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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Memphis, TN

May 2, 2003Henry County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 2, 2003, 7:24 AM CDT for Henry County, Tennessee. It was in force for 51 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 2, 2003, 7:24 AM CDT (12:24 UTC)
Expired
May 2, 2003, 8:15 AM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Henry County, TN

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 159 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2003-05-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2003-05-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 15 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1266 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
46 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 021224
SVRMEM
TNC079-021315-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
724 AM CDT FRI MAY 2 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 815 AM CDT.

* AT 721 AM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7
  MILES NORTHWEST OF COTTAGE GROVE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM THROUGH 815 AM CDT INCLUDE...
  COTTAGE GROVE...
  PURYEAR...
  PARIS...
  SPRINGVILLE...

.HAIL UP TO NICKEL SIZE HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. IF YOU 
ARE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM...MOVE INDOORS.

.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.

LAT...LON 3649 8851 3635 8851 3623 8813 3641 8805

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 2, 6:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGWeakley47 min
May 2, 1:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHardin, McNairy36 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee, 2003Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2003

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.