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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Jun 2, 2004, 7:17 PM CDT for McNairy 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, 7:17 PM CDT (00:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 2004, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County McNairy County, TN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 7:23 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Selmer, TN | QUARTER TO GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL NEAR HWY 64 |
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 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 130 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
- 2214 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1255 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -34 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.3
- Supercell composite
- -3.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
950
WFUS54 KMEG 030017
TORMEM
TNC109-030100-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
716 PM CDT WED JUN 2 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
MCNAIRY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE
* UNTIL 800 PM CDT
* AT 716 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A
DEVELOPING TORNADO 4 MILES WEST OF SELMER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20
MPH.
* CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO THROUGH 800 PM CDT INCLUDE...
SELMER...
BETHEL SPRINGS...
MCNAIRY...STANTONVILLE...
FINGER...
ADAMSVILLE...
.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 3520 8881 3502 8871 3518 8838 3539 8837
3541 8858
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 7:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | McNairy | 49 min |
| Jun 2, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Tipton | 31 min |
| Jun 2, 7:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Decatur, Henderson | 53 min |
| Jun 2, 7:24 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Carroll | 2 hr |
| Jun 2, 7:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Haywood | 40 min |
| Jun 2, 7:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Madison | 115 min |
| Jun 2, 8:08 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Dyer, Lauderdale | 52 min |
| Jun 2, 8:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Haywood, Tipton | 49 min |
| Jun 2, 8:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Henderson | 42 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.