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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Memphis, TN

June 2, 2004Fayette County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Jun 2, 2004, 6:32 PM CDT for Fayette County, Tennessee. It was in force for 43 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jun 2, 2004, 6:32 PM CDT (23:32 UTC)
Expired: Jun 2, 2004, 7:15 PM CDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Fayette County, TN

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 2, 6:50 PM CDT	HAIL 0.75	Rossville, TN

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 2, 5:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 50 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: 1922 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 537 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 23 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 1.0

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The text

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

062 
WFUS54 KMEG 022332
TORMEM
TNC047-030015-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
632 PM CDT WED JUN 2 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 632 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 3 MILES NORTHEAST
  OF PIPERTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

* CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO THROUGH 715 PM CDT INCLUDE...
  ROSSVILLE...
  WILLISTON...
  MOSCOW...

.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 3521 8963 3501 8965 3500 8937 3518 8937

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 2, 2:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Henry	37 min
Jun 2, 3:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Henry	20 min
Jun 2, 5:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Dyer	32 min
Jun 2, 5:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Fayette	43 min
Jun 2, 5:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Dyer, Lauderdale	47 min
Jun 2, 6:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Shelby	57 min
Jun 2, 6:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Hardeman	37 min
Jun 2, 6:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Fayette	52 min
Jun 2, 6:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Madison	24 min
Jun 2, 6:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lauderdale	61 min
Jun 2, 6:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Carroll, Henry, Weakley	54 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.