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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Memphis, TN

April 10, 1994Henderson County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 10, 1994, 5:41 PM CDT for Henderson County, Tennessee. It was in force for 34 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 10, 1994, 5:41 PM CDT (22:41 UTC)
Expired
Apr 10, 1994, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Henderson County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 170 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 1994-04-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 39 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 1994-04-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 408 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
39 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-124 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
735 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
408 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
452 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 10, 6:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGOktibbeha26 min
Apr 10, 5:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMcNairy34 min

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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.