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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 86, NWS Memphis, TN

May 7, 2023Benton County, Henry County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 7, 2023, 4:51 PM CDT for Benton County, Henry County, Tennessee. It was in force for 39 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: May 7, 2023, 4:51 PM CDT (21:51 UTC)
Expired: May 7, 2023, 5:30 PM CDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Benton County, TN, Henry County, TN

The radar

The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:54 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 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 May 6, 6:20 PM CDT, 22 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 6, 6:20 PM CDT, 22 hours 31 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
May 7, 5:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Yalobusha	32 min
May 7, 2:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Weakley	33 min
May 7, 2:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Henry, Weakley	51 min
May 7, 3:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Benton, Henry	40 min
May 7, 4:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Henry	26 min
May 7, 5:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Henry	26 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee, 2023 Every severe thunderstorm 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.