Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 453, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 17, 2003, 7:13 PM CDT for McNairy County, Tennessee. It was in force for 17 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
- Aug 17, 2003, 7:13 PM CDT (00:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 17, 2003, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 17 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County McNairy 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 3:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
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 Aug 17, 2:05 PM CDT, 5 hours 8 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 17, 2:05 PM CDT, 5 hours 8 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 205 PM CDT SUN AUG 17 2003 AN UPPER LEVEL SHORT WAVE OVER WISCONSIN WILL DROP SOUTHWARD TO THE TENNESSEE VALLEY TONIGHT. AN UPPER LEVEL HIGH OVER THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL REMAIN STATIONARY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. MEANWHILE A CLOSED LOW OVER THE NORTHERN ROCKYS WILL OPEN UP AS A WAVE WHILE IT DROPS INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS. IT WILL THEN TRACK EASTWARD AS A TROF REACHING THE MID AND UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT. AT THE SURFACE A HIGH PRESSURE AREA OVER THE GREAT LAKES WILL SPREAD SOUTHWARD AND DROP A WEAK COLD FRONT ACROSS THE MID SOUTH TONIGHT. AHEAD OF THIS FRONT SURFACE HEATING THIS AFTERNOON IN A MOIST ENVIRONMENT (SURFACE DEW POINTS IN THE MID 70S AND 850MB DEW POINTS 15DEG C)...COULD FUEL THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY NORTHEAST PORTIONS OF THE REGION...WHERE THERE IS LESS OF A CAPPING INVERSION...LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. WITH ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FROM THE WAVE MOVING SOUTH FROM WISCONSIN THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE GREATEST THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL OVER THE NORTHEAST PART OF THE MID SOUTH TONIGHT. AFTER TONIGHT EXPECT CONTINUED HOT AND HUMID WEATHER WITH AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES 100 TO 105 DEGREES MAINLY SOUTHWEST PORTIONS OF THE REGION. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE MID SOUTH AREA AND CAUSE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. .MEG...NONE.
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 17, 5:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 13 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>092-181100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 500 PM CDT SUN AUG 17 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...WEST TENNESSEE AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT ACROSS WEST TENNESSEE. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE MID-SOUTH TONIGHT. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS WEST TENNESSEE MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLY LARGE HAIL. LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE LIKELY. 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.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 17, 3:25 PM CDT, 3 hours 48 minutes before
TNZ004-172045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 325 PM CDT SUN AUG 17 2003 THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR...HENRY COUNTY. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SPRINGVILLE AT 325 PM CDT...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM IS INTENSIFYING AND COULD BECOME SEVERE. PEOPLE IN HENRY COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITY OF PARIS...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.
Local storm report, Aug 17, 4:41 PM CDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
441 PM CDT SUN AUG 17 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0357 PM PARIS TN WIND DAMAGE
08/17/03 HENRY SEVERAL TREES DOWN.
REPORTED BY PARIS P.D.Special weather statement, Aug 17, 5:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
TNZ004-172300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 525 PM CDT SUN AUG 17 2003 THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR...HENRY COUNTY. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER CALLOWAY COUNTY AT 525 PM CDT...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM IS INTENSIFYING AND COULD BECOME SEVERE RAPIDLY. PEOPLE IN HENRY COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.
Special weather statement, Aug 17, 5:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
TNZ001-172300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 538 PM CDT SUN AUG 17 2003 THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR...LAKE COUNTY. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTH OF TIPTONVILLE AT 538 PM CDT...MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM IS INTENSIFYING AND COULD BECOME SEVERE RAPIDLY. PEOPLE IN LAKE COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.
Special weather statement, Aug 17, 5:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
MOZ115-172315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 542 PM CDT SUN AUG 17 2003 THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR...PEMISCOT COUNTY. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF PORTAGEVILLE AT 542 PM CDT...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM IS INTENSIFYING AND COULD BECOME SEVERE RAPIDLY. PEOPLE IN PEMISCOT COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITY OF PORTAGEVILLE... SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.
Special weather statement, Aug 17, 6:39 PM CDT, 34 minutes before
TNZ091-180000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 639 PM CDT SUN AUG 17 2003 THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR...MCNAIRY COUNTY. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF MCNAIRY AT 639 PM CDT...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM IS INTENSIFYING AND COULD BECOME SEVERE RAPIDLY. PEOPLE IN MCNAIRY COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 4:39 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Alcorn | 2 hr |
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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.