Alert archive / Tennessee / Tornado Warnings in 1999
Tornado Warning 13, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Jan 17, 1999, 6:43 PM CST for Hardeman County, Tennessee. It was in force for 47 min. 1 report 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 17, 1999, 6:43 PM CST (00:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 17, 1999, 7:30 PM CST
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hardeman County, TN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 17, 7:15 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Middleton, TN | A church steeple was damaged. Numerous trees were blown down. |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 17, 2:30 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 97 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2449 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
999 WFUS1 KMEM 180042 RRA TORMEM TNC069-180130- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 643 PM CST SUN JAN 17 1999 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... HARDEMAN COUNTY IN WESTERN TENNESSEE * UNTIL 730 PM CST * AT 642 PM CST... DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO JUST SOUTH OF LAGRANGE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... GRAND JUNCTION BY 650 PM CST SAULSBURY BY 700 PM CST .THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 17, 6:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette | 64 min |
| Jan 17, 6:08 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Madison | 47 min |
| Jan 17, 6:14 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Crockett, Gibson | 36 min |
| Jan 17, 6:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Weakley | 48 min |
| Jan 17, 6:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardeman | 47 min |
| Jan 17, 6:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll, Henry | 49 min |
| Jan 17, 6:33 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Fayette | 37 min |
| Jan 17, 6:35 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Henderson | 50 min |
| Jan 17, 6:38 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Carroll | 47 min |
| Jan 17, 6:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester | 35 min |
| Jan 17, 6:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 50 min |
| Jan 17, 6:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | McNairy | 62 min |
| Jan 17, 7:01 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Chester, McNairy | 49 min |
| Jan 17, 7:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardin | 62 min |
| Jan 17, 7:38 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Hardeman, McNairy | 3 hr |
| Jan 17, 7:38 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Fayette | 3 hr |
| Jan 17, 7:48 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Hardin | 47 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.