Alert archive / Tennessee / Tornado Warnings in 2004
Tornado Warning 9, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at May 30, 2004, 8:44 PM CDT for Fayette County, Shelby County, Tennessee. It was in force for 31 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
- May 30, 2004, 8:44 PM CDT (01:44 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 2004, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Fayette County, TN, Shelby County, TN
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 3:20 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 58 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
- 3112 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 741 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 182 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 177 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.7
- Supercell composite
- 13.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
016 WFUS54 KMEG 310144 TORMEM TNC047-157-310215- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 844 PM CDT SUN MAY 30 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE SHELBY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE * UNTIL 915 PM CDT * AT 844 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO OVER EADS... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH. * CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO THROUGH 915 PM CDT INCLUDE... ARLINGTON...BOLTON... GALLAWAY...OAKLAND... BRADEN... .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 3538 8985 3504 8977 3525 8938 3540 8941 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 8:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lake | 28 min |
| May 30, 8:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Dyer, Lauderdale | 34 min |
| May 30, 8:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tipton | 49 min |
| May 30, 9:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Fayette, Shelby | 30 min |
| May 30, 9:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Gibson, Weakley | 51 min |
| May 30, 9:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lauderdale, Tipton | 32 min |
| May 30, 9:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Decatur | 36 min |
| May 30, 9:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Fayette | 33 min |
| May 30, 9:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 28 min |
| May 30, 10:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardeman | 30 min |
| May 30, 10:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Henderson, Madison | 41 min |
| May 30, 10:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardeman | 28 min |
| May 30, 11:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardin | 43 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.