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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Memphis, TN

March 22, 2005Crockett County, Dyer County, Gibson County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Mar 22, 2005, 6:59 PM CST for Crockett County, Dyer County, Gibson 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: Mar 22, 2005, 6:59 PM CST (00:59 UTC)
Expired: Mar 22, 2005, 7:30 PM CST
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Crockett County, TN, Dyer County, TN, Gibson County, TN

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:59 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.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Mar 22, 4:50 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 144 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 22 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1249 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 0 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 0 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KMEG 230059
TORMEG
TNC033-045-053-230130-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0011.050323T0059Z-050323T0130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
659 PM CST TUE MAR 22 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CROCKETT COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE
  DYER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE
  GIBSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE

* UNTIL 730 PM CST

* AT 654 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF ROELLEN...OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTH OF DYERSBURG...MOVING
  EAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO EATON...
  DYER AND TRENTON.

.IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
LARGE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

.THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER
A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

.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 AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

.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 3602 8946 3584 8931 3587 8885 3610 8889

$$

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS54 KMEG 230109
SVSMEG

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
709 PM CST TUE MAR 22 2005

TNC033-045-053-230130-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-050323T0130Z/
CROCKETT TN-GIBSON TN-DYER TN-
709 PM CST TUE MAR 22 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 730 PM CST FOR DYER...GIBSON AND
CROCKETT COUNTIES...

AT 704 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR FRIENDSHIP...OR
ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DYERSBURG...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ROELLEN...
EATON...DYER AND TRENTON.

TRAINED SPOTTERS REPORTED QUARTER SIZE HAIL SOUTH OF DYERSBURG IN 
BRUCEVILLE. 

.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 AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

.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 3602 8946 3584 8931 3587 8885 3610 8889

$$

000 
WWUS54 KMEG 230123
SVSMEG

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
722 PM CST TUE MAR 22 2005

TNC045-230132-
/O.CAN.KMEG.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-050323T0130Z/
DYER TN-
722 PM CST TUE MAR 22 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR DYER COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE
TORNADO WARNING HAD MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST
TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND
WESTERN TENNESSEE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 800 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN ARKANSAS AND NORTHERN
MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE.

LAT...LON 3604 8917 3585 8930 3588 8875 3616 8888

$$

TNC033-053-230130-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-050323T0130Z/
CROCKETT TN-GIBSON TN-
722 PM CST TUE MAR 22 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 730 PM CST FOR GIBSON AND
CROCKETT COUNTIES...

AT 719 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR EATON...OR ABOUT 9
MILES WEST OF TRENTON...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO DYER.

.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 3604 8917 3585 8930 3588 8875 3616 8888

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 22, 6:19 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Gibson, Obion, Weakley	41 min
Mar 22, 6:26 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Hardeman	36 min
Mar 22, 6:30 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Dyer, Lauderdale	30 min
Mar 22, 6:56 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Obion, Weakley	34 min
Mar 22, 6:57 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chester	33 min
Mar 22, 7:13 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Hardin, McNairy	47 min
Mar 22, 7:29 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Gibson	46 min
Mar 22, 7:34 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Decatur, Hardin, Henderson	26 min
Mar 22, 8:49 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	McNairy	41 min
Mar 22, 9:25 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Hardin	50 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.