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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Memphis, TN

June 22, 2004Lake County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Jun 22, 2004, 6:12 PM CDT for Lake County, Tennessee. It was in force for 18 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
Jun 22, 2004, 6:12 PM CDT (23:12 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 2004, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
18 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Lake County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 166 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2004-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1322 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2004-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 25 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1322 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-48 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
716 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.0

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The text

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

434 
WFUS54 KMEG 222312
TORMEM
TNC095-222330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
612 PM CDT TUE JUN 22 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  LAKE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 612 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO OVER COTTONWOOD
  GROVE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO THROUGH 630 PM CDT INCLUDE...
  COTTONWOOD GROVE...
  RIDGELY...

.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 3636 8961 3619 8968 3618 8949 3634 8940

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 22, 6:20 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGDyer25 min
Jun 22, 6:43 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGDyer32 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Tennessee, 2004Every tornado warning in 2004Tornadoes in 2004

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.