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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 212, NWS Memphis, TN

September 14, 2000Shelby County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 14, 2000, 8:55 PM CDT for Shelby County, Tennessee. It was in force for 35 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: Sep 14, 2000, 8:55 PM CDT (01:55 UTC)
Expired: Sep 14, 2000, 9:30 PM CDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Shelby County, TN

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Sep 14, 9:05 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Millington, TN	Some 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 text

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

000 
WUUS54 KMEG 150156
SVRMEM
TNC157-150230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
855 PM CDT THU SEP 14 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SHELBY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE

* UNTIL 930 PM CDT

* AT 852 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR
  BARTLETT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM THROUGH 930 PM CDT INCLUDE...
  LAKELAND...CORDOVA
  GERMANTOWN...
  COLLIERVILLE...SOUTHEAST MEMPHIS

.WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH AND HEAVY RAIN ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. 
SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 3533 8983 3522 9001 3496 8981 3506 8958

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.