Alert archive / Tennessee / Tornado Warnings in 2003
Tornado Warning 35, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at May 4, 2003, 11:47 PM CDT for Henderson County, Tennessee. It was in force for 43 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, 11:47 PM CDT (04:47 UTC)
- Expired
- May 5, 2003, 12:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Henderson 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 6:55 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 167 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
- 2245 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 658 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 254 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 313 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 4.4
- Supercell composite
- 14.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KMEG 050447 TORMEM TNC077-050530- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1147 PM CDT SUN MAY 4 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... HENDERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE * UNTIL 1230 AM CDT. * AT 1143 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A TORNADO 10 MILES WEST OF BLUE GOOSE...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH. THIS STORM HAS ALREADY PRODUCED A TORNADO IN THE CITY OF JACKSON IN MADISON COUNTY. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION * CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO THROUGH 1230 AM CDT INCLUDE... BLUE GOOSE...BARGERTON... LEXINGTON... WILDERSVILLE...PARKERS CROSS ROADS... DARDEN... .A TORNADO HAS BEEN CONFIRMED. DO NOT RUN OUTSIDE TO FIND THE TORNADO...TAKE COVER IN A STURDY BUILDING NOW .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 3580 8860 3557 8860 3552 8825 3582 8818
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, 10:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Weakley | 37 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 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 |
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.