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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Memphis, TN

November 15, 2005Fayette County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 15, 2005, 3:34 PM CST for Fayette County, Tennessee. It was in force for 26 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
Nov 15, 2005, 3:34 PM CST (21:34 UTC)
Expired
Nov 15, 2005, 4:00 PM CST
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Fayette County, TN

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:37 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
Nov 15, 3:45 PM CSTTSTM WND DMG4 Nw Somerville, TNTREES DOWN

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
Nov 15, 7:42 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 65 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 2005-11-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 699 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 2005-11-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 313 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
699 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
594 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
313 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
346 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.0
Supercell composite
4.7

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KMEG 152134
SVRMEG
TNC047-152200-
/O.NEW.KMEG.SV.W.0252.051115T2134Z-051115T2200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
334 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE

* UNTIL 400 PM CST

* AT 333 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 15
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF SOMERVILLE...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF
  COLLIERVILLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO OAKLAND AND
  WILLISTON.

.A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

.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 3515 8972 3501 8958 3530 8918 3539 8918
      3541 8926

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 15, 5:00 AM CSTWind AdvisoryMEGCarroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer, Fayette and 14 more13 hr
Nov 15, 11:46 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGTipton29 min
Nov 15, 12:26 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGDyer, Lake34 min
Nov 15, 12:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGShelby20 min
Nov 15, 12:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGTipton30 min
Nov 15, 1:01 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGShelby14 min
Nov 15, 1:09 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGCrockett, Dyer, Gibson36 min
Nov 15, 1:12 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGObion8 min
Nov 15, 1:44 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGGibson16 min
Nov 15, 1:48 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGTipton27 min
Nov 15, 2:02 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGShelby28 min
Nov 15, 2:06 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGWeakley24 min
Nov 15, 2:09 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGHaywood36 min
Nov 15, 2:20 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGCrockett, Gibson25 min
Nov 15, 2:22 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGHenry38 min
Nov 15, 2:28 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGShelby32 min
Nov 15, 2:36 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGMadison24 min
Nov 15, 2:46 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGCarroll44 min
Nov 15, 2:59 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGHenry16 min
Nov 15, 3:02 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGMadison13 min
Nov 15, 3:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGShelby36 min
Nov 15, 3:12 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGMadison33 min
Nov 15, 3:28 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGCarroll17 min
Nov 15, 3:44 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGMadison31 min
Nov 15, 3:52 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGHardin23 min
Nov 15, 3:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGShelby31 min
Nov 15, 4:10 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCarroll, Henderson35 min
Nov 15, 4:19 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGCarroll, Henderson26 min
Nov 15, 4:24 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHardeman21 min
Nov 15, 4:36 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMadison24 min
Nov 15, 4:39 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningMEGTipton2 hr
Nov 15, 4:43 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningMEGMadison2 hr
Nov 15, 4:45 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGChester, Madison30 min
Nov 15, 4:57 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGFayette, Hardeman18 min
Nov 15, 5:07 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHenderson23 min
Nov 15, 5:24 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGDecatur21 min
Nov 15, 5:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHardin, McNairy42 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.