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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 165, NWS Memphis, TN

June 27, 2001Henry County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 2001, 2:14 PM CDT for Henry County, Tennessee. It was in force for 46 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 27, 2001, 2:14 PM CDT (19:14 UTC)
Expired: Jun 27, 2001, 3:00 PM CDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Henry County, TN

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 27, 2:20 PM CDT	Hail 1.75	Paris, TN	Hail ranging in size from dime to golfball was covering the ground.

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

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 152 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: 430 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -120 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1028 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 81 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.

000 
WUUS54 KMEG 271915
SVRMEM

TNC079-272000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
214 PM CDT WED JUN 27 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  HENRY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE

* UNTIL 300 PM CDT.

* AT 212 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR
  PARIS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM THROUGH 300 PM CDT INCLUDE...
  PARIS...SPRINGVILLE..

.DESTRUCTIVE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS 
STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...MOVE TO A STURDY 
SHELTER

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

LAT...LON 3629 8845 3616 8823 3632 8805 3650 8821

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 27, 11:35 AM CDT, 2 hours 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 27, 11:35 AM CDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1135 AM CDT WED JUN 27 2001

A DEFINED UPPER LOW WAS STILL SPINNING JUST N OF THE FCST AREA. THIS
SYSTEM WILL BE STATIONARY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. SCT TSTMS OCCURRED
OVER MAINLY THE SRN HALF OF THE FCST AREA THIS MORNING...BUT ARE
NOW MORE CONCENTRATED IN EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL PART OF THE FCST AREA.
EXPECT MORE SCT TSTMS TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY IN
AREAS WHICH HAD PLENTY OF SUN.

HAVE UPDATED ZONES EARLIER...AND PLAN ON UPDATING AGAIN BEFORE NOON
TO ADJUST FOR CLOUD COVERAGE AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT.

.MEG...NONE.

012

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 27, 12:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Henry, Weakley	34 min
Jun 27, 1:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Dyer	51 min
Jun 27, 1:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Weakley	57 min
Jun 27, 1:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Obion	55 min
Jun 27, 3:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Dyer	38 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.