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Tornado Warning 31, NWS Memphis, TN

November 9, 2002Crockett County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Nov 9, 2002, 11:39 PM CST for Crockett County, Tennessee. It was in force for 21 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 9, 2002, 11:39 PM CST (05:39 UTC)
Expired
Nov 10, 2002, 12:00 AM CST
In force
21 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Crockett County, TN

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Nov 9, 6:20 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr
Nov 9, 11:00 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 132 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 2002-11-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1221 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 2002-11-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 349 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1221 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
892 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
349 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
448 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.9
Supercell composite
12.0

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The text

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

617 
WFUS54 KMEG 100539
TORMEM
TNC033-100600-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1139 PM CST SAT NOV 9 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1200 AM CST.

* AT 1134 PM CST...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 7 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF BELLS...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO THROUGH 1215 AM CST INCLUDE...
  BELLS...
  GADSDEN...

.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. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY...CALL 1 800 4
3 2 0 8 7 5.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 9, 9:48 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCrockett, Haywood42 min
Nov 9, 9:56 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGCrockett, Haywood49 min
Nov 9, 10:00 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGTipton30 min
Nov 9, 10:12 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGGibson33 min
Nov 9, 10:23 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGCarroll, Madison37 min
Nov 9, 10:26 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGLauderdale, Tipton34 min
Nov 9, 10:49 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGHaywood, Lauderdale, Tipton41 min
Nov 9, 10:53 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGCarroll37 min
Nov 9, 11:22 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGObion38 min
Nov 9, 11:24 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGHaywood, Madison36 min
Nov 9, 11:27 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGObion33 min
Nov 9, 11:36 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningMEGTipton114 min
Nov 9, 11:54 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGCrockett, Madison36 min
Nov 10, 12:22 AM CSTTornado WarningMEGCarroll, Henderson, Madison23 min
Nov 10, 12:39 AM CSTTornado WarningMEGCarroll, Henderson51 min
Nov 10, 3:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCrockett, Lauderdale35 min
Nov 10, 3:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHaywood, Tipton34 min
Nov 10, 4:18 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGGibson27 min
Nov 10, 4:29 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGFayette, Shelby46 min
Nov 10, 4:35 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHaywood30 min
Nov 10, 4:40 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningMEGTipton80 min
Nov 10, 4:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLake, Obion33 min
Nov 10, 5:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGFayette, Shelby36 min
Nov 10, 5:10 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningMEGShelby110 min
Nov 10, 5:17 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMadison43 min
Nov 10, 5:26 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGCarroll34 min
Nov 10, 5:29 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGFayette, Hardeman46 min
Nov 10, 5:49 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGChester, Madison41 min

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.