Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1999
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 208, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 21, 1999, 3:51 PM CDT for Chester County, McNairy County, Tennessee. It was in force for 34 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 21, 1999, 3:51 PM CDT (20:51 UTC)
- Expired
- May 21, 1999, 4:25 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Chester County, TN, McNairy County, TN
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 4:00 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide, TN | Trees and power lines were knocked down across the county. |
| May 21, 4:00 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Countywide, TN |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 1:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Panola | 36 min |
| May 21, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lafayette | 30 min |
| May 21, 4:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lee | 33 min |
| May 21, 4:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chickasaw | 33 min |
| May 21, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba | 35 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.