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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 187, NWS Memphis, TN

July 31, 2026Fayette County, Hardeman County, Haywood County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 31, 2026, 3:13 PM CDT for Fayette County, Hardeman County, Haywood County, Tennessee. It was in force for 47 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 31, 2026, 3:13 PM CDT (20:13 UTC)
Expired
Jul 31, 2026, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Fayette County, TN, Hardeman County, TN, Haywood County, TN

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:16 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

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 328 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, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2026-07-31Temperature 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, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2026-07-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 93 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1083 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
93 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
166 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
Jul 31, 2:58 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMEGShelby2 hr
Jul 31, 2:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGFayette31 min
Jul 31, 3:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGHardeman34 min
Jul 31, 4:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGLafayette, Union37 min
Jul 31, 4:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGBenton34 min
Jul 31, 4:34 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMEGBenton, Calhoun, Lafayette, Marshall, Union3 hr
Jul 31, 6:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGItawamba45 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.