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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 182, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 2010, 5:35 PM CDT for 4 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 34 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
- May 14, 2010, 5:35 PM CDT (22:35 UTC)
- Expired
- May 14, 2010, 6:09 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Chester County, TN, Henderson County, TN, Madison County, TN, McNairy County, TN
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 1:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 142 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
- 2439 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 672 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 2.2
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 May 14, 3:51 PM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 14, 3:51 PM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 351 PM CDT FRI MAY 14 2010 .DISCUSSION... A STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDS ACROSS OUR CWA JUST NORTHWEST OF MEMPHIS AND JACKSON. THIS BOUNDARY HAS BEEN THE FOCUS AREA FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON WITH A FEW STORMS CONTAINING LARGE HAIL. EXPECT THE SEVERE STORM POTENTIAL TO CONTINUE DURING THE MAX HEATING OF THE DAY ALONG THE BOUNDARY WHERE INSTABILITY IS HIGH. THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL WILL REMAIN HIGH THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS A SERIES OF SHORTWAVES MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. THE STATIONARY BOUNDARY WILL EVENTUALLY MOVE NORTHWARD INTO MISSOURI AND KENTUCKY ON SATURDAY. THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL EVENTUALLY COME TO AN END MONDAY NIGHT AS BOUNDARY MOVES THROUGH AS A COLD FRONT. THE REST OF THE FORECAST PERIOD WILL BE A LITTLE COOLER AND DRIER BUT A RETURN FLOW MAY WARRANT LOW CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN LATER FORECASTS IF NEEDED. SWC && .AVIATION... 18Z TAFS TSRA TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ALONG THE I40 CORRIDOR ALL AFTERNOON. DEVELOPMENT LINE TO MOVE SOUTH AS AFTERNOON PROGRESSES. WINDS OUT OF SW UNTIL FROPA...THEN NORTHERLY WIND ARE ON THE DOCKET. LITTLE OR NO IMPROVEMENT IN CIGS THIS AFTERNOON. SOME BR IN MKL/TUP LATE TNGT. WER && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... MEM 69 83 67 83 / 50 50 40 60 MKL 65 81 64 81 / 40 50 40 60 JBR 63 79 64 81 / 50 50 40 60 TUP 69 85 67 85 / 30 40 30 60 && .MEG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. MO...NONE. MS...NONE. TN...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, May 14, 5:23 PM CDT, 12 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 523 PM CDT FRI MAY 14 2010 ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115- MSZ001>017-020>024-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092-151115- ALCORN-BENTON MS-CALHOUN-CARROLL-CHESTER-CHICKASAW-CLAY-COAHOMA- CRAIGHEAD-CRITTENDEN-CROCKETT-CROSS-DESOTO-DECATUR-DUNKLIN-DYER- FAYETTE-GIBSON-GREENE-HARDEMAN-HARDIN-HAYWOOD-HENDERSON-HENRY- ITAWAMBA-LAFAYETTE-LAKE-LAUDERDALE-LAWRENCE-LEE AR-LEE MS-MADISON- MARSHALL-MCNAIRY-MISSISSIPPI-MONROE-OBION-PANOLA-PEMISCOT- PHILLIPS-POINSETT-PONTOTOC-PRENTISS-QUITMAN-RANDOLPH-SHELBY- ST. FRANCIS-TALLAHATCHIE-TATE-TIPPAH-TIPTON-TISHOMINGO-TUNICA- UNION-WEAKLEY-YALOBUSHA- 523 PM CDT FRI MAY 14 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST ARKANSAS... THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...AND WEST TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER NORTH OF A BOONEVILLE MISSISSIPPI TO CLARKSDALE MISSISSIPPI LINE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. A COLD FRONT WILL STALL OVER THE AREA TONIGHT AND INTERACT WITH A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL AS THE MAIN THREAT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS LIKELY WITH FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE AS A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES INTERACTS WITH A WARM...MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS ACROSS THE MID SOUTH. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS WITH ANY STORMS THAT BECOME SEVERE. ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE THROUGH MONDAY WHICH COULD RESULT IN SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED AT TIMES FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THIS WEEKEND. BORGHOFF
In the hours before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 459 PM CDT FRI MAY 14 2010 TNZ089-090-142230- FAYETTE TN-HARDEMAN TN- 459 PM CDT FRI MAY 14 2010 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR... EASTERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE... WEST CENTRAL HARDEMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL OR LARGER AND WINDS AT LEAST 40 MPH WAS LOCATED 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WHITEVILLE AT 500 PM CDT...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. PEOPLE IN FAYETTE AND HARDEMAN COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. .A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ADVISORY AREA.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 8:15 PM CDT | River Flood Advisory | MEG | Shelby | 4 days |
| May 13, 8:43 PM CDT | River Flood Advisory | MEG | Hardin | 13 hr |
| May 14, 12:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Decatur | 8 hr |
| May 14, 12:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Henry | 47 min |
| May 14, 12:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Henry, Weakley | 31 min |
| May 14, 12:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lauderdale | 27 min |
| May 14, 12:53 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Carroll, Gibson, Henry, Weakley | 4 hr |
| May 14, 1:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll, Henry, Weakley | 42 min |
| May 14, 2:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll | 16 min |
| May 14, 2:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Carroll, Gibson, Henderson, Madison | 3 hr |
| May 14, 2:46 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Chester, Decatur, Hardin, Henderson | 6 hr |
| May 14, 2:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Decatur | 26 min |
| May 14, 3:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Decatur | 25 min |
| May 14, 4:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Decatur | 28 min |
| May 14, 4:38 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Tipton | 2 hr |
| May 14, 4:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 41 min |
| May 14, 4:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Shelby | 3 hr |
| May 14, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Decatur | 34 min |
| May 14, 5:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 52 min |
| May 14, 5:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Fayette, Hardeman, Madison | 52 min |
| May 14, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Shelby, Tipton | 44 min |
| May 14, 6:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Chester, Hardeman, Haywood, McNairy, Madison | 3 hr |
| May 14, 6:18 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Fayette, Hardeman, Haywood, Shelby, Tipton | 101 min |
| May 14, 6:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 40 min |
| May 14, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Haywood, Tipton | 44 min |
| May 14, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tunica | 35 min |
| May 14, 11:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Craighead, Mississippi, Poinsett | 42 min |
| May 14, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Cross, Lee, St. Francis | 30 min |
| May 14, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Cross, St. Francis | 47 min |
| May 14, 5:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Cross, Poinsett | 14 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee, 2010Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2010
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.