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Excessive Heat Warning 13, NWS Memphis, TN

August 17, 2024Coahoma County, Quitman County, Tallahatchie County, Mississippi; Phillips County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this excessive heat warning at Aug 17, 2024, 2:05 PM CDT for Coahoma County, Quitman County, Tallahatchie County, Mississippi; Phillips County, Arkansas. It took effect at Aug 18, 2024, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for . 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 17, 2024, 2:05 PM CDT (19:05 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 18, 2024, 11:00 AM CDT
Expired: Aug 18, 2024, 2:24 AM CDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN

Counties Phillips County, AR, Coahoma County, MS, Quitman County, MS, Tallahatchie County, MS

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:08 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 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 17, 12:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 17, 12:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 17, 8:39 AM CDT, 5 hours 26 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 17, 8:45 AM CDT, 5 hours 20 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 17, 9:00 AM CDT, 5 hours 5 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 17, 9:05 AM CDT, 5 hours before

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Local storm report, Aug 17, 10:36 AM CDT, 3 hours 29 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 17, 10:56 AM CDT, 3 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 17, 2:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Dyer, Gibson, Lake, Lauderdale	39 min
Aug 17, 2:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Shelby, Tipton	36 min
Aug 17, 3:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Fayette, Hardeman, Haywood, Lauderdale, Tipton	44 min
Aug 17, 3:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Crockett, Dyer	42 min
Aug 17, 3:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Haywood, Lauderdale, Madison	38 min
Aug 17, 3:39 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Fayette, Hardeman	36 min
Aug 17, 3:53 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Madison	37 min
Aug 17, 4:09 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Gibson	36 min
Aug 17, 4:37 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Carroll, Henderson	38 min
Aug 17, 4:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Decatur	32 min
Aug 17, 5:05 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Benton, Henderson	25 min
Aug 17, 5:19 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Decatur	26 min
Aug 17, 2:05 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	MEG	Calhoun, Chickasaw, Coahoma, Monroe, Panola, Quitman and 4 more	30 hr
Aug 17, 12:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Clay	34 min
Aug 17, 12:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Clay, Greene	40 min
Aug 17, 1:05 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Craighead, Cross, Poinsett	25 min
Aug 17, 1:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Craighead, Poinsett	31 min
Aug 17, 1:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Clay	29 min
Aug 17, 1:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Clay, Greene	37 min
Aug 17, 1:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Craighead, Mississippi, Poinsett	42 min
Aug 17, 1:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Crittenden, Mississippi, Poinsett	47 min
Aug 17, 1:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Clay, Greene	47 min
Aug 17, 2:44 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Clay, Greene, Mississippi	99 min
Aug 17, 4:23 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	MEG	Clay, Greene	52 min

Nearby

Excessive Heat Warnings in Mississippi, 2024 Excessive Heat Warnings in Arkansas, 2024 Every excessive heat warning in 2024

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.