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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Memphis, TN

November 15, 2005Obion County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Nov 15, 2005, 1:12 PM CST for Obion County, Tennessee. It was in force for 8 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
Nov 15, 2005, 1:12 PM CST (19:12 UTC)
Expired
Nov 15, 2005, 1:20 PM CST
In force
8 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Obion County, TN

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:15 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.

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, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 193 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 
WFUS54 KMEG 151911
TORMEG
TNC131-151930-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0033.051115T1912Z-051115T1930Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
112 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 130 PM CST

* AT 112 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO NEAR UNION CITY...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE
  INDICATED COUNTY.

.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 3646 8922 3629 8913 3638 8892 3651 8893

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS54 KMEG 151920
SVSMEG

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
120 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005

TNC131-151930-
/O.CAN.KMEG.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-051115T1930Z/
OBION TN-
120 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005

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

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

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA UNTIL 5 PM.

LAT...LON 3646 8922 3629 8913 3638 8892 3651 8893

$$

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, 1:44 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, 3:34 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGFayette26 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.