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Tornado Warning 123, NWS Memphis, TN

May 17, 2003Haywood County, Madison County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at May 17, 2003, 12:03 AM CDT for Haywood County, Madison County, Tennessee. It was in force for 57 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 17, 2003, 12:03 AM CDT (05:03 UTC)
Expired
May 17, 2003, 1:00 AM CDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Haywood County, TN, Madison County, TN

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 16, 9:35 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 238 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 00:00Z on 2003-05-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 625 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2003-05-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 24 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
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

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The text

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

916 
WFUS54 KMEG 170503
TORMEM
TNC075-113-170600-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1203 AM CDT SAT MAY 17 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  HAYWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE
  MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE

* UNTIL 100 AM CDT.

* AT 1157 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 27 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF ADAIR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO THROUGH 100 AM CDT INCLUDE...
  ADAIR...JACKSON...

.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 BROADCAST FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND INFORMATION.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY...CALL 1 800 4 3 2 0 8 7 5.

LAT...LON 3545 8940 3542 8921 3568 8872 3574 8895

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 16, 7:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGTipton61 min
May 16, 7:39 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGLauderdale66 min
May 16, 7:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGShelby40 min
May 16, 8:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHaywood52 min
May 16, 9:00 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGShelby, Tipton2 hr
May 16, 9:18 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGCrockett, Haywood117 min
May 16, 9:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHaywood36 min
May 16, 10:10 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGShelby65 min
May 16, 10:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCarroll50 min
May 16, 10:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHaywood42 min
May 16, 10:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGTipton23 min
May 16, 10:57 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGFayette63 min
May 16, 10:59 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGShelby, Tipton91 min
May 16, 11:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHaywood46 min
May 16, 11:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCrockett52 min
May 16, 11:42 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGHardeman63 min
May 17, 12:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGChester, McNairy46 min
May 17, 1:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHardin45 min
May 17, 5:54 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGShelby2 hr
May 17, 6:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMcNairy28 min
May 17, 6:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHardin, McNairy30 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.