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Tornado Warning 76, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Mar 18, 2008, 7:58 PM CDT for Dyer County, Lake County, Tennessee; Pemiscot County, Missouri. It was in force for 47 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 18, 2008, 7:58 PM CDT (00:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 18, 2008, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Pemiscot County, MO, Dyer County, TN, Lake County, TN
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 8:05 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 S Holland, MO | TRANFORMERS BLOWING UP...POSSIBLE TORNADO |
| Mar 18, 8:09 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 N Holland, MO | TORNADO REPORTED BETWEEN DENTON AND HOLLAND...NEAR HWYS 61 AND 164 |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 5:19 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 11 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 264 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1107 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 441 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 675 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KMEG 190058
TORMEG
MOC155-TNC045-095-190145-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0076.080319T0058Z-080319T0145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
758 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN DYER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE...
SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE...
SOUTHERN PEMISCOT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 845 PM CDT
* AT 758 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR STEELE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
HELOISE...CARUTHERSVILLE...COTTONWOOD GROVE...MISTON...RIDGELY AND
MILLSFIELD.
.IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
PENNY SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
MPH.
.THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS A STORM SHELTER. IF NO
STORM SHELTER 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 3628 8942 3624 8946 3622 8945 3621 8931
3615 8921 3599 8973 3600 8994 3611 8997
3632 8949
TIME...MOT...LOC 0058Z 239DEG 47KT 3608 8981
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KMEG 190117
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
815 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2008
MOC155-TNC045-095-190145-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0076.000000T0000Z-080319T0145Z/
PEMISCOT MO-LAKE TN-DYER TN-
815 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
DYER...SOUTHERN LAKE AND SOUTHERN PEMISCOT COUNTIES...
AT 815 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HELOISE...OR ABOUT
8 MILES SOUTH OF CARUTHERSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
COTTONWOOD GROVE...MISTON...RIDGELY AND MILLSFIELD.
.IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
PENNY SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF
80 MPH. THIS TORNADO HAS DESTROYED SOME TRANSFORMERS NEAR HOLLAND.
.THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER
A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
.IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
.STAY TUNED TO THIS BROADCAST FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND INFORMATION.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY...CALL 1 800 4 3 2 0 8 7 5.
LAT...LON 3628 8942 3624 8946 3622 8945 3621 8931
3615 8921 3599 8973 3600 8994 3611 8997
3632 8949
TIME...MOT...LOC 0115Z 251DEG 38KT 3608 8960
$$000
WWUS54 KMEG 190151
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
851 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2008
MOC155-TNC045-095-190201-
/O.EXP.KMEG.TO.W.0076.000000T0000Z-080319T0145Z/
PEMISCOT MO-LAKE TN-DYER TN-
851 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN DYER...SOUTHERN LAKE AND SOUTHERN
PEMISCOT COUNTIES HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...
AT 851 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA
AND WEAKENED. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE.
.A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.
LAT...LON 3628 8942 3624 8946 3622 8945 3621 8931
3615 8921 3599 8973 3600 8994 3611 8997
3632 8949
TIME...MOT...LOC 0117Z 251DEG 38KT 3608 8957
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crockett, Dyer, Lauderdale | 45 min |
| Mar 19, 12:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lauderdale, Tipton | 55 min |
| Mar 19, 12:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 44 min |
| Mar 19, 12:43 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Dyer, Lake, Obion | 6 hr |
| Mar 19, 12:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Haywood, Lauderdale, Tipton | 65 min |
| Mar 19, 12:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Shelby | 63 min |
| Mar 19, 1:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Henry, Obion, Weakley | 64 min |
| Mar 19, 1:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll, Crockett, Gibson, Henderson, Madison, Weakley | 55 min |
| Mar 19, 1:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Hardeman | 58 min |
| Mar 19, 2:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Fayette, Hardeman, Haywood, Henderson, Madison | 44 min |
| Mar 19, 2:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Hardeman, McNairy | 45 min |
| Mar 19, 8:12 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Lake | 4 hr |
| Mar 19, 10:36 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Decatur | 3 hr |
| Mar 19, 10:44 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Dyer, Lake | 34 days |
| Mar 19, 10:44 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Shelby, Tipton | 36 days |
| Mar 18, 7:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Dunklin, Pemiscot | 41 min |
| Mar 19, 12:44 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | MEG | Dunklin, Pemiscot | 6 hr |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.