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Tornado Warning 66, NWS Memphis, TN

January 22, 1999Fayette County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Jan 22, 1999, 12:13 AM CST for Fayette County, Tennessee. It was in force for 17 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 22, 1999, 12:13 AM CST (06:13 UTC)
Expired
Jan 22, 1999, 12:30 AM CST
In force
17 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Fayette County, TN

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 21, 9:00 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 64 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

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

000 
TTAA00 KMEM 220613
TORMEM
TNC047-220630-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1213 AM CST FRI JAN 22 1999


THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN WESTERN TENNESSEE

* UNTIL 1230 AM CST

* AT 1212 AM CST... DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE TORNADO REMAINED
OVER EAST FAYETTE NEAR LACONIA.  IT WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH
TOWARD FAYETTE CORNERS AND WILL MOVE INTO NORTHWEST HARDEMAN COUNTY
AROUND 1220 AM.

.IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK REFUGE FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY
INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
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, 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, 3:21 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGFayette49 min
Jan 22, 3:26 AM CSTTornado WarningMEGHenderson49 min
Jan 22, 3:51 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGShelby49 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.