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Tornado Warning 26, NWS Memphis, TN

November 26, 2001Henry County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Nov 26, 2001, 11:09 PM CST for Henry County, Tennessee. It was in force for 51 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: Nov 26, 2001, 11:09 PM CST (05:09 UTC)
Expired: Nov 27, 2001, 12:00 AM CST
In force: 51 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
Nov 27, 12:07 AM CST	Thunderstorm Wind	Jackson, TN	Some trees and power lines were knocked down in the southwest part of Jackson.

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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Nov 26, 11:00 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 157 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: 63 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -83 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 853 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 316 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 336 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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The text

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

495 
WFUS54 KMEG 270509
TORMEM
TNC079-270600-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1109 PM CST MON NOV 26 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  HENRY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST.

* AT 1104 PM CST...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO OVER
  HENRY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO THROUGH MIDNIGHT CST INCLUDE...
  PARIS...
  SPRINGVILLE...

.IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IN AN INTERIOR
ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. PROTECT YOUR BODY FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

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

LAT...LON 3619 8861 3614 8823 3636 8801 3654 8823

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 26, 9:11 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Tipton	2 hr
Nov 26, 11:38 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Hardeman, Haywood, Madison	52 min
Nov 27, 12:13 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chester, McNairy	47 min
Nov 27, 12:17 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Madison	23 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.