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Tornado Warning 94, NWS Memphis, TN

January 22, 1999Hardin County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Jan 22, 1999, 1:18 PM CST for Hardin County, Tennessee. It was in force for 32 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, 1:18 PM CST (19:18 UTC)
Expired
Jan 22, 1999, 1:50 PM CST
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Hardin County, TN

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 22, 12:45 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 166 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 12:00Z on 1999-01-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 1999-01-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 307 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1363 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
307 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
228 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMEM 221917 RRA
TORMEM
TNC071-221950-

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


THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 150 PM CST

* AT 117 PM CST... DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO MOVING INTO
SOUTHWEST HARDIN COUNTY FROM ALCORN COUNTY MISSISSIPPI.  MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH TO 50 MPH ...


* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
SHILOH BY 120 PM
SAVANNAH BY 130 PM

.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 SBAFETY...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.



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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, 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, 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.