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Tornado Warning 137, NWS Memphis, TN

November 18, 2003Henry County, Weakley County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Nov 18, 2003, 8:32 AM CST for Henry County, Weakley County, Tennessee. It was in force for 28 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: Nov 18, 2003, 8:32 AM CST (14:32 UTC)
Expired: Nov 18, 2003, 9:00 AM CST
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Henry County, TN, Weakley County, TN

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Nov 18, 6:55 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 171 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1000 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 325 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 386 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 
WFUS54 KMEG 181432
TORMEM
TNC079-183-181500-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
832 AM CST TUE NOV 18 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  HENRY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE
  WEAKLEY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE

* UNTIL 900 AM CST

* AT 832 AM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST
  OF COTTAGE GROVE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO THROUGH 900 AM CST INCLUDE...
  COTTAGE GROVE...
  PURYEAR...

.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.

.IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT.

.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 3636 8868 3616 8850 3650 8804 3650 8850

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 18, 6:14 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lauderdale, Tipton	46 min
Nov 18, 7:46 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Hardeman	44 min
Nov 18, 8:23 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Henry, Weakley	37 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.