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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 137, NWS Memphis, TN

May 4, 2003Haywood County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 4, 2003, 10:47 PM CDT for Haywood County, Tennessee. It was in force for 43 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 4, 2003, 10:47 PM CDT (03:47 UTC)
Expired: May 4, 2003, 11:30 PM CDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Haywood County, TN

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 4, 6:55 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 103 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: 2245 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 658 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 254 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 313 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 4.4
Supercell composite: 14.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

038 
WUUS54 KMEG 050347
SVRMEM
TNC075-050430-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1047 PM CDT SUN MAY 4 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  HAYWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE

* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT.

* AT 1044 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORMS FROM NUTBUSH TO 23 MILES WEST OF STANTON...MOVING
  EAST AT 55 MPH.

* CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM THROUGH 1130 PM CDT INCLUDE...
  BELLE EAGLE...
  STANTON...
  HOLLY GROVE...BROWNSVILLE...
  HILLVILLE...

.A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER...A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE
WARNING. PREPARE TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY.

.DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY WITH
THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS 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 3572 8944 3543 8947 3542 8914 3571 8906

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Memphis, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 4, 8:07 PM CDT, 2 hours 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 4, 8:07 PM CDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
807 PM CDT SUN MAY 4 2003

TORNADO WATCH 239 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE MID SOUTH UNTIL
1 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING. SEVERE WEATHER IS PRESENTLY OCCURRING OVER
NORTHEAST ARKANSAS AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL. THE ZONE FORECAST HAS
BEEN UPDATED TO INCLUDE THE TORNADO WATCH. FURTHER UPDATES WILL BE
ISSUED AS NEEDED FOR THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING.

.MEG...NONE.

Hazardous weather outlook, May 4, 9:05 PM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before

ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001>017-
020>024-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092-051000-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
905 PM CDT SUN MAY 4 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTH
MISSISSIPPI...WEST TENNESSEE AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT ACROSS EAST
ARKANSAS...THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL AND MUCH OF WEST TENNESSEE. THE
HIGH RISK AREA IS GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE FROM MCKENZIE TO SHILOH.
THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ELSEWHERE ACROSS
THE MID-SOUTH.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD OVER THE ENTIRE MID SOUTH AREA THROUGH
TONIGHT. SEVERAL OF THE STORMS WILL SEVERE. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE
TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS. FREQUENT DANGEROUS
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED MONDAY AND
MONDAY NIGHT. ISOLATED TORNADOES...DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL COULD
ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. ANOTHER ROUND OF SEVERE STORMS COULD DEVELOP
TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT AND
POSSIBLY AGAIN TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER
DETAILS OR UPDATES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR
WEB SITE AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/MEG.

JCL

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 4, 6:25 PM CDT, 4 hours 22 minutes before

MOZ113-050015-

SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
625 PM CDT SUN MAY 4 2003

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR...DUNKLIN COUNTY.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 20 MILES WEST OF KENNETT AT 625 PM
CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

PEOPLE IN DUNKLIN COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF CAMPBELL AND
KENNETT...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.

Local storm report, May 4, 8:16 PM CDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
816 PM CDT SUN MAY 04 2003

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0650 PM    NEEDHAM                   AR   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/04/03   CRAIGHEAD                      COUNTY ROAD 913 AND HWY
                                          18. REPORTED BY CRAIGHEAD
                                          COUNTY EMA.

0726 PM    LEACHVILLE                AR   TORNADO
05/04/03   MISSISSIPPI                    SOUTH OF LEACHVILLE ON
                                          THE CRAIGHEAD
                                          -MISSISSIPPI COUNTY LINE
                                          WITH DEBRIS MOVING TOWARD
                                          MANILA. REPORTED BY THE
                                          DISTRICT COORDINATOR OF
                                          THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL.

0729 PM    BAY                       AR   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/04/03   CRAIGHEAD                      REPORTED BY SPOTTER.

0730 PM    JONESBORO                 AR   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/04/03   CRAIGHEAD                      REPORTED BY CRAIGHEAD
                                          COUNTY EMA.

0732 PM    BROOKLAND                 AR   0.88 INCH HAIL
05/04/03   CRAIGHEAD                      REPORTED BY SPOTTER.

0743 PM    MANILA                    AR   TORNADO
05/04/03   MISSISSIPPI                    EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO
                                          HOUSES ON NORTH SIDE OF
                                          TOWN. REPORTED BY
                                          ARKANSAS STATE PATROL.

0750 PM                              MO   TORNADO
05/04/03   DUNKLIN                        TORNADO ON THE GROUND AT
                                          HWY TT 2 MILES NORTH OF
                                          THE ARKANSAS STATE LINE.
                                          REPORTED BY DUNKLIN
                                          COUNTY EMA.

0752 PM    MANILA                    AR   TORNADO
05/04/03   MISSISSIPPI                    ROOF DAMAGE. MOBILE HOME
                                          OVERTURNED. REPORTED BY
                                          ARKANSAS STATE WARNING
                                          POINT.

0755 PM    SENATH                    MO   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/04/03   DUNKLIN                        FUNNEL SEEN ON NORTH EDGE
                                          OF BLYTHVILLE. REPORTED
                                          BY THE DISTRICT
                                          COORDINATOR OF THE
                                          MISSOURI BOOTHEEL.

0803 PM    KENNETT                   MO   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/04/03   DUNKLIN                        REPORTED BY SPOTTER.

Local storm report, May 4, 10:21 PM CDT, 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1021 PM CDT SUN MAY 04 2003

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0650 PM    NEEDHAM                   AR   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/04/03   CRAIGHEAD                      COUNTY ROAD 913 AND HWY
                                          18. REPORTED BY CRAIGHEAD
                                          COUNTY EMA.

0726 PM    LEACHVILLE                AR   TORNADO
05/04/03   MISSISSIPPI                    SOUTH OF LEACHVILLE ON
                                          THE CRAIGHEAD
                                          -MISSISSIPPI COUNTY LINE
                                          WITH DEBRIS MOVING TOWARD
                                          MANILA. REPORTED BY THE
                                          DISTRICT COORDINATOR OF
                                          THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL.

0729 PM    BAY                       AR   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/04/03   CRAIGHEAD                      REPORTED BY SPOTTER.

0730 PM    JONESBORO                 AR   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/04/03   CRAIGHEAD                      REPORTED BY CRAIGHEAD
                                          COUNTY EMA.

0732 PM    BROOKLAND                 AR   0.88 INCH HAIL
05/04/03   CRAIGHEAD                      REPORTED BY SPOTTER.

0743 PM    MANILA                    AR   TORNADO
05/04/03   MISSISSIPPI                    EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO
                                          HOUSES ON NORTH SIDE OF
                                          TOWN. REPORTED BY
                                          ARKANSAS STATE PATROL.

0750 PM                              MO   TORNADO
05/04/03   DUNKLIN                        TORNADO ON THE GROUND AT
                                          HWY TT 2 MILES NORTH OF
                                          THE ARKANSAS STATE LINE.
                                          REPORTED BY DUNKLIN
                                          COUNTY EMA.

0752 PM    MANILA                    AR   TORNADO
05/04/03   MISSISSIPPI                    ROOF DAMAGE. MOBILE HOME
                                          OVERTURNED. REPORTED BY
                                          ARKANSAS STATE WARNING
                                          POINT.

0755 PM    SENATH                    MO   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/04/03   DUNKLIN                        FUNNEL SEEN ON NORTH EDGE
                                          OF BLYTHVILLE. REPORTED
                                          BY THE DISTRICT
                                          COORDINATOR OF THE
                                          MISSOURI BOOTHEEL.

0803 PM    KENNETT                   MO   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/04/03   DUNKLIN                        REPORTED BY SPOTTER.

0856 PM    TIPTONVILLE               TN   WIND DAMAGE
05/04/03   LAKE                           SMALL TREE LIMBS DOWN.
                                          REPORTED BY SPOTTER.

0920 PM                              TN   TORNADO
05/04/03   DYER                           DAMAGE COUNTYWIDE.
                                          SEVERAL TREES DOWN AND
                                          MOBILE HOMES OVERTURNED.
                                          REPORTED BY DYER COUNTY
                                          SHERIFFS OFFICE.

0920 PM    NEWBERN                   TN   0.88 INCH HAIL
05/04/03   DYER                           REPORTED BY SPOTTER.

0925 PM    MARTIN                    TN   0.88 INCH HAIL
05/04/03   WEAKLEY                        REPORTED BY SPOTTER.

0925 PM    NEWBERN                   TN   TORNADO
05/04/03   DYER                           TREES AND POWERLINES
                                          DOWN. ROOFS BLOWN OFF
                                          HOMES. DAMAGE TO A
                                          CEMETARY. 72 MPH WINDS.
                                          REPORTED BY SPOTTER.

0930 PM    FINLEY                    TN   TORNADO
05/04/03   DYER                           DAMAGE TO HOMES THROUGOUT
                                          THE COMMUMITY. REPORTED
                                          BY THE PUBLIC.

0948 PM    DRESDEN                   TN   WIND DAMAGE
05/04/03   WEAKLEY                        TREES DOWN. CAR MOVED BY
                                          THE WIND. LARGE TVI
                                          TOWERS DOWN. POSSIBLE
                                          FUNNEL CLOUD SIGHTED.
                                          REPORTED BY SPOTTER.

1000 PM    KEISER                    AR   WIND DAMAGE
05/04/03   MISSISSIPPI                    HOMES DAMAGED. REPORTED
                                          BY BLYTHEVILLE POLICE.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 4, 7:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Dyer, Lake	63 min
May 4, 8:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lauderdale	26 min
May 4, 8:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Dyer, Lauderdale	48 min
May 4, 8:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Obion	65 min
May 4, 8:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lauderdale	32 min
May 4, 9:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Dyer, Gibson	27 min
May 4, 9:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Lauderdale	47 min
May 4, 9:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Weakley	55 min
May 4, 9:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Dyer	63 min
May 4, 10:05 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Henry	40 min
May 4, 10:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Crockett, Gibson	52 min
May 4, 10:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Tipton	47 min
May 4, 10:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Lauderdale	47 min
May 4, 10:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Dyer, Gibson	47 min
May 4, 10:38 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Weakley	37 min
May 4, 10:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Gibson	30 min
May 4, 10:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Henry	12 min
May 4, 10:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Crockett	48 min
May 4, 11:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Tipton	27 min
May 4, 11:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Weakley	32 min
May 4, 11:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Haywood, Madison	47 min
May 4, 11:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Carroll, Gibson	47 min
May 4, 11:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Henry	46 min
May 4, 11:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Carroll	40 min
May 4, 11:47 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Henderson	43 min
May 5, 12:15 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Decatur	30 min
May 5, 1:36 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Carroll, Henderson, Madison	114 min
May 5, 3:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Tipton	43 min
May 5, 5:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Hardeman	37 min
May 5, 7:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Fayette	26 min
May 5, 7:38 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Fayette	37 min
May 5, 7:39 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Fayette	36 min
May 5, 7:49 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Hardeman	41 min
May 5, 8:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Decatur	21 min
May 5, 8:57 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Hardin, McNairy	63 min
May 5, 9:57 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Hardin	33 min
May 5, 1:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Crockett, Gibson	50 min
May 5, 1:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Madison	33 min
May 5, 1:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Tipton	32 min
May 5, 1:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Haywood, Lauderdale	26 min
May 5, 1:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Carroll, Henderson	64 min
May 5, 1:50 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Tipton	40 min
May 5, 1:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Crockett	49 min
May 5, 2:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Gibson	40 min
May 5, 2:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Haywood	34 min
May 5, 2:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Decatur	29 min
May 5, 2:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Henry	43 min
May 5, 2:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Weakley	30 min
May 5, 2:49 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Madison	41 min
May 5, 3:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Chester, Henderson	45 min
May 5, 3:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lauderdale	26 min
May 5, 3:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Dyer	51 min
May 5, 3:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Decatur	36 min
May 5, 3:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Gibson, Obion	44 min
May 5, 4:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Obion	46 min
May 5, 5:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Obion	48 min
May 5, 5:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Dyer	48 min
May 5, 5:38 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Lauderdale	52 min
May 5, 5:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lake	48 min
May 5, 6:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Crockett	46 min
May 5, 6:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Dyer	20 min
May 5, 6:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Gibson	45 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.