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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Memphis, TN

April 19, 1995Lake County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Apr 19, 1995, 11:21 PM CDT for Lake County, Tennessee. It was in force for 32 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 19, 1995, 11:21 PM CDT (04:21 UTC)
Expired
Apr 19, 1995, 11:53 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Lake County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 172 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 1995-04-20Temperature 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 00:00Z on 1995-04-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 423 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
1139 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
423 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
506 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.7

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMEM 200425
TORMEM
TNC095-200500-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1121 PM CDT WED APR 19 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN WEST TENNESSEE
 
   ...LAKE COUNTY
 
AT 1125 PM...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO MOVING
NORTHEAST AT NEAR 30 MILES PER HOUR INTO LAKE COUNTY.
 
 
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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 19, 9:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHardin, McNairy35 min
Apr 19, 11:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGDecatur27 min
Apr 20, 1:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGShelby30 min
Apr 20, 5:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGTipton50 min
Apr 20, 6:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGFayette, Haywood54 min
Apr 20, 6:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHardeman39 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.