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Tornado Warning 46, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Nov 15, 2005, 3:12 PM CST for Madison County, Tennessee. It was in force for 33 min. 2 reports 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, 3:12 PM CST (21:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 15, 2005, 3:45 PM CST
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Madison County, TN
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 15, 3:15 PM CST | TORNADO | Jackson, TN | REPORTED FROM THE JACKSON AIRPORT TOWER. FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED WITH POSSIBLE TORNADO TOUCHDOWN. |
| Nov 15, 3:50 PM CST | HAIL 1 | Jackson, TN | LOCATED NEAR I-40 AND HWY 412 |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 15, 7:42 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KMEG 152112
TORMEG
TNC113-152145-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0046.051115T2112Z-051115T2145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
312 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE
* UNTIL 345 PM CST
* AT 312 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ADAIR...OR ABOUT 12 MILES EAST OF
BROWNSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BEMIS...
JACKSON...FAIRVIEW AND SPRING CREEK.
.THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. THIS
STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG TO VIOLENT TORNADOES. IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY
.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 3566 8906 3555 8906 3558 8863 3580 8865
3579 8890
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS54 KMEG 152120
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
319 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005
TNC113-152145-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0046.000000T0000Z-051115T2145Z/
MADISON TN-
319 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM CST FOR MADISON
COUNTY...
AT 319 PM CST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD
NEAR MCKELLAR-SIPES REGIONAL AIRPORT. THIS TORNADO IS NOW LOCATED NEAR
ADAIR...OR ABOUT 11 MILES WEST OF JACKSON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55
MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
BEMIS...FAIRVIEW AND SPRING CREEK.
DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A
TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO SAFE
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER
YOUR HEAD.
LAT...LON 3566 8906 3555 8906 3558 8863 3580 8865
3579 8890
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 15, 5:00 AM CST | Wind Advisory | MEG | Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer, Fayette and 14 more | 13 hr |
| Nov 15, 11:46 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tipton | 29 min |
| Nov 15, 12:26 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Dyer, Lake | 34 min |
| Nov 15, 12:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 20 min |
| Nov 15, 12:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tipton | 30 min |
| Nov 15, 1:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 14 min |
| Nov 15, 1:09 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Crockett, Dyer, Gibson | 36 min |
| Nov 15, 1:12 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Obion | 8 min |
| Nov 15, 1:44 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Gibson | 16 min |
| Nov 15, 1:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tipton | 27 min |
| Nov 15, 2:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 28 min |
| Nov 15, 2:06 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Weakley | 24 min |
| Nov 15, 2:09 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Haywood | 36 min |
| Nov 15, 2:20 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Crockett, Gibson | 25 min |
| Nov 15, 2:22 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Henry | 38 min |
| Nov 15, 2:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 32 min |
| Nov 15, 2:36 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Madison | 24 min |
| Nov 15, 2:46 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Carroll | 44 min |
| Nov 15, 2:59 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Henry | 16 min |
| Nov 15, 3:02 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Madison | 13 min |
| Nov 15, 3:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 36 min |
| Nov 15, 3:28 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Carroll | 17 min |
| Nov 15, 3:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette | 26 min |
| Nov 15, 3:44 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Madison | 31 min |
| Nov 15, 3:52 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Hardin | 23 min |
| Nov 15, 3:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 31 min |
| Nov 15, 4:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll, Henderson | 35 min |
| Nov 15, 4:19 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Carroll, Henderson | 26 min |
| Nov 15, 4:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardeman | 21 min |
| Nov 15, 4:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Madison | 24 min |
| Nov 15, 4:39 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Tipton | 2 hr |
| Nov 15, 4:43 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Madison | 2 hr |
| Nov 15, 4:45 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Chester, Madison | 30 min |
| Nov 15, 4:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Hardeman | 18 min |
| Nov 15, 5:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Henderson | 23 min |
| Nov 15, 5:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Decatur | 21 min |
| Nov 15, 5:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardin, McNairy | 42 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.