Alert archive / Tennessee / Tornado Warnings in 2003
Tornado Warning 96, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at May 6, 2003, 11:59 PM CDT for 4 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 46 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 6, 2003, 11:59 PM CDT (04:59 UTC)
- Expired
- May 7, 2003, 12:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Fayette County, TN, Haywood County, TN, Shelby County, TN, Tipton 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 6, 11:50 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 74 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
- 2657 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -55 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 897 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 172 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 158 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.6
- Supercell composite
- 17.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
035 WFUS54 KMEG 070459 TORMEM TNC047-075-157-167-070545- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1158 PM CDT TUE MAY 6 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE SOUTHWEST HAYWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE NORTHEASTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE SOUTHEASTERN TIPTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE * UNTIL 1245 AM CDT. * AT 1152 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 4 MILES SOUTH OF DIXONVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO THROUGH 1245 AM CDT INCLUDE... GALLAWAY... BRADEN... MASON... STANTON... DANCYVILLE...BROWNSVILLE... .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 3544 8981 3527 8975 3535 8918 3559 8925
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 10:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardeman | 33 min |
| May 6, 10:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | McNairy | 29 min |
| May 6, 11:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardin, McNairy | 45 min |
| May 6, 11:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Hardin, McNairy | 52 min |
| May 6, 11:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby, Tipton | 49 min |
| May 6, 11:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lake, Obion | 46 min |
| May 7, 12:13 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Henry, Weakley | 47 min |
| May 7, 12:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 42 min |
| May 7, 12:35 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Haywood | 40 min |
| May 7, 12:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tipton | 65 min |
| May 7, 12:46 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Tipton | 29 min |
| May 7, 12:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Decatur, Henderson | 39 min |
| May 7, 4:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 46 min |
| May 7, 6:52 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Shelby | 113 min |
| May 7, 7:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Decatur, Henderson | 2 hr |
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.