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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Memphis, TN

May 30, 2004Fayette County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at May 30, 2004, 9:42 PM CDT for Fayette County, Tennessee. It was in force for 33 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, 9:42 PM CDT (02:42 UTC)
Expired: May 30, 2004, 10:15 PM CDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Fayette 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 30, 3:20 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 65 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.

589 
WFUS54 KMEG 310242
TORMEM
TNC047-310315-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT

* AT 942 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 4 MILES SOUTHEAST
  OF OAKLAND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO THROUGH 1015 PM CDT INCLUDE...
  WILLISTON...
  SOMERVILLE...

.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 3529 8960 3505 8946 3511 8922 3541 8925

$$

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, 9:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Gibson, Weakley	51 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, 9:47 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

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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.