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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Memphis, TN

April 20, 2003Carroll County, Weakley County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Apr 20, 2003, 5:00 PM CDT for Carroll County, Weakley County, Tennessee. It was in force for 30 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: Apr 20, 2003, 5:00 PM CDT (22:00 UTC)
Expired: Apr 20, 2003, 5:30 PM CDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Carroll County, TN, Weakley County, TN

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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
Apr 20, 1:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 177 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: 706 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 255 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 229 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 202200
TORMEM
TNC017-183-202230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
500 PM CDT SUN APR 20 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT.

* AT 455 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 12 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF GLEASON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO THROUGH 530 PM CDT INCLUDE...
  GLEASON...
  MCKENZIE...

.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.

.HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

.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 3637 8855 3616 8853 3615 8837 3603 8855
          3601 8868 3616 8877

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 20, 3:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Shelby	40 min
Apr 20, 3:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Fayette	49 min
Apr 20, 3:38 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Fayette	52 min
Apr 20, 3:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Haywood, Lauderdale	62 min
Apr 20, 4:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Hardeman	42 min
Apr 20, 4:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Crockett, Gibson	38 min
Apr 20, 4:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Fayette	16 min
Apr 20, 4:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Haywood	38 min
Apr 20, 4:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	McNairy	52 min
Apr 20, 5:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Hardin	38 min
Apr 20, 5:34 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Henry	26 min
Apr 20, 5:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Carroll	37 min
Apr 20, 5:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Tipton	48 min
Apr 20, 6:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lauderdale	23 min
Apr 20, 6:47 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Lauderdale	28 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Tennessee, 2003 Every tornado warning in 2003 Tornadoes in 2003

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.