Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 21, 2001, 9:35 PM CST for Fayette County, Hardeman County, Tennessee. It was in force for 25 min. 3 reports 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
- Feb 21, 2001, 9:35 PM CST (03:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 21, 2001, 10:00 PM CST
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Fayette County, TN, Hardeman County, TN
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:35 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 21, 9:45 PM CST | Hail 1.75 | La Grange, TN | |
| Feb 21, 9:45 PM CST | Hail 1 | Bolivar, TN | Hail ranged in size from dimes to quarters. |
| Feb 21, 9:55 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Middleton, 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 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 91 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 587 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 74 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 342 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 462 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KMEG 220335 SVRMEM TNC047-069-220400- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 935 PM CST WED FEB 21 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EASTERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE HARDEMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE * UNTIL 1000 PM CST * AT 929 PM CST...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WHITEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... BOLIVAR...CLOVERPORT AROUND 945 PM CST HORNSBY...POCAHONTAS AROUND 950 PM CST SILERTON AROUND 955 PM CST * CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM THROUGH 1000 PM CST INCLUDE... BOLIVAR...CLOVERPORT... HORNSBY...POCAHONTAS... SILERTON... .DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. .STAY TUNED TO THIS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROADCAST FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND INFORMATION. LAT...LON 3540 8926 3502 8927 3501 8881 3540 8882
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 21, 9:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crockett, Haywood, Madison | 26 min |
| Feb 21, 9:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll, Henderson, Madison | 40 min |
| Feb 21, 9:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Hardin, McNairy | 48 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.