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Tornado Warning 99, NWS Memphis, TN

May 7, 2003Tipton County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at May 7, 2003, 12:46 AM CDT for Tipton County, Tennessee. It was in force for 29 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, 12:46 AM CDT (05:46 UTC)
Expired: May 7, 2003, 1:15 AM CDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County 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, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 82 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: 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

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The text

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

908 
WFUS54 KMEG 070546
TORMEM
TNC167-070615-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1245 AM CDT WED MAY 7 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  TIPTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE

* UNTIL 115 AM CDT.

* AT 1237 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 4 MILES   
NORTHWEST OF MASON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. 

.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 3554 8966 3540 8959 3541 8948 3560 8949

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, 12:13 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, 12:51 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

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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.