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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Memphis, TN

January 22, 1999Shelby County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 22, 1999, 3:51 AM CST for Shelby County, Tennessee. It was in force for 49 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
Jan 22, 1999, 3:51 AM CST (09:51 UTC)
Expired
Jan 22, 1999, 4:40 AM CST
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Shelby County, TN

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jan 22, 4:20 AM CSTThunderstorm WindMemphis, TNA large metal building was destroyed.
Jan 22, 4:25 AM CSTTornado F1Cordova, TNThe tornado started in the eastern edge of Cordova and tracked northeast. Two homes were destroyed. Several homes, two businesses and one school sustained roof damage. Several outbuildings were also destroyed.

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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 22, 3:00 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 9.9 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 00:00Z on 1999-01-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 725 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 00:00Z on 1999-01-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 185 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
725 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1259 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
185 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
283 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.8
Supercell composite
3.9

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 21, 10:02 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGTallahatchie48 min
Jan 21, 10:08 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGQuitman47 min
Jan 21, 10:29 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGPanola51 min
Jan 21, 10:46 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGTate39 min
Jan 21, 10:56 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGDeSoto49 min
Jan 21, 11:08 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGMarshall32 min
Jan 21, 11:12 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGQuitman, Tallahatchie48 min
Jan 21, 11:55 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGPanola35 min
Jan 21, 11:59 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGQuitman, Tallahatchie31 min
Jan 22, 12:00 AM CSTTornado WarningMEGTate45 min
Jan 22, 12:32 AM CSTTornado WarningMEGPanola18 min
Jan 22, 1:06 AM CSTTornado WarningMEGMarshall, Tate49 min
Jan 22, 1:55 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMarshall, Tate45 min
Jan 22, 2:23 AM CSTTornado WarningMEGBenton, Marshall47 min
Jan 22, 3:21 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMarshall49 min
Jan 22, 8:07 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGTallahatchie, Yalobusha48 min
Jan 22, 8:26 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGPanola34 min
Jan 22, 8:30 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLafayette50 min
Jan 22, 9:43 AM CSTTornado WarningMEGBenton37 min
Jan 22, 10:05 AM CSTTornado WarningMEGMarshall35 min
Jan 22, 10:18 AM CSTTornado WarningMEGBenton32 min
Jan 22, 10:29 AM CSTTornado WarningMEGLafayette51 min
Jan 22, 10:35 AM CSTTornado WarningMEGTippah35 min
Jan 22, 10:50 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGYalobusha20 min
Jan 22, 11:23 AM CSTTornado WarningMEGBenton, Tippah32 min
Jan 22, 11:49 AM CSTTornado WarningMEGCalhoun31 min
Jan 22, 12:18 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLee, Pontotoc32 min
Jan 22, 12:43 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGLee17 min
Jan 22, 12:46 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGAlcorn, Prentiss44 min
Jan 22, 12:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGItawamba17 min
Jan 22, 1:01 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGAlcorn19 min
Jan 22, 1:07 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGPrentiss18 min
Jan 22, 1:14 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGTishomingo31 min
Jan 22, 1:49 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCalhoun36 min
Jan 22, 1:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMonroe21 min
Jan 22, 2:06 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGPontotoc49 min
Jan 22, 2:24 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMonroe16 min
Jan 22, 2:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLee33 min
Jan 22, 2:50 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCalhoun35 min
Jan 22, 2:53 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGLee32 min
Jan 22, 3:02 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGPrentiss33 min
Jan 22, 3:06 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGPrentiss34 min
Jan 22, 3:28 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGTishomingo32 min
Jan 22, 3:36 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCalhoun49 min
Jan 22, 4:07 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGChickasaw48 min
Jan 22, 4:35 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLee, Pontotoc50 min
Jan 22, 4:56 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGLee, Prentiss34 min
Jan 22, 5:10 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGItawamba35 min
Jan 22, 5:39 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGTishomingo21 min
Jan 21, 8:20 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGDyer, Obion45 min
Jan 21, 10:25 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGDyer, Lake, Obion45 min
Jan 21, 11:05 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGShelby45 min
Jan 21, 11:14 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGLake51 min
Jan 21, 11:21 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGFayette49 min
Jan 22, 12:02 AM CSTTornado WarningMEGHardeman33 min
Jan 22, 12:13 AM CSTTornado WarningMEGFayette17 min
Jan 22, 1:30 AM CSTTornado WarningMEGFayette45 min
Jan 22, 2:10 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHardeman50 min
Jan 22, 2:16 AM CSTTornado WarningMEGMadison49 min
Jan 22, 2:27 AM CSTTornado WarningMEGHenderson48 min
Jan 22, 2:32 AM CSTTornado WarningMEGFayette, Hardeman48 min
Jan 22, 2:41 AM CSTTornado WarningMEGCarroll49 min
Jan 22, 3:00 AM CSTTornado WarningMEGChester50 min
Jan 22, 3:26 AM CSTTornado WarningMEGHenderson49 min
Jan 22, 4:00 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCarroll50 min
Jan 22, 4:18 AM CSTTornado WarningMEGMadison47 min
Jan 22, 5:23 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGShelby47 min
Jan 22, 6:05 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGFayette50 min
Jan 22, 6:36 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHardeman39 min
Jan 22, 7:35 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHardeman40 min
Jan 22, 8:17 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGChester33 min
Jan 22, 10:54 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGChester, Hardeman, McNairy51 min
Jan 22, 11:16 AM CSTTornado WarningMEGChester34 min
Jan 22, 11:40 AM CSTTornado WarningMEGHenderson, Madison50 min
Jan 22, 11:51 AM CSTTornado WarningMEGHardeman34 min
Jan 22, 12:12 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGMcNairy33 min
Jan 22, 12:52 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHardin33 min
Jan 22, 1:11 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGMcNairy34 min
Jan 22, 1:18 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGHardin32 min
Jan 22, 3:18 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHardin, McNairy32 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.