Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 85
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Apr 3, 2001, 5:15 PM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 3, 2001, 5:15 PM CDT (22:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 3, 2001, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 39 counties
Clay County, AR, Craighead County, AR, Crittenden County, AR, Cross County, AR, Greene County, AR, Jackson County, AR, Lawrence County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, Poinsett County, AR, Randolph County, AR, Sharp County, AR, Woodruff County, AR, Fulton County, KY, Graves County, KY, Hickman County, KY, Butler County, MO, Dunklin County, MO, New Madrid County, MO, Oregon County, MO, Pemiscot County, MO, Ripley County, MO, Carroll County, TN, Chester County, TN, Crockett County, TN, Dyer County, TN, Fayette County, TN, Gibson County, TN, Hardeman County, TN, Hardin County, TN, Haywood County, TN, Henderson County, TN, Lake County, TN, Lauderdale County, TN, Madison County, TN, McNairy County, TN, Obion County, TN, Shelby County, TN, Tipton County, TN, Weakley County, TN
Warnings issued inside it
14 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 5:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Fulton, Sharp | 51 min |
| Apr 3, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Graves | 35 min |
| Apr 3, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Randolph | 41 min |
| Apr 3, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Fulton, Sharp | 50 min |
| Apr 3, 6:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Jackson | 43 min |
| Apr 3, 6:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Poinsett | 38 min |
| Apr 3, 6:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Jackson | 48 min |
| Apr 3, 7:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Jackson | 41 min |
| Apr 3, 7:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden | 52 min |
| Apr 3, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Cross, Poinsett | 45 min |
| Apr 3, 7:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Cross | 43 min |
| Apr 3, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Jackson | 47 min |
| Apr 3, 8:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Cross, St. Francis | 48 min |
| Apr 3, 8:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Woodruff | 40 min |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 140 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
- 1399 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 534 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 173 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 4.5
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 5:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Lee, Phillips, St. Francis | 5 hr |
| Apr 3, 8:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Andrew, Bates, Benton, Buchanan, Cass, Clay and 9 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 3, 2:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bollinger, Butler, Camden, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Christian and 22 more | 6 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Tennessee, 2001Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Arkansas, 2001Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Missouri, 2001Every severe thunderstorm watch in 2001
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.