Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2009
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 218, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 2009, 9:25 AM CDT for Obion County, Weakley County, Tennessee. It was in force for 37 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 15, 2009, 9:25 AM CDT (14:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 2009, 10:02 AM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Obion County, TN, Weakley County, TN
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:28 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 190 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
- 3093 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 630 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 137 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 134 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.4
- Supercell composite
- 9.9
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Memphis, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 15, 6:42 AM CDT, 2 hours 43 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 6:42 AM CDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 15, 6:13 AM CDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
613 AM CDT MON JUN 15 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0640 AM TSTM WND DMG FORREST CITY 35.01N 90.79W
06/14/2009 ST. FRANCIS AR EMERGENCY MNGR
ONE MOBILE HOME RECEIVED MAJOR DAMAGE. SEVERAL
OUTBUILDINGS DAMAGED ALONG WITH MINOR DAMAGE AT A LOCAL
CHURCH.
0640 AM TSTM WND DMG 4 NE FORREST CITY 35.06N 90.74W
06/14/2009 ST. FRANCIS AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST ST
FRANCIS COUNTY
0714 AM TSTM WND DMG CLARKSDALE 34.20N 90.58W
06/14/2009 COAHOMA MS LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN
0715 AM TSTM WND DMG 6 SW SOUTHAVEN 34.91N 90.07W
06/14/2009 DESOTO MS LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN IN THE SMALL TOWN OF WEST DAYS
0725 AM TSTM WND DMG SENATOBIA 34.62N 89.97W
06/14/2009 TATE MS LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN ALONG MARSH STREET IN TOWN
0727 AM FLASH FLOOD 4 S WYNNE 35.17N 90.79W
06/14/2009 CROSS AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
WATER CROSSING THE ROAD AT THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY
350 AND HIGHWAY 1.
0728 AM TSTM WND DMG 4 SSW LEWISBURG 34.81N 89.84W
06/14/2009 DESOTO MS LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN JUST WEST OF COCKRUM
0730 AM FLASH FLOOD TRUMANN 35.67N 90.52W
06/14/2009 POINSETT AR EMERGENCY MNGR
SEVERAL STREETS IN TOWN FLOODED
0817 AM TSTM WND GST 1 N OAKLAND 34.07N 89.91W
06/14/2009 E60.00 MPH YALOBUSHA MS PUBLIC
0840 AM TSTM WND DMG JUMPERTOWN 34.71N 88.66W
06/14/2009 PRENTISS MS LAW ENFORCEMENT
SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN TOWN
0847 AM TSTM WND DMG SELMER 35.17N 88.59W
06/14/2009 MCNAIRY TN LAW ENFORCEMENT
LARGE LIMBS DOWN IN TOWN
0900 AM TSTM WND DMG 2 NW CORINTH 34.96N 88.54W
06/14/2009 ALCORN MS LAW ENFORCEMENT
POWER LINES AND TREES DOWN
0910 AM TSTM WND DMG 4 NE CORINTH 34.98N 88.47W
06/14/2009 ALCORN MS LAW ENFORCEMENT
POWER LINES AND TREES DOWN
0910 AM TSTM WND DMG 4 S MIDWAY 34.68N 88.23W
06/14/2009 TISHOMINGO MS LAW ENFORCEMENT
POWER LINES DOWN
0920 AM TSTM WND DMG TUPELO 34.26N 88.73W
06/14/2009 LEE MS BROADCAST MEDIA
TREES DOWN IN TOWN
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JABSpecial weather statement, Jun 15, 9:21 AM CDT, 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 921 AM CDT MON JUN 15 2009 TNZ002-151500- OBION TN- 921 AM CDT MON JUN 15 2009 ...THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR... OBION COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL WAS LOCATED 3 MILES WEST OF TROY AT 921 AM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM IS INTENSIFYING AND COULD BECOME SEVERE RAPIDLY. PEOPLE IN OBION COUNTY...INCLUDING LOCATIONS NEAR UNION CITY...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CDT.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Benton, Tippah | 62 min |
| Jun 15, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Tishomingo | 62 min |
| Jun 15, 10:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll, Gibson | 38 min |
| Jun 15, 1:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll, Henry | 41 min |
| Jun 15, 2:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Dyer, Lauderdale | 48 min |
| Jun 15, 2:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Crockett, Dyer, Haywood, Lauderdale | 52 min |
| Jun 15, 3:07 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Lake | 3 hr |
| Jun 15, 3:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Decatur, Henderson, Madison | 39 min |
| Jun 15, 3:26 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Decatur | 3 hr |
| Jun 15, 3:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Crockett, Haywood | 33 min |
| Jun 15, 3:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Crockett, Gibson | 29 min |
| Jun 15, 3:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Lake | 3 hr |
| Jun 15, 3:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lake | 55 min |
| Jun 15, 3:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Decatur, Henderson | 49 min |
| Jun 15, 3:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Dyer, Lake, Lauderdale, Obion | 49 min |
| Jun 15, 3:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll, Crockett, Gibson, Haywood, Madison | 61 min |
| Jun 15, 4:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Chester, Crockett, Henderson, Madison | 53 min |
| Jun 15, 4:08 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Haywood and 5 more | 3 hr |
| Jun 15, 4:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Decatur, Hardin, Henderson | 50 min |
| Jun 15, 4:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Haywood, Lauderdale | 48 min |
| Jun 15, 4:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Dyer, Lauderdale | 48 min |
| Jun 15, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lauderdale, Tipton | 19 min |
| Jun 15, 5:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Decatur, Hardin | 15 min |
| Jun 15, 5:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crockett, Dyer, Haywood, Lauderdale, Madison, Tipton | 47 min |
| Jun 15, 5:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Haywood, Lauderdale, Tipton | 97 min |
| Jun 15, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crockett, Fayette, Hardeman, Haywood, Madison, Shelby and 1 more | 41 min |
| Jun 15, 5:37 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Fayette, Shelby | 87 min |
| Jun 15, 6:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Chester, Decatur, Hardeman, Hardin, Haywood, McNairy and 1 more | 2 hr |
| Jun 15, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardin | 20 min |
| Jun 15, 1:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Clay, Greene, Randolph | 40 min |
| Jun 15, 2:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Mississippi | 45 min |
| Jun 15, 2:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Clay, Greene | 45 min |
| Jun 15, 2:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Clay, Greene | 39 min |
| Jun 15, 2:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Randolph | 46 min |
| Jun 15, 2:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Clay, Greene | 42 min |
| Jun 15, 2:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Clay, Randolph | 50 min |
| Jun 15, 3:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Clay | 46 min |
| Jun 15, 3:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Clay, Greene, Randolph | 43 min |
| Jun 15, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Clay, Greene, Lawrence, Randolph | 30 min |
| Jun 15, 4:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Clay, Craighead, Greene, Lawrence, Randolph | 39 min |
| Jun 15, 4:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Craighead, Greene, Lawrence, Mississippi | 2 hr |
| Jun 15, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Craighead, Poinsett | 50 min |
| Jun 15, 5:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Craighead, Poinsett | 36 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee, 2009Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2009
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.