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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Memphis, TN

January 8, 2008Gibson County, Obion County, Weakley County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Jan 8, 2008, 3:46 PM CST for Gibson County, Obion County, Weakley County, Tennessee. It was in force for 44 min. 1 report 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: Jan 8, 2008, 3:46 PM CST (21:46 UTC)
Expired: Jan 8, 2008, 4:30 PM CST
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Gibson County, TN, Obion County, TN, Weakley County, TN

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:45 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
Jan 8, 4:30 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	Dresden, TN	TREES DOWN.

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
Jan 8, 1:26 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 195 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: 181 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -66 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 709 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 466 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 474 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.5
Supercell composite: 5.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS54 KMEG 082147
TORMEG
TNC053-131-183-082230-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0008.080108T2146Z-080108T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
346 PM CST TUE JAN 8 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL GIBSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE...
  SOUTHEASTERN OBION COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE...
  WEAKLEY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 430 PM CST

* AT 346 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR RUTHERFORD...OR ABOUT
  14 MILES NORTH OF TRENTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  GREENFIELD...SHARON...MARTIN...DRESDEN...GLEASON...CRONANVILLE AND
  LATHAM.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND A 
TORNADO.

.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 3614 8854 3604 8899 3620 8912 3652 8879
      3651 8877 3651 8865
TIME...MOT...LOC 2146Z 236DEG 45KT 3618 8896

$$

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KMEG 082211
SVSMEG

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
411 PM CST TUE JAN 8 2008

TNC053-131-082221-
/O.CAN.KMEG.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-080108T2230Z/
GIBSON TN-OBION TN-
411 PM CST TUE JAN 8 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN OBION AND NORTH CENTRAL
GIBSON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

AT 411 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE 
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA 
...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. 
THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING IS CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3651 8865 3633 8860 3629 8858 3628 8873
      3642 8877 3650 8879 3651 8877
TIME...MOT...LOC 2211Z 236DEG 45KT 3635 8864

$$

TNC183-082230-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-080108T2230Z/
WEAKLEY TN-
411 PM CST TUE JAN 8 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CST FOR NORTH
CENTRAL WEAKLEY COUNTY...

AT 411 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
CRONANVILLE...OR ABOUT 12 MILES EAST OF MARTIN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
50 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE
INDICATED COUNTY..

LAT...LON 3651 8865 3633 8860 3629 8858 3628 8873
      3642 8877 3650 8879 3651 8877
TIME...MOT...LOC 2211Z 236DEG 45KT 3635 8864

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 7, 9:18 PM CST	Wind Advisory	MEG	Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer, Fayette and 14 more	25 hr
Jan 8, 2:10 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Shelby	65 min
Jan 8, 2:10 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Lauderdale, Tipton	50 min
Jan 8, 2:47 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Dyer, Lauderdale	43 min
Jan 8, 3:09 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Fayette, Haywood, Shelby, Tipton	51 min
Jan 8, 3:21 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Dyer, Gibson, Obion, Weakley	24 min
Jan 8, 3:33 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Shelby	3 hr
Jan 8, 4:07 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chester, Haywood, Madison	38 min
Jan 8, 4:23 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Henry, Weakley	22 min
Jan 8, 4:42 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Carroll, Henderson, Madison	48 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.