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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 430, NWS Memphis, TN

October 30, 2009Henry County, Weakley County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 30, 2009, 12:01 PM CDT for Henry County, Weakley 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
Oct 30, 2009, 12:01 PM CDT (17:01 UTC)
Expired
Oct 30, 2009, 12:30 PM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Henry County, TN, Weakley County, TN

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 168 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2009-10-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2009-10-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 425 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
849 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
425 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
450 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KMEG 301701
SVRMEG
TNC079-183-301730-
/O.NEW.KMEG.SV.W.0430.091030T1701Z-091030T1730Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1201 PM CDT FRI OCT 30 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN HENRY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE...
  NORTHEASTERN WEAKLEY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 1230 PM CDT

* AT 1201 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. 
  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR COTTAGE GROVE...OR 13 MILES NORTH OF
  MCKENZIE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO RURAL AREAS
  OF NORTHEASTERN WEAKLEY AND NORTHWESTERN HENRY COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

.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 3649 8829 3619 8850 3627 8870 3651 8857
      3650 8829
TIME...MOT...LOC 1701Z 207DEG 51KT 3632 8854

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS54 KMEG 301729
SVSMEG

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1229 PM CDT FRI OCT 30 2009

TNC079-183-301739-
/O.EXP.KMEG.SV.W.0430.000000T0000Z-091030T1730Z/
HENRY TN-WEAKLEY TN-
1229 PM CDT FRI OCT 30 2009

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN WEAKLEY AND
NORTHWESTERN HENRY COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1230 PM CDT...

AT 1229 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA
AND WEAKENED. THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL BE
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PURYEAR...
  MATHENY GROVE...ORE SPRINGS...MILL CREEK...JONES MILL...FOUNDRY
  HILL...OSAGE AND COMO.

.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 3649 8829 3619 8850 3627 8870 3651 8857
      3650 8829
TIME...MOT...LOC 1729Z 207DEG 51KT 3667 8831

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 29, 10:16 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMEGCrockett, Dyer, Lauderdale36 hr
Oct 30, 2:19 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGShelby12 hr
Oct 30, 2:36 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGDyer, Lake, Lauderdale, Tipton12 hr
Oct 30, 3:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLake, Obion37 min
Oct 30, 11:01 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMEGDyer, Lake, Lauderdale5 days
Oct 30, 2:15 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGDecatur2 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.