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Tornado Warning 20, NWS Memphis, TN

July 22, 2005Dyer County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Jul 22, 2005, 6:29 PM CDT for Dyer County, Tennessee. It was in force for 18 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: Jul 22, 2005, 6:29 PM CDT (23:29 UTC)
Expired: Jul 22, 2005, 6:47 PM CDT
In force: 18 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Dyer County, TN

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:33 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
Jul 22, 6:29 PM CDT	TORNADO	8 N Dyersburg, TN

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 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-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: 666 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -225 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1532 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 66 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KMEG 222328
TORMEG
TNC045-230000-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0020.050722T2329Z-050723T0000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
629 PM CDT FRI JUL 22 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 627 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO NEAR MISTON...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF DYERSBURG...
  MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  BRADLEYTOWN.

.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 3615 8935 3621 8956 3605 8964 3595 8944

$$

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KMEG 222347
SVSMEG

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
647 PM CDT FRI JUL 22 2005

TNC045-222357-
/O.CAN.KMEG.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-050723T0000Z/
DYER TN-
647 PM CDT FRI JUL 22 2005

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

DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING
HAD WEAKENED AND NO LONGER APPEARED CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES.

LAT...LON 3615 8935 3621 8956 3605 8964 3595 8944

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 22, 5:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Henry	27 min
Jul 22, 5:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Gibson	50 min
Jul 22, 6:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Dyer	44 min
Jul 22, 6:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Carroll	34 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.