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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at May 4, 2003, 10:38 PM CDT for Weakley County, Tennessee. It was in force for 37 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 4, 2003, 10:38 PM CDT (03:38 UTC)
- Expired
- May 4, 2003, 11:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Weakley County, TN
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 4, 6:55 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 188 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
- 117 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -162 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1192 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 293 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 530 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KMEG 050338 TORMEM TNC183-050415- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1038 PM CDT SUN MAY 4 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WEAKLEY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE * UNTIL 1115 PM CDT. * AT 1034 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 5 MILES WEST OF SHARON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 75 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... CRONANVILLE...LATHAM AROUND 1045 PM CDT PALMERSVILLE AROUND 1050 PM CDT .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 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 3629 8901 3612 8878 3669 8815 3685 8835
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 7:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Dyer, Lake | 63 min |
| May 4, 8:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lauderdale | 26 min |
| May 4, 8:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Dyer, Lauderdale | 48 min |
| May 4, 8:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Obion | 65 min |
| May 4, 8:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lauderdale | 32 min |
| May 4, 9:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Dyer, Gibson | 27 min |
| May 4, 9:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lauderdale | 47 min |
| May 4, 9:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Weakley | 55 min |
| May 4, 9:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Dyer | 63 min |
| May 4, 10:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Henry | 40 min |
| May 4, 10:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crockett, Gibson | 52 min |
| May 4, 10:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tipton | 47 min |
| May 4, 10:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lauderdale | 47 min |
| May 4, 10:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Dyer, Gibson | 47 min |
| May 4, 10:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Gibson | 30 min |
| May 4, 10:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Haywood | 43 min |
| May 4, 10:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Henry | 12 min |
| May 4, 10:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crockett | 48 min |
| May 4, 11:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tipton | 27 min |
| May 4, 11:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Weakley | 32 min |
| May 4, 11:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Haywood, Madison | 47 min |
| May 4, 11:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll, Gibson | 47 min |
| May 4, 11:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Henry | 46 min |
| May 4, 11:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Carroll | 40 min |
| May 4, 11:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Henderson | 43 min |
| May 5, 12:15 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Decatur | 30 min |
| May 5, 1:36 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Carroll, Henderson, Madison | 114 min |
| May 5, 3:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tipton | 43 min |
| May 5, 5:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardeman | 37 min |
| May 5, 7:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette | 26 min |
| May 5, 7:38 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Fayette | 37 min |
| May 5, 7:39 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Fayette | 36 min |
| May 5, 7:49 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Hardeman | 41 min |
| May 5, 8:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Decatur | 21 min |
| May 5, 8:57 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Hardin, McNairy | 63 min |
| May 5, 9:57 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Hardin | 33 min |
| May 5, 1:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Crockett, Gibson | 50 min |
| May 5, 1:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Madison | 33 min |
| May 5, 1:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tipton | 32 min |
| May 5, 1:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Haywood, Lauderdale | 26 min |
| May 5, 1:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Carroll, Henderson | 64 min |
| May 5, 1:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Tipton | 40 min |
| May 5, 1:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crockett | 49 min |
| May 5, 2:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Gibson | 40 min |
| May 5, 2:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Haywood | 34 min |
| May 5, 2:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Decatur | 29 min |
| May 5, 2:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Henry | 43 min |
| May 5, 2:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Weakley | 30 min |
| May 5, 2:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Madison | 41 min |
| May 5, 3:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Chester, Henderson | 45 min |
| May 5, 3:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lauderdale | 26 min |
| May 5, 3:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Dyer | 51 min |
| May 5, 3:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Decatur | 36 min |
| May 5, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Gibson, Obion | 44 min |
| May 5, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Obion | 46 min |
| May 5, 5:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Obion | 48 min |
| May 5, 5:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Dyer | 48 min |
| May 5, 5:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lauderdale | 52 min |
| May 5, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lake | 48 min |
| May 5, 6:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Crockett | 46 min |
| May 5, 6:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Dyer | 20 min |
| May 5, 6:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Gibson | 45 min |
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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.