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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 175, NWS Memphis, TN

July 5, 2024Dyer County, Tennessee; Mississippi County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 2024, 3:24 AM CDT for Dyer County, Tennessee; Mississippi County, Arkansas. It was in force for 31 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 5, 2024, 3:24 AM CDT (08:24 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 2024, 3:55 AM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Mississippi County, AR, Dyer County, TN

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 380 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2024-07-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3005 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2024-07-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 14 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
3005 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1291 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
154 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.1
Supercell composite
9.4

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 5, 2:26 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGObion34 min
Jul 5, 2:57 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGObion, Weakley33 min
Jul 5, 3:35 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGLauderdale40 min
Jul 5, 3:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHaywood, Lauderdale, Tipton15 min
Jul 5, 3:45 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGObion45 min
Jul 5, 4:28 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGTipton47 min
Jul 5, 4:31 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGHenry29 min
Jul 5, 4:33 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMEGObion3 hr
Jul 5, 5:09 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGHenry21 min
Jul 5, 2:04 AM CDTHeat AdvisoryMEGCalhoun, Chickasaw, Coahoma, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe and 4 more17 hr
Jul 5, 2:07 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGClay, Craighead, Greene38 min
Jul 5, 2:46 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGCraighead, Mississippi44 min
Jul 5, 2:59 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGMississippi31 min
Jul 5, 3:02 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGPoinsett28 min
Jul 5, 3:54 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGCross, Mississippi36 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.