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Tornado Warning 42, NWS Memphis, TN

October 18, 2004Chester County, Henderson County, McNairy County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Oct 18, 2004, 7:21 PM CDT for Chester County, Henderson County, McNairy County, Tennessee. It was in force for 24 min. 5 reports 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
Oct 18, 2004, 7:21 PM CDT (00:21 UTC)
Expired
Oct 18, 2004, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Chester County, TN, Henderson County, TN, McNairy County, TN

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Oct 18, 7:45 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUD3 E Enville, TNFUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED JUST EAST OF JACKS CREEK BY COUNTY EMA.
Oct 18, 7:45 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUD3 E Enville, TNFUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED JUST EAST OF JACKS CREEK BY COUNTY EMA.
Oct 18, 7:45 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUD3 E Enville, TNFUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED JUST EAST OF JACKS CREEK BY COUNTY EMA.
Oct 18, 7:45 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUD3 E Enville, TNFUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED JUST EAST OF JACKS CREEK BY COUNTY EMA.
Oct 18, 7:45 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUD3 E Enville, TNFUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED JUST EAST OF JACKS CREEK BY COUNTY EMA.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Oct 18, 4:05 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 148 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 00:00Z on 2004-10-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3284 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2004-10-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 151 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
3284 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1041 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
151 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
289 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
4.1
Supercell composite
18.9

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KMEG 190021
TORMEM
TNC023-077-109-190045-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
721 PM CDT MON OCT 18 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE
  HENDERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE
  MCNAIRY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT

* AT 721 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 4 MILES EAST OF
  FINGER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM THROUGH 745 PM CDT INCLUDE...
  JACKS CREEK...
  ENVILLE...
  SARDIS...
  REAGAN...SCOTTS HILL...

.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 3538 8867 3524 8854 3545 8818 3559 8839

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 18, 7:01 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGObion44 min
Oct 18, 7:13 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGLake47 min
Oct 18, 7:33 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGWeakley42 min
Oct 18, 7:42 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGObion18 min
Oct 18, 7:42 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGDecatur, Hardin, Henderson48 min
Oct 18, 7:46 PM CDTTornado Warning EmergencyMEGDyer44 min
Oct 18, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGObion30 min
Oct 18, 8:11 PM CDTTornado Warning EmergencyMEGHenry49 min
Oct 18, 8:14 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGWeakley31 min
Oct 18, 8:28 PM CDTTornado Warning EmergencyMEGDyer47 min
Oct 18, 8:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGChester, McNairy37 min
Oct 18, 8:53 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGHenry37 min
Oct 18, 8:59 PM CDTTornado Warning EmergencyMEGCrockett, Gibson46 min
Oct 18, 9:14 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGDyer16 min
Oct 18, 9:45 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGGibson30 min
Oct 18, 9:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLake37 min
Oct 18, 10:04 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGDyer41 min
Oct 18, 10:07 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGHenry8 min
Oct 18, 10:15 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGGibson15 min
Oct 18, 10:16 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGLake, Obion119 min
Oct 18, 10:22 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGGibson113 min
Oct 18, 10:22 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGCarroll38 min
Oct 18, 10:29 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGGibson16 min
Oct 18, 10:47 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGCrockett28 min
Oct 18, 11:00 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGCarroll45 min
Oct 18, 11:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHenderson33 min
Oct 19, 12:00 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGCarroll2 hr
Oct 19, 1:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGShelby51 min
Oct 19, 1:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHardin, McNairy42 min
Oct 19, 2:07 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGCarroll, Henderson, Madison113 min
Oct 19, 2:16 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGHardin119 min
Oct 19, 2:51 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGHardin9 min
Oct 19, 2:58 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGShelby2 hr
Oct 19, 4:14 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGHardin, McNairy2 hr
Oct 19, 10:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGFayette29 min
Oct 19, 2:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMadison39 min
Oct 19, 3:03 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGMadison42 min
Oct 19, 3:15 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGHaywood15 min
Oct 19, 3:42 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGChester, Henderson, Madison48 min
Oct 19, 3:48 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGHardeman22 min
Oct 19, 4:24 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGChester, McNairy51 min
Oct 19, 5:09 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGHardin, McNairy51 min
Oct 19, 5:59 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGHardin31 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.