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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 219, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 2023, 12:35 PM CDT for Clay County, Arkansas. It was in force for 40 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 2, 2023, 12:35 PM CDT (17:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 2023, 1:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 40 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 17:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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 2, 12:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 343 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
- 1255 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -54 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 762 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 198 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 183 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 6.1
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 2, 10:55 AM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 2, 10:55 AM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 2, 8:54 AM CDT, 3 hours 41 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Memphis TN
854 AM CDT Sun Jul 2 2023
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0820 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg Piggott 36.38N 90.19W
07/01/2023 Clay AR Public
Several trees down across Piggott. Time is
estimated via radar.
&&
MJSpecial weather statement, Jul 2, 12:23 PM CDT, 12 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
1223 PM CDT Sun Jul 2 2023
ARZ058-021800-
Phillips AR-
1223 PM CDT Sun Jul 2 2023
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of central Phillips
County through 100 PM CDT...
At 1223 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
St. Charles, or 13 miles north of White River National Wildlife
Refuge, moving east at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Marvell, Elaine, Watkins Corner, Lake View, Poplar Grove, Wabash,
Modoc, Oneida, Hoop Spur, Kindall, Lambrook, Kingtown, Gobell,
Trenton, Ewal and Cypert.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 800 PM CDT for
eastern Arkansas...and northwestern Mississippi.
&&
LAT...LON 3430 9106 3431 9106 3431 9105 3432 9106
3434 9105 3434 9100 3447 9100 3447 9105
3450 9105 3459 9079 3436 9073 3437 9076
3435 9077 3432 9074
TIME...MOT...LOC 1723Z 256DEG 22KT 3440 9109
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
AC3The 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, 8:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Clay | 33 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 |
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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.