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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 356, NWS Memphis, TN

May 21, 2006Chester County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 21, 2006, 6:38 PM CDT for Chester County, Tennessee. It was in force for 42 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 21, 2006, 6:38 PM CDT (23:38 UTC)
Expired: May 21, 2006, 7:20 PM CDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Chester County, TN

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 21, 3:35 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.

NWS Memphis, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 21, 2:50 PM CDT, 3 hours 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 21, 2:50 PM CDT, 3 hours 48 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 21, 3:12 PM CDT, 3 hours 26 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 21, 3:34 PM CDT, 3 hours 4 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
334 PM CDT SUN MAY 21 2006

TNZ054-055-212100-
DECATUR TN-HENDERSON TN-
334 PM CDT SUN MAY 21 2006

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR...DECATUR AND HENDERSON
COUNTIES.

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND
40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF REAGAN AT 334 PM
CDT...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

THIS STORM IS INTENSIFYING AND COULD BECOME SEVERE.

PEOPLE IN DECATUR AND HENDERSON COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM
CLOSELY.

Local storm report, May 21, 4:02 PM CDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
402 PM CDT SUN MAY 21 2006

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

0354 PM     HAIL             SCOTTS HILL             35.52N 88.25W
05/21/2006  E0.75 INCH       HENDERSON          TN   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

JFB

Local storm report, May 21, 4:09 PM CDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 21, 5:49 PM CDT, 49 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
549 PM CDT SUN MAY 21 2006

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

0354 PM     HAIL             2 E SCOTTS HILL         35.52N 88.21W
05/21/2006  E0.75 INCH       DECATUR            TN   TRAINED SPOTTER

0354 PM     HAIL             SCOTTS HILL             35.52N 88.25W
05/21/2006  E0.75 INCH       HENDERSON          TN   TRAINED SPOTTER

0547 PM     HAIL             2 NE EDITH              35.87N 89.52W
05/21/2006  E0.75 INCH       LAUDERDALE         TN   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

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, 7:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Decatur, Henderson	47 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, 6:44 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.