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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 339, NWS Memphis, TN

May 20, 2006Decatur County, Henderson County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 20, 2006, 7:43 PM CDT for Decatur County, Henderson County, Tennessee. It was in force for 47 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 20, 2006, 7:43 PM CDT (00:43 UTC)
Expired: May 20, 2006, 8:30 PM CDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Decatur County, TN, Henderson County, TN

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 20, 6:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 20, 7:12 PM CDT, 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
712 PM CDT SAT MAY 20 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0643 PM     HAIL             LEXINGTON               35.65N 88.39W
05/20/2006  E0.88 INCH       HENDERSON          TN   AMATEUR RADIO

0644 PM     HAIL             LEXINGTON               35.65N 88.39W
05/20/2006  E1.75 INCH       HENDERSON          TN   PUBLIC

            GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED

0708 PM     HAIL             SCOTTS HILL             35.52N 88.25W
05/20/2006  E0.75 INCH       HENDERSON          TN   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

JFB

Local storm report, May 20, 7:14 PM CDT, 29 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
714 PM CDT SAT MAY 20 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0643 PM     HAIL             LEXINGTON               35.65N 88.39W
05/20/2006  E0.88 INCH       HENDERSON          TN   AMATEUR RADIO

0644 PM     HAIL             LEXINGTON               35.65N 88.39W
05/20/2006  E1.75 INCH       HENDERSON          TN   PUBLIC

            GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED

0708 PM     HAIL             SCOTTS HILL             35.52N 88.25W
05/20/2006  E0.75 INCH       HENDERSON          TN   EMERGENCY MNGR

0713 PM     HAIL             REAGAN                  35.52N 88.35W
05/20/2006  M0.88 INCH       HENDERSON          TN   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

JFB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 20, 7:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Decatur, Henderson	29 min
May 20, 7:46 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Decatur, Henderson	119 min
May 20, 8:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Carroll, Gibson, Weakley	49 min
May 20, 9:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lake	25 min
May 20, 9:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Carroll, Henderson	50 min
May 20, 9:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Obion	37 min
May 20, 10:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Decatur	40 min
May 20, 10:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Weakley	33 min
May 21, 12:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lake, Obion	29 min
May 21, 3:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Decatur, Henderson	45 min
May 21, 5:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lauderdale	44 min
May 21, 5:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Madison	39 min
May 21, 5:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chester, Henderson	31 min
May 21, 6:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Madison	41 min
May 21, 6:18 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Decatur, Henderson	3 hr
May 21, 6:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Henderson	46 min
May 21, 6:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chester	42 min
May 21, 6:44 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Madison	2 hr
May 20, 8:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Clay	39 min
May 20, 9:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Clay	29 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee, 2006 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2006

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.