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Extreme Cold Warning 2, NWS Memphis, TN

January 29, 202612 counties in Mississippi; Phillips County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this extreme cold warning at Jan 29, 2026, 12:01 PM CST for 12 counties in Mississippi; Phillips County, Arkansas. It took effect at Jan 30, 2026, 9:00 PM CST. It was in force for 12 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 29, 2026, 12:01 PM CST (18:01 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 30, 2026, 9:00 PM CST
Expired
Jan 31, 2026, 9:00 AM CST
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN

Counties Phillips County, AR, Calhoun County, MS, Chickasaw County, MS, Coahoma County, MS, Itawamba County, MS, Lafayette County, MS, Lee County, MS, Monroe County, MS, Panola County, MS, Pontotoc County, MS, Quitman County, MS, Tallahatchie County, MS, Yalobusha County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 211 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2026-01-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2026-01-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -9 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
1580 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
120 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 29, 12:01 PM CSTCold Weather AdvisoryMEGBenton, Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer and 15 more70 hr
Jan 28, 11:38 PM CSTExtreme Cold WatchMEGCalhoun, Chickasaw, Coahoma, Itawamba, Lafayette, Lee and 6 more12 hr

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.