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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 93, NWS Memphis, TN

April 2, 2006Lauderdale County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 2, 2006, 9:10 PM CDT for Lauderdale County, Tennessee. It was in force for 35 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: Apr 2, 2006, 9:10 PM CDT (02:10 UTC)
Expired: Apr 2, 2006, 9:45 PM CDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Lauderdale County, TN

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:10 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
Apr 2, 4:40 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 107 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: 2530 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -32 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1375 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 182 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 253 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 2.1
Supercell composite: 14.4

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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 Apr 2, 2:03 PM CDT, 7 hours 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 2, 2:03 PM CDT, 7 hours 7 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
203 PM CDT SUN APR 2 2006

.DISCUSSION...

INITIAL UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE IS MOVING THROUGH THE MIDSOUTH AT
THIS TIME. A BATCH OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS (BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS) ARE MOVING THROUGH THE REGION. MORNING CLOUD COVER AND
ADDITIONAL DEBRIS WITH THE CLUSTER HAVE SEVERELY LIMITED
INSTABILITY THIS AFTERNOON. WATER VAPOR SHOWS THAT THE INITIAL
SHORTWAVE HAS SCOURED OUT A GOOD DEAL OF THE DEEPER MOISTURE
LEAVING ONLY NEAR SURFACE MOISTURE FOR THE FRONT TO WORK WITH AS
IT COMES THROUGH TONIGHT. NAM APPEARS TO HAVE THE BEST HANDLE ON
THE SITUATION WHICH INDICATE THAT RAIN CHANCES ARE REALLY LOW
BECAUSE OF LACK OF DEEP MOISTURE. HOWEVER...IF A STORM OR TWO WERE
TO DEVELOP THERE IS PLENTY OF SHEAR IN PLACE. ASSUMING ADDITIONAL
HEATING BEHIND THE INITIAL CLUSTER...CAPES OF AROUND 1000-
1500J/KG. SO...AN ISOLATED TORNADO AND LARGE HAIL REMAIN A THREAT
IF CONVECTION COULD DEVELOP.

HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION AND PROVIDE DRY AND COOLER
WEATHER THROUGH MIDWEEK. LOW DEW POINTS WILL FILTER INTO THE
REGION. AS A RESULT...THERE IS A CHANCE FOR SOME FREEZING TEMPS IN
THE OUTLYING AREAS OF WEST TN AND NORTHEAST MS TUESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY MORNINGS IF WINDS SLACKEN OFF ENOUGH AT NIGHT. GFS
CONTINUES TO SHOW AN UPPER DISTURBANCE TRYING TO MOVE OVER THE
RIDGE AXIS POSITIONED JUST WEST OF THE REGION ON WEDNESDAY. UPPER
LEVEL SUBSIDENCE DUE TO THE RIDGE COMBINED WITH LOW LEVEL DRY AIR
SHOULD KEEP THE AREA DRY. RAIN CHANCES RISE ONCE AGAIN TOWARDS THE
WEEKEND AS ANOTHER SYSTEM ROLLS INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS. SYSTEM
LOOKS VERY SIMILAR TO CURRENT ONE AND MAY HAVE A SEVERE WEATHER
THREAT ASSOCIATED WITH IT.

&&

.MEG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...NONE.
MO...NONE.
MS...NONE.
TN...NONE.
&&

VALLE

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 2, 4:46 PM CDT, 4 hours 24 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
446 PM CDT SUN APR 2 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>092-040000-
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-
446 PM CDT SUN APR 2 2006

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL AND
PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST ARKANSAS UNTIL 9 PM CDT. ALSO...ANOTHER
TORNADO WATCH COVERING THE REMAINDER OF THE MID SOUTH IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT.

A VERY STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE MID SOUTH TONIGHT.
ANY THUNDERSTORMS WHICH DEVELOP IN THE WARM...MOIST...UNSTABLE AIR
HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE RAPIDLY. THE SEVERE WEATHER
THREATS ARE LARGE HAIL DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

PATCHY FROST IS POSSIBLE ACROSS PARTS OF WEST TENNESSEE TUESDAY
AND WEDNESDAY MORNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED THIS EVENING. SPOTTERS PLEASE
RELAY YOUR REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 2, 8:30 PM CDT, 40 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
830 PM CDT SUN APR 02 2006

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

0807 PM     TORNADO          MILLSFIELD              36.15N 89.38W
04/02/2006                   DYER               TN   AMATEUR RADIO

            HOMES DESTROYED WITH INJURIES REPORTED.

&&

CJC

Local storm report, Apr 2, 8:37 PM CDT, 33 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 2, 9:04 PM CDT, 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
904 PM CDT SUN APR 02 2006

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

0800 PM     HAIL             DOWNTOWN MEMPHIS        35.13N 90.05W
04/02/2006  E1.75 INCH       SHELBY             TN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED ONE HALF MILE EAST OF HWY 51
            ON STAGE RD.

&&

CJC

Local storm report, Apr 2, 9:06 PM CDT, 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
906 PM CDT SUN APR 02 2006

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

0829 PM     HAIL             JOINER                  35.51N 90.15W
04/02/2006  E1.00 INCH       MISSISSIPPI        AR   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

CJC

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 2, 7:17 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Dyer, Lake	43 min
Apr 2, 7:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Obion	44 min
Apr 2, 7:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Shelby	31 min
Apr 2, 7:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Gibson	50 min
Apr 2, 7:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Lake	29 min
Apr 2, 7:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Dyer	17 min
Apr 2, 8:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Hardin, McNairy	25 min
Apr 2, 8:05 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Shelby	25 min
Apr 2, 8:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Obion	34 min
Apr 2, 8:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Carroll, Weakley	54 min
Apr 2, 8:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Fayette, Shelby	20 min
Apr 2, 8:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Hardin	28 min
Apr 2, 8:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Gibson	35 min
Apr 2, 9:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Tipton	24 min
Apr 2, 9:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Carroll	41 min
Apr 2, 9:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Haywood, Tipton	40 min
Apr 2, 9:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lauderdale	33 min
Apr 2, 9:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Dyer	41 min
Apr 2, 10:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Haywood	45 min
Apr 2, 10:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Haywood	39 min
Apr 2, 10:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Tipton	44 min
Apr 2, 10:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Weakley	25 min
Apr 2, 10:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Madison	33 min
Apr 2, 10:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Henry	45 min
Apr 2, 10:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Dyer	28 min
Apr 2, 10:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Shelby	27 min
Apr 2, 10:49 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Madison	26 min
Apr 2, 10:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Crockett, Gibson	39 min
Apr 2, 10:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Carroll, Henry	32 min
Apr 2, 10:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Fayette, Haywood	31 min
Apr 2, 11:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Madison	15 min
Apr 2, 11:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Fayette	23 min
Apr 2, 11:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chester, Henderson	35 min
Apr 2, 11:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Hardeman, Madison	27 min
Apr 2, 11:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Decatur	34 min
Apr 2, 11:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chester, Hardeman, Hardin, McNairy	62 min
Apr 3, 12:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Haywood	12 min
Apr 3, 12:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Madison	38 min
Apr 3, 12:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Hardin	33 min
Apr 2, 11:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	DeSoto, Tunica	36 min
Apr 2, 11:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Tate	23 min
Apr 2, 11:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Tate	47 min
Apr 2, 11:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Tunica	47 min
Apr 3, 12:05 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Marshall, Tate	40 min
Apr 3, 12:46 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Coahoma	44 min
Apr 3, 12:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Benton, Tippah, Union	39 min
Apr 3, 1:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Panola, Quitman	30 min
Apr 2, 7:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Cross, St. Francis	28 min
Apr 2, 7:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Crittenden	29 min
Apr 2, 7:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Crittenden	31 min
Apr 2, 8:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Mississippi, Poinsett	36 min
Apr 2, 8:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Mississippi	34 min
Apr 2, 9:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Poinsett	34 min
Apr 2, 9:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Mississippi	50 min
Apr 2, 10:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Crittenden	19 min
Apr 2, 10:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	St. Francis	51 min
Apr 2, 11:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lee	42 min
Apr 2, 11:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Phillips	48 min
Apr 3, 12:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Phillips	37 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.