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Tornado Warning 97, NWS Memphis, TN

May 7, 2003Henry County, Weakley County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at May 7, 2003, 12:13 AM CDT for Henry County, Weakley County, Tennessee. It was in force for 47 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 7, 2003, 12:13 AM CDT (05:13 UTC)
Expired: May 7, 2003, 1:00 AM CDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Henry County, TN, Weakley County, TN

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
May 6, 11:50 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 178 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: 1519 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -20 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 720 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 92 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 120 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.9
Supercell composite: 3.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

813 
WFUS54 KMEG 070513
TORMEM
TNC079-183-070600-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1213 AM CDT WED MAY 7 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 100 AM CDT.

* AT 1207 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 7 MILES WEST OF
  LATHAM...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  PALMERSVILLE AROUND 1220 AM CDT
  COTTAGE GROVE AROUND 1225 AM CDT
  PURYEAR AROUND 1235 AM 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 BROADCAST FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND INFORMATION.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY...CALL 1 800 4 3 2 0 8 7 5.

LAT...LON 3652 8887 3634 8884 3639 8805 3662 8808

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 6, 11:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Fayette, Haywood, Shelby, Tipton	46 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.