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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 2003, 7:29 PM CDT for Tipton County, Tennessee. It was in force for 61 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 16, 2003, 7:29 PM CDT (00:29 UTC)
- Expired
- May 16, 2003, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Tipton County, TN
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 16, 2:50 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 281 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
- 625 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 946 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
535 WUUS54 KMEG 170029 SVRMEM TNC167-170130- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 729 PM CDT FRI MAY 16 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... TIPTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE * UNTIL 830 PM CDT. * AT 724 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF GILT EDGE TO 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MUNFORD...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM THROUGH 830 PM CDT INCLUDE... MUNFORD...GILT EDGE... GARLAND...ATOKA... DIXONVILLE...BRIGHTON... COVINGTON... MASON... .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 60 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 3565 8975 3556 8949 3542 8949 3538 8964 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 7:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lauderdale | 66 min |
| May 16, 7:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 40 min |
| May 16, 8:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Haywood | 52 min |
| May 16, 9:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Shelby, Tipton | 2 hr |
| May 16, 9:18 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Crockett, Haywood | 117 min |
| May 16, 9:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Haywood | 36 min |
| May 16, 10:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Shelby | 65 min |
| May 16, 10:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll | 50 min |
| May 16, 10:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Haywood | 42 min |
| May 16, 10:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tipton | 23 min |
| May 16, 10:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Fayette | 63 min |
| May 16, 10:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Shelby, Tipton | 91 min |
| May 16, 11:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Haywood | 46 min |
| May 16, 11:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crockett | 52 min |
| May 16, 11:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Hardeman | 63 min |
| May 17, 12:03 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Haywood, Madison | 57 min |
| May 17, 12:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, McNairy | 46 min |
| May 17, 1:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardin | 45 min |
| May 17, 5:54 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Shelby | 2 hr |
| May 17, 6:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | McNairy | 28 min |
| May 17, 6:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardin, McNairy | 30 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.