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this heat advisory 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 heat advisory went out at Aug 10, 12:57 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 10, 12:57 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 10, 10:39 AM CDT, 3 hours 53 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 10, 12:23 PM CDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 9, 11:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	DeSoto, Tate, Tunica	29 min
Aug 9, 11:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	DeSoto, Marshall, Tate, Tunica	23 min
Aug 10, 12:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Benton, Marshall, Tippah	30 min
Aug 10, 12:24 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Tate, Tunica	36 min
Aug 10, 12:40 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Alcorn, Tishomingo	35 min
Aug 10, 12:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Benton, Lafayette, Marshall, Prentiss, Tate, Tippah and 1 more	47 min
Aug 10, 1:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Tishomingo	31 min
Aug 10, 1:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Calhoun, Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc	47 min
Aug 10, 2:11 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Calhoun, Chickasaw, Itawamba, Monroe	49 min
Aug 9, 10:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lauderdale, Tipton	45 min
Aug 9, 10:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Crockett, Dyer, Fayette, Haywood, Lauderdale, Shelby and 1 more	45 min
Aug 9, 11:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Dyer	28 min
Aug 9, 11:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Crockett, Fayette, Gibson, Haywood, Madison	36 min
Aug 9, 11:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Chester, Fayette, Hardeman, Henderson, Madison	26 min
Aug 10, 12:07 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Madison	2 hr
Aug 10, 12:09 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Shelby	2 hr
Aug 10, 12:12 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Chester, Decatur, Hardeman, Hardin, Henderson, Madison	33 min
Aug 10, 12:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chester, Decatur, Hardin, Henderson	34 min
Aug 10, 1:06 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Benton, Carroll, Chester, Decatur, Hardin, Henderson and 2 more	114 min
Aug 10, 4:20 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Shelby	3 hr
Aug 10, 4:22 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	Shelby	3 hr
Aug 9, 9:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MEG	Craighead, Greene, Poinsett	44 min
Aug 9, 10:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Greene	29 min
Aug 10, 12:54 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Cross	36 min
Aug 10, 3:08 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Cross	52 min

Nearby

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.