Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2000

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 212

April 27, 200010 counties in Kentucky; 16 counties in Mississippi; 30 counties in Tennessee

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Apr 27, 2000, 4:00 PM CDT for 10 counties in Kentucky; 16 counties in Mississippi; 30 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 27, 2000, 4:00 PM CDT (21:00 UTC)
Expired
Apr 27, 2000, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 56 counties

Calloway County, KY, Christian County, KY, Graves County, KY, Logan County, KY, Lyon County, KY, Marshall County, KY, Simpson County, KY, Todd County, KY, Trigg County, KY, Warren County, KY, Alcorn County, MS, Benton County, MS, Coahoma County, MS, DeSoto County, MS, Lafayette County, MS, Lee County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Panola County, MS, Pontotoc County, MS, Prentiss County, MS, Quitman County, MS, Tate County, MS, Tippah County, MS, Tishomingo County, MS, Tunica County, MS, Union County, MS, Benton County, TN, Carroll County, TN, Cheatham County, TN, Chester County, TN, Crockett County, TN, Decatur County, TN, Dickson County, TN, Dyer County, TN, Fayette County, TN, Gibson County, TN, Hardeman County, TN, Hardin County, TN, Haywood County, TN, Henderson County, TN, Henry County, TN, Hickman County, TN, Houston County, TN, Humphreys County, TN, Lewis County, TN, Madison County, TN, McNairy County, TN, Montgomery County, TN, Obion County, TN, Perry County, TN, Robertson County, TN, Shelby County, TN, Stewart County, TN, Tipton County, TN, Wayne County, TN, Weakley County, TN

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:03 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.

Warnings issued inside it

14 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 27, 4:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXStewart42 min
Apr 27, 4:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGWeakley32 min
Apr 27, 5:14 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHChristian, Todd46 min
Apr 27, 5:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHumphreys43 min
Apr 27, 5:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGFayette29 min
Apr 27, 5:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGPrentiss36 min
Apr 27, 5:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHardeman32 min
Apr 27, 5:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMcNairy33 min
Apr 27, 5:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGTishomingo16 min
Apr 27, 5:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHardin34 min
Apr 27, 6:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWayne36 min
Apr 27, 6:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGAlcorn, Tishomingo33 min
Apr 27, 7:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGItawamba, Lee32 min
Apr 27, 7:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGUnion32 min

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 27, 1:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBallard, Calloway, Carlisle, Crittenden, Fulton, Graves and 6 more5 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Tennessee, 2000Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Mississippi, 2000Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Kentucky, 2000Every severe thunderstorm watch 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.