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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Memphis, TN

August 5, 1993Hardeman County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Aug 5, 1993, 8:10 PM CDT for Hardeman County, Tennessee. It was in force for 35 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 5, 1993, 8:10 PM CDT (01:10 UTC)
Expired
Aug 5, 1993, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Hardeman County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 97 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 00:00Z on 1993-08-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 684 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 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 00:00Z on 1993-08-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 39 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 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
684 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
821 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
107 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KMEM 060109
TORMEM
TNC069-060145-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
810 PM CDT THU AUG 5 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  845 PM CDT
FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN WEST TENNESSEE
 
   ...HARDEMAN COUNTY
 
AT 807 PM...A TORNADO WAS SPOTTED ON THE GROUND IN NORTHWEST HARDEMAN
COUNTY 2 MILES EAST OF WHITEVILLE. THE THUNDERSTORM MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
25 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN BOLIVAR AND SHANDY ARE IN THE PATH OF THE
STORM AND SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.
 
 
 
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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.