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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Memphis, TN

May 30, 2004Gibson County, Weakley County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at May 30, 2004, 9:24 PM CDT for Gibson County, Weakley County, Tennessee. It was in force for 51 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 30, 2004, 9:24 PM CDT (02:24 UTC)
Expired: May 30, 2004, 10:15 PM CDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Gibson County, TN, Weakley County, TN

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:27 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 30, 3:20 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 171 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: 3112 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 741 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 182 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 177 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 3.7
Supercell composite: 13.9

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The text

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

834 
WFUS54 KMEG 310224
TORMEM
TNC053-183-310315-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
924 PM CDT SUN MAY 30 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT

* AT 924 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 2 MILES SOUTHWEST
  OF DYER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO THROUGH 1015 PM CDT INCLUDE...
  RUTHERFORD AND GREENFIELD.

.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 3606 8916 3592 8898 3616 8855 3638 8874

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 30, 8:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lake	28 min
May 30, 8:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Dyer, Lauderdale	34 min
May 30, 8:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Fayette, Shelby	31 min
May 30, 8:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Tipton	49 min
May 30, 9:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Fayette, Shelby	30 min
May 30, 9:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lauderdale, Tipton	32 min
May 30, 9:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Decatur	36 min
May 30, 9:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Fayette	33 min
May 30, 9:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Shelby	28 min
May 30, 10:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Hardeman	30 min
May 30, 10:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chester, Henderson, Madison	41 min
May 30, 10:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Hardeman	28 min
May 30, 11:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Hardin	43 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.