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Tornado Warning 49, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Apr 7, 2006, 12:28 PM CDT for Fayette County, Tennessee. It was in force for 11 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
- Apr 7, 2006, 12:28 PM CDT (17:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 7, 2006, 12:39 PM CDT
- In force
- 11 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Fayette County, TN
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:28 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 7, 10:20 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 74 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1512 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 637 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 80 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 253 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 276 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.5
- Supercell composite
- 9.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KMEG 071728 TORMEG TNC047-071745- /O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0049.060407T1728Z-060407T1745Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1228 PM CDT FRI APR 7 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE * UNTIL 1245 PM CDT * AT 1224 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO NEAR SOMERVILLE...OR ABOUT 17 MILES WEST OF BOLIVAR... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY. .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 3525 8938 3509 8929 3511 8921 3535 8918 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS54 KMEG 071739 SVSMEG SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1239 PM CDT FRI APR 7 2006 TNC047-071749- /O.CAN.KMEG.TO.W.0049.000000T0000Z-060407T1745Z/ FAYETTE TN- 1239 PM CDT FRI APR 7 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR FAYETTE COUNTY IS CANCELLED... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAD WEAKENED OR MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 3525 8938 3509 8929 3511 8921 3535 8918 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 8:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 28 min |
| Apr 7, 8:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette | 32 min |
| Apr 7, 9:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Haywood, Tipton | 36 min |
| Apr 7, 9:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crockett, Madison | 21 min |
| Apr 7, 9:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Gibson | 26 min |
| Apr 7, 9:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll | 36 min |
| Apr 7, 10:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Henry, Weakley | 40 min |
| Apr 7, 10:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Haywood, Tipton | 34 min |
| Apr 7, 10:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crockett | 23 min |
| Apr 7, 11:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Gibson | 24 min |
| Apr 7, 11:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 41 min |
| Apr 7, 11:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Weakley | 32 min |
| Apr 7, 11:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette | 48 min |
| Apr 7, 11:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll, Henry | 48 min |
| Apr 7, 11:45 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Shelby | 19 min |
| Apr 7, 11:53 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Fayette | 37 min |
| Apr 7, 11:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Haywood, Tipton | 31 min |
| Apr 7, 12:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Carroll, Henry | 30 min |
| Apr 7, 12:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Hardeman | 45 min |
| Apr 7, 12:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crockett | 25 min |
| Apr 7, 12:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll, Henry | 31 min |
| Apr 7, 12:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Haywood | 14 min |
| Apr 7, 12:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Gibson | 24 min |
| Apr 7, 12:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Carroll | 19 min |
| Apr 7, 12:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Chester, McNairy | 50 min |
| Apr 7, 12:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Weakley | 34 min |
| Apr 7, 1:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Hardeman | 8 min |
| Apr 7, 1:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll | 24 min |
| Apr 7, 1:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Henry | 30 min |
| Apr 7, 1:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Carroll, Henderson | 26 min |
| Apr 7, 1:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Decatur, Hardin | 32 min |
| Apr 7, 1:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Decatur | 12 min |
| Apr 7, 2:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Madison | 27 min |
| Apr 7, 3:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Henderson | 41 min |
| Apr 7, 3:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Henderson | 35 min |
| Apr 7, 3:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Decatur | 35 min |
| Apr 7, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll | 15 min |
| Apr 7, 4:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardin | 26 min |
| Apr 7, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardin | 31 min |
| Apr 7, 6:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardeman | 27 min |
| Apr 7, 6:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette | 35 min |
| Apr 7, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardeman | 36 min |
| Apr 7, 6:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester | 34 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.