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Tornado Warning 74, NWS Memphis, TN

January 22, 1999Carroll County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Jan 22, 1999, 2:41 AM CST for Carroll 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, 2:41 AM CST (08:41 UTC)
Expired
Jan 22, 1999, 3:30 AM CST
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Carroll County, TN

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jan 22, 3:15 AM CSTHail 1.75Westport, TNHail ranged in size from dimes near Clarksburg to golfballs near Westport.
Jan 22, 3:25 AM CSTThunderstorm WindBuena Vista, TNSeveral trees were knocked 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 nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 167 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 1999-01-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 313 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 1999-01-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 249 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
313 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-49 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1275 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
249 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
260 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
2.5

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The text

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

999 
WFUS1 KMEM 220840 RRA
TORMEM
TNC017-220930-

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


THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CARROLL COUNTY IN WESTERN TENNESSEE

* UNTIL 330 AM CST

* AT 239 AM CST... DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO NEAR BLUE
  GOOSE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  CLARKSBURG BY 250 AM CST
  HUNTINGDON BY 255 AM CST
  BRUCETON BY 305 AM 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.

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, 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, 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.