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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Memphis, TN

May 15, 1995Shelby County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at May 15, 1995, 10:43 AM CDT for Shelby County, Tennessee. It was in force for 32 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 15, 1995, 10:43 AM CDT (15:43 UTC)
Expired
May 15, 1995, 11:15 AM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Shelby County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 40 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 1995-05-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 818 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, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 1995-05-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 66 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
818 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-147 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
912 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
93 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
4.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMEM 151543
TORMEM
TNC157-151615-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1043 AM CDT MON MAY 15 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 AM CDT
FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN WEST TENNESSEE
 
   ...SOUTHERN SHELBY COUNTY
 
AT 1040 AM...PUBLIC REPORTED TORNADO TOUCH DOWN NEAR MILLBRANCH AND
BROOKS ROAD NEAR THE MEMPHIS INTERNATION AIRPORT MOVING TOWARD THE
SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR...THIS STORM WILL MOVE THRU THE AREA
AROUND MEMPHIS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT BY 1100 AM.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDYJ 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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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 14, 7:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGDyer, Gibson43 min
May 14, 10:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLake50 min
May 14, 10:21 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGLake54 min
May 14, 10:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGWeakley30 min
May 14, 11:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHenry, Weakley42 min
May 15, 12:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGBenton41 min
May 15, 1:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLauderdale28 min
May 15, 9:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGShelby51 min
May 15, 9:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGShelby17 min
May 15, 10:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGShelby39 min

Nearby

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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.