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Tornado Warning 26, NWS Memphis, TN

May 27, 2000Dyer County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at May 27, 2000, 1:20 PM CDT for Dyer County, Tennessee. It was in force for 40 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
May 27, 2000, 1:20 PM CDT (18:20 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 2000, 2:00 PM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Dyer County, TN

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:24 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
May 27, 10:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 145 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 2000-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 481 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 12:00Z on 2000-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 318 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
481 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-92 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
787 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
318 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
346 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.5

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The text

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

969 
WFUS54 KMEG 271822
TORMEM
TNC045-271900-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
120 PM CDT SAT MAY 27 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  DYER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE

* UNTIL 200 PM CDT

* AT 119 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 7 MILES WEST OF 
UNIONVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. DAMAGE WAS REPORTED BY LAW 
ENFORWEMENT OFFICALS IN COOTER IN SOUTHERN PEMISCOT COUNTY.

* CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO THROUGH 200 PM CDT INCLUDE...
  BRADLEYTOWN...UNIONVILLE...
  DYERSBURG...
  ROELLEN...

.A TORNADO HAS BEEN CONFIRMED. DO NOT RUN OUTSIDE TO FIND THE
TORNADO...TAKE COVER IN A STURDY BUILDING NOW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 27, 2:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHenry28 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Tennessee, 2000Every tornado warning in 2000Tornadoes 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.