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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Memphis, TN

March 9, 2006Weakley County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Mar 9, 2006, 9:42 AM CST for Weakley County, Tennessee. It was in force for 33 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 9, 2006, 9:42 AM CST (15:42 UTC)
Expired
Mar 9, 2006, 10:15 AM CST
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Weakley County, TN

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:44 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
Mar 9, 6:52 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 201 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2006-03-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2006-03-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 271 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
804 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
271 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
287 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 091542
TORMEG
TNC183-091615-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0004.060309T1542Z-060309T1615Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
942 AM CST THU MAR 9 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WEAKLEY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE

* UNTIL 1015 AM CST

* AT 938 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF MARTIN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CRONANVILLE
  AND LATHAM.

.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.

LAT...LON 3640 8896 3629 8887 3637 8873 3649 8859
      3650 8881 3641 8882

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 9, 7:31 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLake, Obion44 min
Mar 9, 8:41 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGDyer, Lake, Obion49 min
Mar 9, 8:42 AM CSTWind AdvisoryMEGCarroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer, Fayette and 14 more7 hr
Mar 9, 9:01 AM CSTTornado WarningMEGObion29 min
Mar 9, 9:32 AM CSTTornado WarningMEGObion28 min
Mar 9, 9:56 AM CSTTornado WarningMEGObion25 min
Mar 9, 12:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGShelby, Tipton45 min
Mar 9, 12:17 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningMEGShelby118 min
Mar 9, 12:24 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGDyer, Lauderdale36 min
Mar 9, 12:32 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLake43 min
Mar 9, 12:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGDyer, Lauderdale, Shelby, Tipton46 min
Mar 9, 1:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGFayette, Haywood40 min
Mar 9, 1:07 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGObion38 min
Mar 9, 1:20 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCrockett40 min
Mar 9, 1:35 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGGibson40 min
Mar 9, 1:43 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGFayette, Hardeman47 min
Mar 9, 2:07 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGMcNairy38 min
Mar 9, 2:12 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCrockett, Haywood39 min
Mar 9, 2:26 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHenry, Weakley41 min
Mar 9, 2:28 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGHardin47 min
Mar 9, 2:39 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGChester, Madison24 min
Mar 9, 3:14 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHardin16 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.