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Tornado Warning 31, NWS Memphis, TN

November 8, 2000Hardin County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Nov 8, 2000, 5:00 PM CST for Hardin County, Tennessee. It was in force for 30 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Nov 8, 2000, 5:00 PM CST (23:00 UTC)
Expired
Nov 8, 2000, 5:30 PM CST
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Hardin County, TN

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Nov 8, 5:10 PM CSTThunderstorm WindCerro Gordo, TNSeveral large tree limbs were blown on top of some power lines.

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

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 157 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 2000-11-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2000-11-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 153 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
457 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
71 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
153 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
294 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.

614 
WFUS54 KMEG 082300
TORMEM
TNC071-082330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
500 PM CST WED NOV 8 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 530 PM CST

* AT 456 PM CST...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 20
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF PICKWICK DAM...MOVING NORTH AT 60 MPH.

* CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO THROUGH 530 PM CST INCLUDE...
  PICKWICK DAM...SHILOH...
  SAVANNAH...
  OLIVE HILL...

.IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT.

LAT...LON 3498 8846 3494 8819 3522 8788 3534 8827

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 8, 4:57 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLake33 min

Nearby

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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.