Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 354
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at May 11, 2003, 3:20 AM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 11, 2003, 3:20 AM CDT (08:20 UTC)
- Expired
- May 11, 2003, 8:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 47 counties
Blount County, AL, Cullman County, AL, Fayette County, AL, Jackson County, AL, Jefferson County, AL, Lamar County, AL, Lawrence County, AL, Limestone County, AL, Madison County, AL, Marion County, AL, Marshall County, AL, Morgan County, AL, Walker County, AL, Winston County, AL, Dade County, GA, Lowndes County, MS, Bedford County, TN, Bledsoe County, TN, Campbell County, TN, Cannon County, TN, Clay County, TN, Coffee County, TN, Cumberland County, TN, DeKalb County, TN, Fentress County, TN, Franklin County, TN, Giles County, TN, Grundy County, TN, Hamilton County, TN, Jackson County, TN, Lincoln County, TN, Marion County, TN, Marshall County, TN, Meigs County, TN, Moore County, TN, Morgan County, TN, Overton County, TN, Putnam County, TN, Rhea County, TN, Roane County, TN, Rutherford County, TN, Scott County, TN, Sequatchie County, TN, Smith County, TN, Van Buren County, TN, Warren County, TN, White County, TN
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
Warnings issued inside it
15 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 3:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Smith, Wilson | 32 min |
| May 11, 3:32 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Rutherford, Williamson | 28 min |
| May 11, 3:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence | 40 min |
| May 11, 4:08 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Cannon | 22 min |
| May 11, 4:13 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | DeKalb | 17 min |
| May 11, 4:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Clay, Jackson, Overton, Putnam | 25 min |
| May 11, 4:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Coffee, Grundy, Van Buren, Warren | 29 min |
| May 11, 4:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Bedford, Franklin, Lincoln, Moore | 18 min |
| May 11, 4:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cumberland, Fentress, Overton, Pickett, Putnam, Van Buren and 1 more | 31 min |
| May 11, 4:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Coffee, Franklin, Grundy | 30 min |
| May 11, 5:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Bledsoe, Marion, Sequatchie | 66 min |
| May 11, 5:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cumberland | 32 min |
| May 11, 5:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Meigs, Rhea, Roane | 66 min |
| May 11, 5:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Anderson, Morgan | 46 min |
| May 11, 5:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Campbell | 40 min |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 11:20 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale | 6 hr |
| May 11, 1:46 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Colbert, Lauderdale | 89 min |
| May 11, 3:10 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bibb, Blount, Cullman, DeKalb, Fayette, Greene and 17 more | 95 min |
| May 11, 5:22 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Blount, Cullman, Fayette, Jackson, Jefferson, Lamar and 8 more | 83 min |
| May 11, 12:20 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Clarke, Coffee and 18 more | 115 min |
| May 11, 1:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Autauga, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Chambers, Chilton and 20 more | 6 hr |
| May 11, 3:00 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke and 14 more | 2 hr |
| May 10, 10:04 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alcorn, Benton, Marshall, Panola, Tippah | 116 min |
| May 10, 7:06 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Carroll, Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Haywood, Henry and 5 more | 54 min |
| May 10, 8:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Dyer, Lake, Lauderdale, Obion, Shelby, Tipton | 5 hr |
| May 11, 5:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Blount, Bradley, Carter, Claiborne, Cocke and 19 more | 5 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.