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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Memphis, TN

March 22, 2005Shelby County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Mar 22, 2005, 5:23 PM CST for Shelby County, Tennessee. It was in force for 37 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, 5:23 PM CST (23:23 UTC)
Expired: Mar 22, 2005, 6:00 PM CST
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Shelby County, TN

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:24 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Mar 22, 12:55 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 29 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: 6 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -170 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 770 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 222323
TORMEG
TNC157-230000-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0007.050322T2323Z-050323T0000Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SHELBY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE

* UNTIL 600 PM CST

* AT 519 PM CST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 6 
MILES SOUTH OF GERMANTOWN...OR ABOUT NEAR OLIVE BRANCH...MOVING 
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

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

.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.

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 3501 8990 3501 8973 3501 8965 3519 8965

$$

1 follow-up statement

000
WWUS54 KMEG 222345
SVSMEG

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

TNC157-222355-
/O.CAN.KMEG.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-050323T0000Z/
SHELBY TN-
545 PM CST TUE MAR 22 2005

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

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

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 3501 8990 3501 8973 3501 8965 3519 8965

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 22, 4:51 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Shelby	24 min
Mar 22, 5:33 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Madison	27 min
Mar 22, 5:33 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Madison	27 min
Mar 22, 5:37 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Crockett, Gibson	38 min
Mar 22, 5:45 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Lauderdale	30 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.