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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Memphis, TN

March 20, 1995Fayette County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 20, 1995, 4:29 PM CST for Fayette County, Tennessee. It was in force for 31 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 20, 1995, 4:29 PM CST (22:29 UTC)
Expired
Mar 20, 1995, 5:00 PM CST
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Fayette County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 64 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 12:00Z on 1995-03-20Temperature 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, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 1995-03-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 293 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1579 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
293 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
299 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMEM 202226 RRA
SVRMEM
TNC047-202300-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
429 PM CST MON MAR 20 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  500 PM CST
FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN WEST TENNESSEE
 
   ...NORTHERN FAYETTE COUNTY
 
AT 423 PM...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN THE NORTHERN
PART OF FAYETTE COUNTY BETWEEN GALLAWAY AND SOMERVILLE. THE STORM WAS
MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL PASS NEAR SOMERVILLE AND INTO
THE NORTHEAST PART OF FAYETTE COUNTY BY 500 PM.
 
THIS STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL.
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAlS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 20, 4:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGShelby48 min
Mar 20, 5:19 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGShelby41 min
Mar 20, 5:26 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGChester34 min
Mar 20, 5:41 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMcNairy49 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.