Alert archive / Tennessee / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Apr 10, 2009, 10:02 AM CDT for Obion County, Tennessee. It was in force for 13 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
- Apr 10, 2009, 10:02 AM CDT (15:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 10, 2009, 10:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 13 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Obion County, TN
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 10:05 AM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 2 N Union City, TN | FUNNEL CLOUD SPOTTED BY PUBLIC OVER GOOD YEAR PLANT. PENNY HAIL FELL AFTER PASSAGE. |
| Apr 10, 10:05 AM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 2 N Union City, TN |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 8:53 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 201 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
- 106 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -162 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1192 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 326 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KMEG 101502
TORMEG
TNC131-101515-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0004.090410T1502Z-090410T1515Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1002 AM CDT FRI APR 10 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN OBION COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 1015 AM CDT
* AT 1002 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR UNION CITY...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SOUTH
FULTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
.IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
.THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN 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.
&&
LAT...LON 3650 8882 3648 8881 3646 8882 3640 8892
3641 8895 3638 8895 3631 8908 3647 8921
3650 8918 3651 8907
TIME...MOT...LOC 1502Z 233DEG 48KT 3645 8906
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS54 KMEG 101514
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1014 AM CDT FRI APR 10 2009
TNC131-101524-
/O.EXP.KMEG.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-090410T1515Z/
OBION TN-
1014 AM CDT FRI APR 10 2009
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN OBION COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
1015 AM CDT...
AT 1014 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
.STAY TUNED TO THIS BROADCAST FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND INFORMATION.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY...CALL 1 800 4 3 2 0 8 7 5.
LAT...LON 3650 8882 3648 8881 3646 8882 3640 8892
3641 8895 3638 8895 3631 8908 3647 8921
3650 8918 3651 8907
TIME...MOT...LOC 1514Z 233DEG 48KT 3655 8889
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 11:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Dyer, Lake, Lauderdale, Obion | 47 min |
| Apr 10, 12:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Lauderdale, Shelby, Tipton | 41 min |
| Apr 10, 12:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Dyer, Lake, Lauderdale, Obion | 49 min |
| Apr 10, 12:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Lauderdale, Shelby, Tipton | 37 min |
| Apr 10, 1:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll, Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Weakley | 28 min |
| Apr 10, 1:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardeman, McNairy | 54 min |
| Apr 10, 9:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll | 52 min |
| Apr 10, 9:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Obion, Weakley | 28 min |
| Apr 10, 9:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Hardeman, Shelby | 41 min |
| Apr 10, 9:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll, Henry | 39 min |
| Apr 10, 9:56 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Carroll, Henry | 49 min |
| Apr 10, 10:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll, Chester, Decatur, Henderson, Madison | 38 min |
| Apr 10, 10:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Hardeman | 48 min |
| Apr 10, 10:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Henry | 13 min |
| Apr 10, 10:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Decatur, Hardeman, Hardin, Henderson, McNairy | 54 min |
| Apr 10, 10:40 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Decatur | 3 hr |
| Apr 10, 11:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Decatur | 29 min |
| Apr 10, 11:07 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | McNairy | 53 min |
| Apr 10, 11:12 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Decatur, Hardin | 33 min |
| Apr 10, 11:19 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Hardin, McNairy | 41 min |
| Apr 10, 11:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardin, McNairy | 50 min |
| Apr 10, 11:47 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Hardin, McNairy | 43 min |
| Apr 10, 1:13 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | MEG | Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer, Fayette and 14 more | 6 hr |
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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.