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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 218, NWS Memphis, TN

July 1, 2023Clay County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 2023, 8:27 PM CDT for Clay County, Arkansas. It was in force for 33 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: Jul 1, 2023, 8:27 PM CDT (01:27 UTC)
Expired: Jul 1, 2023, 9:00 PM CDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Clay County, AR

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 1, 12:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr

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 Jul 1, 6:28 PM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 6:28 PM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 1, 5:51 PM CDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 1, 6:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 1, 7:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 1, 7:33 PM CDT, 54 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 1, 7:58 PM CDT, 29 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 1, 8:02 PM CDT, 25 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
Jul 2, 3:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Itawamba, Lee	42 min
Jul 2, 3:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lafayette, Panola	20 min
Jul 2, 3:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Itawamba	36 min
Jul 2, 3:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lafayette, Marshall	40 min
Jul 2, 4:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Benton, Marshall	14 min
Jul 2, 4:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Lafayette	33 min
Jul 2, 4:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Benton, Tippah	29 min
Jul 2, 4:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Alcorn, Tippah	37 min
Jul 2, 5:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Panola	28 min
Jul 2, 5:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	DeSoto, Marshall, Panola, Tate, Tunica	25 min
Jul 2, 5:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Lafayette	36 min
Jul 2, 5:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Tate	13 min
Jul 2, 5:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Marshall	37 min
Jul 2, 6:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Marshall	38 min
Jul 2, 6:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Lafayette	36 min
Jul 1, 8:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Lake	16 min
Jul 2, 2:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Shelby	24 min
Jul 2, 2:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Shelby	22 min
Jul 2, 2:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Shelby	15 min
Jul 2, 2:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Fayette	27 min
Jul 2, 4:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Decatur	23 min
Jul 2, 6:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Lauderdale	34 min
Jul 2, 6:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Henry	33 min
Jul 2, 6:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Crockett, Madison	31 min
Jul 1, 7:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Clay	27 min
Jul 1, 7:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Clay	27 min
Jul 1, 7:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Clay	32 min
Jul 1, 11:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Greene	27 min
Jul 2, 12:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Phillips	37 min
Jul 2, 12:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Clay	40 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.