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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at May 18, 1995, 2:46 PM CDT for Decatur County, Hardin County, Tennessee. It was in force for 29 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 18, 1995, 2:46 PM CDT (19:46 UTC)
- Expired
- May 18, 1995, 3:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Decatur County, TN, Hardin County, TN
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 157 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 161 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
- 1151 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 674 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 178 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 189 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.3
- Supercell composite
- 4.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMEM 181946 TORMEM TNC039-071-182015- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 246 PM CDT THU MAY 18 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 315 PM CDT FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S... IN WEST TENNESSEE ...SOUTHERN DECATUR COUNTY...NORTHERN HARDIN COUNTY AT 245 PM...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR SARDIS IN EXTREME SOUTHERN HENDERSON COUNTY. MOVING EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR THIS STORM WILL THREATEN NORTHERN HARDIN AND SOUTHERN DECATUR WITH DAMAGING HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE WIND BETWEEN 245 AND 315 PM. GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED NEAR ENVILLE AT 235 PM. THE STORM WILL TRACK BATH SPRINGS BY 315. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. ACT QUICKLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID WINDOWS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT. &
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 2:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 41 min |
| May 18, 3:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crockett, Gibson | 28 min |
| May 18, 3:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Haywood | 28 min |
| May 18, 3:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette | 47 min |
| May 18, 9:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll, Madison | 49 min |
| May 18, 9:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Dyer, Lauderdale | 52 min |
| May 18, 1:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Hardeman | 30 min |
| May 18, 1:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Hardeman | 35 min |
| May 18, 1:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Fayette | 30 min |
| May 18, 1:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lake | 40 min |
| May 18, 1:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Chester, McNairy | 34 min |
| May 18, 2:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lake, Obion | 26 min |
| May 18, 2:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Chester, Hardin, McNairy | 31 min |
| May 18, 2:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Decatur, Henderson | 26 min |
| May 18, 2:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Obion | 31 min |
| May 18, 3:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Weakley | 39 min |
| May 18, 3:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardin, McNairy | 43 min |
| May 18, 4:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Henry | 41 min |
| May 18, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton | 32 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.