Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 736
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jul 13, 2003, 11:55 AM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 13, 2003, 11:55 AM CDT (16:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 2003, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 91 counties
Colbert County, AL, Lauderdale County, AL, Arkansas County, AR, Ashley County, AR, Bradley County, AR, Calhoun County, AR, Chicot County, AR, Cleveland County, AR, Columbia County, AR, Crittenden County, AR, Desha County, AR, Drew County, AR, Jefferson County, AR, Lee County, AR, Lincoln County, AR, Monroe County, AR, Phillips County, AR, St. Francis County, AR, Union County, AR, Alcorn County, MS, Benton County, MS, Bolivar County, MS, Calhoun County, MS, Carroll County, MS, Chickasaw County, MS, Coahoma County, MS, DeSoto County, MS, Grenada County, MS, Holmes County, MS, Humphreys County, MS, Itawamba County, MS, Lafayette County, MS, Lee County, MS, Leflore County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Montgomery County, MS, Panola County, MS, Pontotoc County, MS, Prentiss County, MS, Quitman County, MS, Sunflower County, MS, Tallahatchie County, MS, Tate County, MS, Tippah County, MS, Tishomingo County, MS, Tunica County, MS, Union County, MS, Washington County, MS, Webster County, MS, Yalobusha County, MS, Benton County, TN, Carroll County, TN, Cheatham County, TN, Chester County, TN, Crockett County, TN, Davidson County, TN, Decatur County, TN, Dickson County, TN, Dyer County, TN, Fayette County, TN, Gibson County, TN, Giles County, TN, Hardeman County, TN, Hardin County, TN, Haywood County, TN, Henderson County, TN, Henry County, TN, Hickman County, TN, Houston County, TN, Humphreys County, TN, Jackson County, TN, Lauderdale County, TN, Lawrence County, TN, Lewis County, TN, Madison County, TN, Marshall County, TN, Maury County, TN, McNairy County, TN, Obion County, TN, Perry County, TN, Rutherford County, TN, Shelby County, TN, Smith County, TN, Stewart County, TN, Sumner County, TN, Tipton County, TN, Trousdale County, TN, Wayne County, TN, Weakley County, TN, Williamson County, TN, Wilson County, TN
Warnings issued inside it
45 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 12:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Union | 31 min |
| Jul 13, 12:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Prentiss | 25 min |
| Jul 13, 12:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lee, Prentiss, Union | 27 min |
| Jul 13, 12:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Pontotoc | 25 min |
| Jul 13, 1:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | Sumner | 2 hr |
| Jul 13, 1:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Union | 59 min |
| Jul 13, 1:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tippah | 24 min |
| Jul 13, 1:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tate | 32 min |
| Jul 13, 2:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lawrence | 23 min |
| Jul 13, 2:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Wilson | 34 min |
| Jul 13, 2:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Lee | 33 min |
| Jul 13, 2:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Lauderdale | 47 min |
| Jul 13, 2:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tippah, Union | 39 min |
| Jul 13, 2:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Smith, Trousdale | 39 min |
| Jul 13, 2:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Marshall | 33 min |
| Jul 13, 2:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Ashley | 55 min |
| Jul 13, 2:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Panola, Quitman, Tunica | 40 min |
| Jul 13, 2:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cannon, Rutherford | 48 min |
| Jul 13, 2:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Smith, Wilson | 32 min |
| Jul 13, 3:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Marshall, Union | 43 min |
| Jul 13, 3:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Wayne | 49 min |
| Jul 13, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cannon, Coffee, Rutherford | 45 min |
| Jul 13, 3:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Perry | 31 min |
| Jul 13, 3:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton | 33 min |
| Jul 13, 3:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lafayette | 49 min |
| Jul 13, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Marshall | 45 min |
| Jul 13, 4:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardin | 53 min |
| Jul 13, 4:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lawrence | 36 min |
| Jul 13, 4:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tippah | 47 min |
| Jul 13, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette | 46 min |
| Jul 13, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, McNairy | 30 min |
| Jul 13, 4:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson | 40 min |
| Jul 13, 4:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Marshall | 50 min |
| Jul 13, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardin | 32 min |
| Jul 13, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Marshall | 37 min |
| Jul 13, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Hickman | 36 min |
| Jul 13, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Yalobusha | 35 min |
| Jul 13, 5:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Panola | 49 min |
| Jul 13, 5:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lewis, Maury | 34 min |
| Jul 13, 5:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Sumner, Wilson | 44 min |
| Jul 13, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tallahatchie | 49 min |
| Jul 13, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Wayne | 43 min |
| Jul 13, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Yalobusha | 35 min |
| Jul 13, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Marshall, Rutherford, Williamson | 33 min |
| Jul 13, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Sumner | 31 min |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 67 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
- 2438 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1048 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 11:02 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bibb, Choctaw, Clarke, Dallas, Fayette, Greene and 12 more | 118 min |
| Jul 13, 3:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Cullman, DeKalb, Etowah and 12 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 13, 3:53 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Colbert, Lauderdale | 67 min |
| Jul 13, 5:26 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Jackson | 94 min |
| Jul 13, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Colbert, Franklin, Lamar, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Jul 13, 11:30 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Arkansas, Bradley, Calhoun, Cleveland, Columbia, Crittenden and 11 more | 2 hr |
| Jul 13, 1:30 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Boone, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Johnson and 6 more | 60 min |
| Jul 13, 4:44 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baxter, Boone, Clay, Cleburne, Craighead, Fulton and 12 more | 61 min |
| Jul 13, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baxter, Boone, Carroll, Cleburne, Craighead, Crittenden and 18 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 13, 6:54 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Crittenden, Cross, Jackson, Lee, Monroe, Poinsett and 4 more | 96 min |
| Jul 13, 1:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams | 5 hr |
| Jul 13, 4:33 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams | 87 min |
| Jul 13, 12:16 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anderson, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Campbell, Carter and 39 more | 119 min |
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.