Alert archive / Tennessee / Tornado Warnings in 2004
Tornado Warning 26, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Aug 28, 2004, 3:10 PM CDT for Lake County, Obion County, Tennessee. It was in force for 50 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
- Aug 28, 2004, 3:10 PM CDT (20:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 28, 2004, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Lake County, TN, Obion County, TN
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 3:20 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Ridgely, TN | SEVERAL TREES DOWN ALONG WITH TELEPHONE POLES DOWN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 178 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
- 1855 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1029 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KMEG 282010 TORMEM TNC095-131-282100- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 310 PM CDT SAT AUG 28 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... LAKE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE OBION COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE * UNTIL 400 PM CDT * AT 310 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 3 MILES NORTH OF RIDGELY...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM THROUGH 400 PM CDT INCLUDE... SAMBURG... CLOVERDALE...HORNBEAK... OBION...TROY... RIVES...UNION CITY... .IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM...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 3643 8950 3622 8957 3620 8905 3646 8902 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 2:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Haywood, Tipton | 41 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.