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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 360, NWS Memphis, TN

May 25, 2006Lake County, Obion County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2006, 8:36 PM CDT for Lake County, Obion County, Tennessee. It was in force for 54 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 25, 2006, 8:36 PM CDT (01:36 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 2006, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Lake County, TN, Obion County, TN

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:37 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 25, 5:16 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 178 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 00:00Z on 2006-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3271 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 00:00Z on 2006-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 36 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
3271 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1370 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
46 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
2.8

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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 25, 3:19 PM CDT, 5 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 25, 3:19 PM CDT, 5 hours 17 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 25, 5:20 PM CDT, 3 hours 16 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
520 PM CDT THU MAY 25 2006

ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-
MSZ001>017-020>024-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092-262315-
ALCORN-BENTON(MS)-CALHOUN-CARROLL-CHESTER-CHICKASAW-CLAY-COAHOMA-
CRAIGHEAD-CRITTENDEN-CROCKETT-CROSS-DESOTO-DECATUR-DUNKLIN-DYER-
FAYETTE-GIBSON-GREENE-HARDEMAN-HARDIN-HAYWOOD-HENDERSON-HENRY-
ITAWAMBA-LAFAYETTE-LAKE-LAUDERDALE-LAWRENCE-LEE(AR)-LEE(MS)-
MADISON-MARSHALL-MCNAIRY-MISSISSIPPI-MONROE-OBION-PANOLA-PEMISCOT-
PHILLIPS-POINSETT-PONTOTOC-PRENTISS-QUITMAN-RANDOLPH-SHELBY-
ST. FRANCIS-TALLAHATCHIE-TATE-TIPPAH-TIPTON-TISHOMINGO-TUNICA-
UNION-WEAKLEY-YALOBUSHA-
520 PM CDT THU MAY 25 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST ARKANSAS...
THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...AND WEST TENNESSEE.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHERN
PORTIONS OF THE MID SOUTH THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. THE GREATEST
THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE NORTH OF A LINE FROM WALNUT RIDGE
ARKANSAS...TO DYERSBURG TENNESSEE TO DECATURVILLE TENNESSEE. THE
MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL
BE DAMAGING WINDS. HOWEVER...ISOLATED LARGE HAIL WILL ALSO POSSIBLE
AND A TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE MISSOURI
BOOTHEEL AND NORTHERN WEST TENNESSEE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...AND LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS WILL
BE NEEDED ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE MID SOUTH THIS EVENING AND
TONIGHT.

SJM

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 25, 3:46 PM CDT, 4 hours 50 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 9:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLake, Obion62 min
May 25, 10:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGObion, Weakley47 min
May 25, 11:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHenry, Weakley50 min
May 25, 11:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGObion25 min
May 25, 11:28 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGObion2 hr
May 25, 11:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGObion44 min
May 25, 11:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCarroll41 min
May 26, 12:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGWeakley51 min
May 26, 12:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGObion29 min
May 26, 12:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGGibson28 min
May 26, 1:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGDyer25 min
May 26, 1:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGGibson39 min
May 26, 1:28 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGGibson32 min
May 26, 1:30 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGObion2 hr
May 26, 2:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGDyer43 min
May 26, 2:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHenderson, Madison46 min
May 26, 2:33 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGCarroll, Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Henderson, Madison117 min
May 26, 2:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGChester50 min
May 26, 2:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLauderdale19 min
May 26, 2:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCrockett, Haywood28 min
May 26, 3:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMadison25 min
May 26, 3:24 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGObion3 hr
May 26, 3:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGChester33 min
May 26, 3:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMcNairy34 min
May 26, 4:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGDyer70 min
May 26, 5:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHenry29 min
May 26, 6:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGGibson22 min
May 26, 6:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGObion32 min
May 26, 6:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGGreene25 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.