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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 133, NWS Memphis, TN

June 3, 2001Chester County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 2001, 9:13 AM CDT for Chester County, Tennessee. It was in force for 17 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: Jun 3, 2001, 9:13 AM CDT (14:13 UTC)
Expired: Jun 3, 2001, 9:30 AM CDT
In force: 17 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Chester County, TN

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 3, 9:20 AM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Mifflin, TN	Some trees were blown 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 nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 149 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1079 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -180 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1082 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 104 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 250 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 4.6

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KMEG 031414
SVRMEM
TNC023-031430-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
913 AM CDT SUN JUN 3 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 930 AM CDT.

* AT 910 AM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR 
  MIFFLIN...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL WAS           
  REPORTED WITH THIS STORM.   

* CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM THROUGH 930 AM CDT INCLUDE...     
  MIFFLIN...

.DESTRUCTIVE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS IS LIKELY WITH THIS 
STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...MOVE9 TO A STURDY 
SHELTER.

LAT...LON 3564 8861 3540 8870 3546 8832 3554 8850

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Memphis, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 3, 3:00 AM CDT, 6 hours 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 3:00 AM CDT, 6 hours 13 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
300 AM CDT SUN JUN 3 2001

A STATIONARY FRONT OVER NRN MS WILL MOVE NWD AS A WARM FRONT TDY.
THE WARM FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SRN PART OF THE CWA TDY AND THE
NRN AREAS TNT. 850MB THETA-E ADVECTION...WARM ADVECTION...LOW LEVEL
AND UPPER JET DYNAMICS ALL SUPPORT THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP NW OF
THE FCST AREA THEN RIDE SEWD ALONG THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY TODAY AND
TONIGHT. MODERATE INSTABIBILITY AND DEEP DIRECTIONAL SHEAR SUPPORT
THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER OVER PORTIONS OF THE FCST AREA.
PLAN TO ISSUE A SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK.

A BERMUDA HIGH WILL EXTEND FROM THE ATLANTIC OCEAN WWD INTO THE FCST
AREA MONDAY...SO A WARM AND HUMID SOUTHERLY BREEZE WILL EXIST WITH
MINIMAL CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS. AVN KEEPS DELAYING THE MID-WEEK
COLD FRONT...SO THE NEXT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MAY HOLD OFF UNTIL
WEDNESDAY. WILL LET THE DAY SHIFT MAKE THIS DECISION.

MODELS REASONABLY CLOSE...EXCEPT AVN IS TOO AGGRESSIVE WITH A GULF
COAST SHORTWAVE 36-48 HRS. MOS GUIDANCE VARIABLE IN THE COLD
SECTOR...AND CLOSE AND AGREEABLE IN THE WARM SECTOR.

PRELIM FCST VALUES
MEM 83/70/88/72 88 4410
MKL 79/66/87/69 88 4m510
JBR 78/67/89/70 88 5510
TUP 82/70/88/70 88 4310

.MEG...NONE.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 3, 5:55 AM CDT, 3 hours 18 minutes before

ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001>017-
020>024-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092-031700-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
555 AM CDT SUN JUN 3 2001

THIS OUTLOOK COVERS WEST TENNESSEE...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...EAST
ARKANSAS...AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT
NORTH OF A LINE FROM TUPELO THROUGH OXFORD TO WEST HELENA. CITIES
INCLUDED IN THE SLIGHT RISK ARE MEMPHIS...JONESBORO...DYERSBURG AND
JACKSON.

A STATIONARY FRONT OVER NORTH MISSISSIPPI WILL MOVE NORTHWARD AS A
WARM FRONT LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL
QUICKLY MOVE EASTWARD ALONG AND NORTH OF THIS FRONT TODAY AND
TONIGHT. A FEW OF THESE STORMS WILL BE SEVERE.

LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES
ARE THE SEVERE WEATHER THREATS TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT.

STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD BE
PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION TODAY AND TONIGHT. MONITOR NOAA
WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...TV AND CABLE TELEVISION OUTLETS
FOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND INFORMATION.

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 3, 5:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lauderdale	63 min
Jun 3, 6:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Crockett, Haywood, Madison	58 min
Jun 3, 7:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Shelby	54 min
Jun 3, 7:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chester, Hardeman, McNairy, Madison	61 min
Jun 3, 8:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Fayette	26 min
Jun 3, 8:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Henderson, Madison	60 min
Jun 3, 9:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chester, Hardin, McNairy	54 min
Jun 3, 10:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Decatur	25 min
Jun 3, 10:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Fayette	51 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.