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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Memphis, TN

April 7, 20244 counties in Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 7, 2024, 6:07 PM CDT for 4 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 38 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
Apr 7, 2024, 6:07 PM CDT (23:07 UTC)
Expired
Apr 7, 2024, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

Counties Crockett County, TN, Dyer County, TN, Gibson County, TN, Lauderdale County, TN

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 134 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, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2024-04-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2024-04-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 326 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
833 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
326 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
343 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Apr 7, 3:06 PM CDT, 3 hours 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 7, 3:06 PM CDT, 3 hours 1 minute before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Memphis TN
306 PM CDT Sun Apr 7 2024

...New SYNOPSIS, DISCUSSION...

.SYNOPSIS...
Issued at 305 PM CDT Sun Apr 7 2024

A frontal boundary will move into the region tonight with showers
and thunderstorms developing ahead of it. A few strong to severe
storms are possible. The main axis of clouds and rain chances will
extend from central Mississippi into northern Alabama on Monday
with good eclipse viewing conditions expected in the area of
totality. Unsettled weather will return Monday night and continue
through Thursday. A flooding threat will develop as multiple
rounds of showers and thunderstorms impact the region.

&&

.DISCUSSION...
(This evening through next Saturday)
Issued at 305 PM CDT Sun Apr 7 2024

A complex weather pattern has set up across the Mid-South this
afternoon as a warm front is moving into middle Tennessee. Behind
the warm front, dewpoints range from the mid 50s to mid 60s. A
weak cold front extends front eastern Missouri south through
central Arkansas and into far east Texas. Temperatures are not
that much cooler behind this front but dewpoints lower
significantly into the mid 20s to mid 30s. A few showers and
isolated thunderstorms have developed ahead of this cold front
across portions of east Arkansas. A strong or severe thunderstorm
could develop later this afternoon with damaging winds and large
hail being the main threats. Also, windy conditions have developed
across portions of northeast Arkansas where the Wind Advisory
remain in effect until 5 PM CDT.

As this cold front moves east into the Mid-South tonight,
additional showers and thunderstorms are possible mainly east of
the Mississippi River. Temperatures tonight will be quite mild for
early April with lows Monday morning in the upper 50s to lower
60s. The cold front should weaken as it moves south Monday morning
with a few scattered thunderstorms possible for areas south of
I-40. With drier air moving into portions of northeast Arkansas on
Monday, conditions are looking more favorable for viewing the
solar eclipse along the path of totality. Temperatures will be on
the warm side on Monday with highs in the mid 70s to around 80
degrees.

By Monday night, the boundary will start to lift back north with
showers and thunderstorms becoming more widespread. A few of the
thunderstorms may be strong to severe Monday night with gusty
winds and hail as the main threats.

By Tuesday, a cold front will be over northwest Arkansas and will
head slowly toward the Mid-South with more showers and
thunderstorms. Low pressure develops along the front along the
Texas/Louisiana border by Wednesday morning and moves into west
Tennessee by Thursday morning. This will enhance the development
of thunderstorms for Tuesday night through Thursday. While strong
to severe thunderstorms can't be ruled out, the main threat will
be heavy rainfall. Between tonight and Thursday, much of the Mid-
South could see between 4 and 8 inches of rain during this
period. The most likely time for heavy rainfall will be from
Tuesday night through Wednesday and a Flood Watch may be needed
for this time period.

As the surface low pulls out of the region by Thursday evening,
the threat of rain will end. Cooler and drier air will move into
the region with dry weather expected for Friday and Saturday.
Temperatures will be near normal for Thursday night through Friday
night with warmer weather expected on Saturday.

&&

.AVIATION...
(18Z TAFS)
Issued at 1232 PM CDT Sun Apr 7 2024

Gusty winds are expected to continue at all sites this afternoon
and evening as a cold front approaches the Mid-South. Showers and
thunderstorms are expected to develop ahead of this front later,
resulting in MVFR VIS and CIGS during periods of TSRA and SHRA. At
TUP, an extended period of MVFR to LIFR conditions will occur as
the front approaches and then stalls over the region. Some
guidance has hinted at the possibility for lower CIGS at MEM in
the morning, but confidence remains too low to be included in the
TAF for now.

&&

.MEG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...Wind Advisory until 5 PM CDT this afternoon for ARZ009-018-026-
     028.

MO...Wind Advisory until 5 PM CDT this afternoon for MOZ113-115.

MS...None.
TN...Wind Advisory until 5 PM CDT this afternoon for TNZ001.

&&

PUBLIC FORECAST...ARS
AVIATION...JPR

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 7, 2:44 AM CDTWind AdvisoryMEGLake14 hr
Apr 7, 4:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGDyer30 min
Apr 7, 4:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGObion42 min
Apr 7, 4:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGDyer, Obion, Weakley45 min
Apr 7, 4:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLauderdale48 min
Apr 7, 5:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGObion31 min
Apr 7, 5:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGHenry, Weakley34 min
Apr 7, 5:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGWeakley34 min
Apr 7, 5:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGDyer32 min
Apr 7, 5:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGHenry38 min
Apr 7, 6:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGWeakley36 min
Apr 7, 6:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGGibson38 min
Apr 7, 4:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGMississippi34 min
Apr 7, 4:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGMississippi25 min
Apr 7, 6:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGSt. Francis27 min
Apr 7, 6:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGSt. Francis30 min
Apr 7, 6:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGSt. Francis29 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.