Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 10, 2008, 1:01 PM CST for Decatur County, Hardin County, Tennessee. It was in force for 29 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
- Jan 10, 2008, 1:01 PM CST (19:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 10, 2008, 1:30 PM CST
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Decatur County, TN, Hardin County, TN
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 161 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:03 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 10, 7:46 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 156 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
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -63 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 589 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 155 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 170 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS54 KMEG 101901
SVRMEG
TNC039-071-101930-
/O.NEW.KMEG.SV.W.0021.080110T1901Z-080110T1930Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
101 PM CST THU JAN 10 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN DECATUR COUNTY IN TENNESSEE...
NORTHWESTERN HARDIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 130 PM CST
* AT 101 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING BASEBALL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES EAST OF
MORRIS CHAPEL...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTH OF SAVANNAH...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
SALTILLO..
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS
.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 3553 8798 3547 8799 3546 8802 3543 8799
3541 8800 3522 8831 3532 8838 3535 8836
3559 8801
TIME...MOT...LOC 1901Z 227DEG 48KT 3534 8822
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KMEG 101916
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
116 PM CST THU JAN 10 2008
TNC039-071-101930-
/O.CON.KMEG.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-080110T1930Z/
DECATUR TN-HARDIN TN-
116 PM CST THU JAN 10 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 PM CST
FOR EXTREME NORTHEASTERN HARDIN AND SOUTHEASTERN DECATUR COUNTIES...
AT 116 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER
HARDIN COUNTY...OR ABOUT 17 MILES NORTHEAST OF SAVANNAH...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS
OF THE INDICATED COUNTY..
.A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
.STAY TUNED TO THIS BROADCAST FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND INFORMATION.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY...CALL 1 800 4 3 2 0 8 7 5.
LAT...LON 3553 8798 3547 8799 3546 8802 3543 8800
3541 8800 3537 8816 3539 8818 3553 8799
TIME...MOT...LOC 1916Z 227DEG 48KT 3545 8801
$$000
WWUS54 KMEG 101931
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
131 PM CST THU JAN 10 2008
TNC039-071-101941-
/O.EXP.KMEG.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-080110T1930Z/
DECATUR TN-HARDIN TN-
131 PM CST THU JAN 10 2008
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EXTREME NORTHEASTERN HARDIN
AND SOUTHEASTERN DECATUR COUNTIES HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...
AT 131 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE.
.A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.
LAT...LON 3553 8798 3547 8799 3546 8802 3543 8800
3541 8800 3537 8816 3539 8818 3553 8799
TIME...MOT...LOC 1916Z 227DEG 48KT 3545 8801
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 10, 9:24 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Fayette | 51 min |
| Jan 10, 9:34 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Fayette, Shelby | 116 min |
| Jan 10, 9:55 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Hardeman, McNairy | 50 min |
| Jan 10, 10:24 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll, Henderson | 36 min |
| Jan 10, 10:32 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Madison | 28 min |
| Jan 10, 10:37 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Decatur | 23 min |
| Jan 10, 12:22 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Hardin, McNairy | 38 min |
| Jan 10, 12:49 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Madison | 116 min |
| Jan 10, 12:59 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Hardin | 31 min |
| Jan 10, 1:08 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Decatur, Hardin, McNairy | 2 hr |
| Jan 10, 2:02 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Carroll, Gibson | 88 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.