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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Mar 27, 1991, 2:49 PM CST for Decatur County, Tennessee. It was in force for 26 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
- Mar 27, 1991, 2:49 PM CST (20:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 27, 1991, 3:15 PM CST
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Decatur County, TN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 3:00 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Decatur, 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
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 148 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1045 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 289 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 308 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 27, 11:28 AM CST, 3 hours 21 minutes before
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
Special weather statement, Mar 27, 11:54 AM CST, 2 hours 55 minutes before
TNZ012-013-014-015-MSZ001-004-ARZ012-014-271900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1153 AM CST WED MAR 27 1991 AT 1155 AM THE LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO WORK ITS WAY EASTWARD ACROSS NORTHEAST ARKANSAS AND WAS MOVING OVER THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND INTO WEST TENNESSEE. MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH .. THE THUNDERSTORM LINE WILL MOVE THROUGH THE DYERSBURG .. RIPLEY .. COVINGTON .. AND MEMPHIS AREAS BETWEEN NOON AND 1 PM. AT 1155 AM THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED FROM JUST WEST OF DYERSBURG TENNESSEE .. SOUTH ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO WEST MEMPHIS ARKANSAS .. AND ON SOUTHWEST TO NEAR DEWITT ARKANSAS - JUST EAST OF PINE BLUFF. INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE RACING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH WHILE THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PRESSED TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST. SOME WEAKENING WAS NOTED IN THE THUNDERSTORMS AT THE NORTHERN END OF THE LINE - NEAR DYERSBURG BUT OTHER CONTINUED TO BE STRONG. 9 THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BRING A BRIEF PERIOD OF VERY HEAVY RAIN .. STRONG AND GUSTY WIND .. AND DEADLY LIGHTNING AS THEY MOVE THROUGH. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR LATER BULLETINS.
Special weather statement, Mar 27, 12:32 PM CST, 2 hours 17 minutes before
TNZ012-013-014-015-MSZ001-004-ARZ012-013-014-271930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1232 PM CST WED MAR 27 1991 AT 1225 PM WEATHER RADAR LOCATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE UNION CITY AREA OF NORTHWEST TENNESSEE .. SOUTHWESTWARD BETWEEN ALAMO AND RIPLEY TENNESSEE .. OVER THE MEMPHIS AND MILLINGTON AREAS .. NEAR TUNICA MISSISSIPPI .. ACROSS THE MISSISSIPI RIVER NEAR HELENA ARKANSAS .. AND TO NEAR DUMAS ARKANSAS. THE THUNDERSTORM LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH WHILE INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS RACED TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED NEAR THE NORTH PART OF MEMPHIS ... AND NEAR HELENA ARKANSAS. ANOTHER LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING INTO NORTHEAST ARKANSAS AT 1225 PM. THAT LINE STRETCHED FROM THE PARAGOULD - JONESBO AREA SOUTHWESTWARD NEAR AUGUSTA .. AND TOWARD PINE BLUFF ARKANSAS. THAT THUNDERSTORM LINE WAS MOVING EiAST AT 40 MPH AS WELL. A BRIEF PERIOD OF VERY HEAVY RAIN .. GUSTY WIND .. AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED AS THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE THROUGH. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR LATER BULLETINS.
Special weather statement, Mar 27, 2:08 PM CST, 41 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 12:55 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | DeSoto | 35 min |
| Mar 27, 1:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette | 46 min |
| Mar 27, 1:32 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Fayette | 28 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.