Alert archive / Tennessee / Tornado Warnings in 2004
Tornado Warning 53, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Oct 18, 2004, 8:53 PM CDT for Henry County, Tennessee. It was in force for 37 min. 12 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, 8:53 PM CDT (01:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 18, 2004, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Henry County, TN
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:54 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 9:12 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 N Paris, TN | *** 1 INJ *** INJURY WAS REPORTED AS TREE FELL ON CAR. |
| Oct 18, 9:12 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 N Paris, TN | *** 1 INJ *** INJURY WAS REPORTED AS TREE FELL ON CAR. |
| Oct 18, 9:12 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 N Paris, TN | *** 1 INJ *** INJURY WAS REPORTED AS TREE FELL ON CAR. |
| Oct 18, 9:12 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 N Paris, TN | *** 1 INJ *** INJURY WAS REPORTED AS TREE FELL ON CAR. |
| Oct 18, 9:12 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 N Paris, TN | *** 1 INJ *** INJURY WAS REPORTED AS TREE FELL ON CAR. |
| Oct 18, 9:12 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 N Paris, TN | *** 1 INJ *** INJURY WAS REPORTED AS TREE FELL ON CAR. |
| Oct 18, 9:12 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 W Paris, TN | PROBABLE TORNADO RIPPED ROOF OF MANUFACTURING BUILDING. |
| Oct 18, 9:12 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 W Paris, TN | PROBABLE TORNADO RIPPED ROOF OF MANUFACTURING BUILDING. |
| Oct 18, 9:12 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 W Paris, TN | PROBABLE TORNADO RIPPED ROOF OF MANUFACTURING BUILDING. |
| Oct 18, 9:12 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 W Paris, TN | PROBABLE TORNADO RIPPED ROOF OF MANUFACTURING BUILDING. |
| Oct 18, 9:12 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 W Paris, TN | PROBABLE TORNADO RIPPED ROOF OF MANUFACTURING BUILDING. |
| Oct 18, 9:12 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 W Paris, TN | PROBABLE TORNADO RIPPED ROOF OF MANUFACTURING BUILDING. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 4:05 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Oct 18, 8:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 3 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 155 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
- 501 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -126 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 627 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 558 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 651 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 16.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KMEG 190153 TORMEM TNC079-190230- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 852 PM CDT MON OCT 18 2004 TORNADO EMERGENCY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... HENRY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE * UNTIL 930 PM CDT * AT 852 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 3 MILES WEST OF PARIS...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. ON ITS CURRENT PATH THIS STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE PARIS AREA. TAKE COVER NOW THIS IS A POTENTIALLY MAJOR KILLER STORM. * CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM THROUGH 930 PM CDT INCLUDE... PARIS... SPRINGVILLE... .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 3640 8845 3622 8847 3618 8815 3639 8803 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 7:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Obion | 44 min |
| Oct 18, 7:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lake | 47 min |
| Oct 18, 7:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Chester, Henderson, McNairy | 24 min |
| Oct 18, 7:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Weakley | 42 min |
| Oct 18, 7:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Obion | 18 min |
| Oct 18, 7:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Decatur, Hardin, Henderson | 48 min |
| Oct 18, 7:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Dyer | 44 min |
| Oct 18, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Obion | 30 min |
| Oct 18, 8:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Henry | 49 min |
| Oct 18, 8:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Weakley | 31 min |
| Oct 18, 8:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Dyer | 47 min |
| Oct 18, 8:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, McNairy | 37 min |
| Oct 18, 8:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Crockett, Gibson | 46 min |
| Oct 18, 9:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Dyer | 16 min |
| Oct 18, 9:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Gibson | 30 min |
| Oct 18, 9:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lake | 37 min |
| Oct 18, 10:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Dyer | 41 min |
| Oct 18, 10:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Henry | 8 min |
| Oct 18, 10:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Gibson | 15 min |
| Oct 18, 10:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Lake, Obion | 119 min |
| Oct 18, 10:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Gibson | 113 min |
| Oct 18, 10:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Carroll | 38 min |
| Oct 18, 10:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Gibson | 16 min |
| Oct 18, 10:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Crockett | 28 min |
| Oct 18, 11:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Carroll | 45 min |
| Oct 18, 11:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Henderson | 33 min |
| Oct 19, 12:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Carroll | 2 hr |
| Oct 19, 1:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 51 min |
| Oct 19, 1:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardin, McNairy | 42 min |
| Oct 19, 2:07 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Carroll, Henderson, Madison | 113 min |
| Oct 19, 2:16 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Hardin | 119 min |
| Oct 19, 2:51 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Hardin | 9 min |
| Oct 19, 2:58 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Shelby | 2 hr |
| Oct 19, 4:14 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Hardin, McNairy | 2 hr |
| Oct 19, 10:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette | 29 min |
| Oct 19, 2:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Madison | 39 min |
| Oct 19, 3:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Madison | 42 min |
| Oct 19, 3:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Haywood | 15 min |
| Oct 19, 3:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Chester, Henderson, Madison | 48 min |
| Oct 19, 3:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Hardeman | 22 min |
| Oct 19, 4:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Chester, McNairy | 51 min |
| Oct 19, 5:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Hardin, McNairy | 51 min |
| Oct 19, 5:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Hardin | 31 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.