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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Memphis, TN

June 15, 1991Dyer County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Jun 15, 1991, 8:31 PM CDT for Dyer County, Tennessee. It was in force for 29 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 15, 1991, 8:31 PM CDT (01:31 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 1991, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Dyer County, TN

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 15, 8:50 PM CDTTornado F0Dyer, TN

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 129 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, Paducah/Barkley, KY at 00:00Z on 1991-06-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3120 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, Paducah/Barkley, KY at 00:00Z on 1991-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 46 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
3120 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1009 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
82 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.1

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 16, 6:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGDeSoto49 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Tennessee, 1991Every tornado warning in 1991Tornadoes in 1991

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.