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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Memphis, TN

May 27, 2001Hardeman County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 2001, 7:47 PM CDT for Hardeman County, Tennessee. It was in force for 43 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, 2001, 7:47 PM CDT (00:47 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 2001, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Hardeman County, TN

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:46 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 97 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 00:00Z on 2001-05-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1665 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 00:00Z on 2001-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 5 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1665 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1494 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
101 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.

000 
WUUS54 KMEG 280048
SVRMEM

TNC069-280130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
747 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT.

* AT 746 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM      
  OVER GRAND JUNCTION AND ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER           
  MIDDLETON. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WEREMOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* CITIES IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS THROUGH 830 PM CDT INCLUDE...
  SAULSBURY...
  HICKORY VALLEY...
  MIDDLETON...
  POCAHONTAS...
  HORNSBY...

.THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE
FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING.

.STAY TUNED TO THIS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROADCAST FOR THE LATEST
UPDATES AND INFORMATION.

LAT...LON 3^508 8929 3491 8920 3503 8878 3531 8879

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.