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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Memphis, TN

May 1, 2003Dyer County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at May 1, 2003, 11:57 AM CDT for Dyer County, Tennessee. It was in force for 33 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 1, 2003, 11:57 AM CDT (16:57 UTC)
Expired
May 1, 2003, 12:30 PM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Dyer County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 146 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, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2003-05-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1228 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, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2003-05-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -8 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
1228 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-198 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1004 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
53 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 011657
TORMEM
TNC045-011730-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1156 AM CDT THU MAY 1 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  DYER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE

* UNTIL 1230 PM CDT.

* AT 1152 AM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO OVER HELOISE...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO THROUGH 1230 PM CDT INCLUDE...
  MISTON...
  MILLSFIELD...

.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 3609 8979 3595 8964 3620 8918 3621 8954

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 1, 11:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGDyer46 min
May 1, 12:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGGibson, Obion62 min
May 1, 12:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCrockett23 min
May 1, 12:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHaywood36 min
May 1, 1:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMadison57 min
May 1, 1:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCarroll, Henderson30 min
May 1, 1:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGDecatur, Henderson46 min
May 1, 2:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHardin, McNairy37 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.