Severe Thunderstorm Warning 141, NWS Memphis, TN, May 27, 2000

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 27, 2000, 12:57 AM CDT (05:57 UTC)
Expired: May 27, 2000, 1:30 AM CDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Whole counties

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 26, 10:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 171 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1692 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1283 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 103 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 175 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.8
Supercell composite: 15.7

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The text

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

982 
WUUS54 KMEG 270557
SVRMEM
ARC075-270630-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1257 AM CDT SAT MAY 27 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ARKANSAS

* UNTIL 130 AM CDT

* AT 1255 AM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 2
  MILES WEST OF WALNUT RIDGE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  COLLEGE CITY...WALNUT RIDGE AROUND 100 AM CDT

.THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE
FOR DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. SEEK SHELTER
IN A STURDY BUILDING AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED..

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Memphis, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 26, 9:30 PM CDT, 3 hours 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 26, 9:30 PM CDT, 3 hours 27 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
930 PM CDT FRI MAY 26 2000

MAJOR REWRITE OF ZONE PACKAGE FIRST PERIOD. STORMS OUT OF MID-SOUTH.
THEY CHANGED TEMP/DEWPOINT PATTERN AND WINDS HAVE SETTLED A LITTLE
MORE THAN GUIDANCE. CHANGED TEMPS/WINDS/GROUPINGS.

.MEM...NONE.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 26, 7:04 PM CDT, 5 hours 53 minutes before

TNZ003-004-021-052>055-090>092-270030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
704 PM CDT FRI MAY 26 2000

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 365 CANCELED FOR PORTIONS WEST
TENNESSEE...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 365 HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN WEST TENNESSEE...WEAKLEY...HENRY...CARROLL...
MADISON...HENDERSON...DECATUR...CHESTER...HARDEMAN...MCNAIRY AND
HARDIN.

THE STORMS THAT PROMPTED WATCH 365 HAVE MOVED INTO MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

NO MORE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT ANYWHERE IN THE MID-SOUTH.

Local storm report, May 26, 8:00 PM CDT, 4 hours 57 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS
800 PM CDT FRI MAY 26 2000

TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARK TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
HAM RADIO OPERATOR.

0540 PM 2 NE HILLVILLE TN 60 MPH TSTM GUST
05/26/00 HAYWOOD REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.

0540 PM ATWOOD TN WIND DAMAGE
05/26/00 CARROLL TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWN. REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0544 PM HUNTINGDON TN WIND DAMAGE
05/26/00 CARROLL TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWN. REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0557 PM PARIS TN WIND DAMAGE
05/26/00 HENRY TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWN ACROSS ENTIRE
COUNTY. REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0600 PM MEDON TN WIND DAMAGE
05/26/00 MADISON TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
STORM SPOTTER.

0600 PM TEAGUE TN WIND DAMAGE
05/26/00 HARDEMAN TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
STORM SPOTTER.

0605 PM SPRINGVILLE TN WIND DAMAGE
05/26/00 HENRY STRUCTURAL DAMAGE.
TREES AND POWER LINES
ALSO DOWN. REPORTED BY
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0615 PM 7 S LEXINGTON TN WIND DAMAGE
05/26/00 HENDERSON TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
STORM SPOTTER.

0620 PM JACKS CREEK TN WIND DAMAGE
05/26/00 CHESTER TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWN. FUNNEL CLOUD ALSO
SIGHTED. REPORTED BY
FIRE DEPARTMENT.

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 27, 12:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lawrence	54 min
May 27, 1:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Greene	66 min
May 27, 4:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lawrence	39 min
May 27, 4:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Craighead	40 min
May 27, 12:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Mississippi	28 min
May 27, 12:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Mississippi	31 min
May 27, 5:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Phillips	40 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arkansas, 2000 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2000

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.