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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Feb 24, 2011, 7:15 PM CST for 4 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 45 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
- Feb 24, 2011, 7:15 PM CST (01:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2011, 8:00 PM CST
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Chester County, TN, Fayette County, TN, Hardeman County, TN, Shelby County, TN
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 7:30 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 5 N Somerville, TN | A FEW TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN ACROSS THE NORTHERN PART OF FAYETTE COUNTY. |
| Feb 24, 7:40 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 6 E Somerville, TN | STRAIGHT LINE WINDS DESTROYED A SHED ON NEWCASTLE DRIVE NEAR ARMOUR DRIVE. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 2:34 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 60 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
- 165 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 579 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -230 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -371 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.2
- Supercell composite
- -0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
460 WFUS54 KMEG 250115 TORMEG TNC023-047-069-157-250200- /O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0011.110225T0115Z-110225T0200Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 715 PM CST THU FEB 24 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EXTREME WEST CENTRAL CHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE... FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE... HARDEMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE... SOUTHEASTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE... * UNTIL 800 PM CST * AT 714 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH EMBEDDED TORNADOES NEAR CORDOVA...MOVING EAST AT 65 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BOLIVAR... COLLIERVILLE...GERMANTOWN...CORDOVA AND CHICKASAW STATE FOREST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... .IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 80 MPH. .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 3501 8986 3527 8981 3543 8883 3512 8879 TIME...MOT...LOC 0114Z 262DEG 57KT 3513 8965 $$
1 follow-up statement
126 WWUS54 KMEG 250136 SVSMEG SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 736 PM CST THU FEB 24 2011 TNC157-250145- /O.CAN.KMEG.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-110225T0200Z/ SHELBY TN- 736 PM CST THU FEB 24 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN SHELBY COUNTY IS CANCELLED... AT 735 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING IS CANCELLED. .A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ALERT AREA. LAT...LON 3504 8964 3533 8944 3543 8883 3512 8879 TIME...MOT...LOC 0135Z 262DEG 57KT 3517 8925 $$ TNC023-047-069-250200- /O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-110225T0200Z/ FAYETTE TN-CHESTER TN-HARDEMAN TN- 736 PM CST THU FEB 24 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST FOR HARDEMAN...EXTREME WEST CENTRAL CHESTER AND CENTRAL FAYETTE COUNTIES... AT 735 PM CST...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH EMBEDDED TORNADOES IS LOCATED NEAR PATTERSONVILLE...OR 19 MILES WEST OF BOLIVAR...MOVING EAST AT 65 MPH. DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 80 MPH ARE ALSO EXPECTED. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BOLIVAR... HICKORY VALLEY...HORNSBY...MOSCOW...TOONE...WILLISTON...MOORMAN... TAYLOR CHAPEL...MILLER...FAYETTE CORNERS...LACONIA...WARREN...POWERS AND PATTERSONVILLE. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BOLIVAR... CLOVERPORT...HICKORY VALLEY...HORNSBY...MOSCOW...SOMERVILLE... TOONE...WHITEVILLE...WILLISTON...MOORMAN...TAYLOR CHAPEL...MILLER... FAYETTE CORNERS AND LACONIA. .A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ALERT AREA. LAT...LON 3504 8964 3533 8944 3543 8883 3512 8879 TIME...MOT...LOC 0135Z 262DEG 57KT 3517 8925 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 6:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Dyer, Henry, Lake, Lauderdale, Tipton, Weakley | 90 days |
| Feb 24, 6:14 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lauderdale | 31 min |
| Feb 24, 6:19 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Obion, Weakley | 28 min |
| Feb 24, 6:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lauderdale, Tipton | 90 days |
| Feb 24, 6:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll, Fayette, Gibson, Henry, Shelby, Tipton and 1 more | 90 days |
| Feb 24, 6:34 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Shelby | 26 min |
| Feb 24, 6:38 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Crockett, Dyer, Lake, Lauderdale, Obion | 52 min |
| Feb 24, 6:41 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Crockett, Gibson, Haywood, Lauderdale, Tipton | 3 hr |
| Feb 24, 6:56 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Fayette, Shelby | 3 hr |
| Feb 24, 6:57 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Fayette, Haywood, Shelby, Tipton | 48 min |
| Feb 24, 6:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Haywood, Henderson, Lauderdale and 2 more | 90 days |
| Feb 24, 7:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Hardeman, Shelby | 90 days |
| Feb 24, 7:21 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Carroll, Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Lauderdale, Obion and 1 more | 39 min |
| Feb 24, 7:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Henry | 90 days |
| Feb 24, 7:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll, Crockett, Gibson, Haywood, Henderson, Madison | 44 min |
| Feb 24, 7:32 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Chester, Fayette, Hardeman, Haywood, Henderson, Madison | 43 min |
| Feb 24, 7:52 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Carroll, Henry | 3 hr |
| Feb 24, 7:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Chester, Fayette, Hardeman, McNairy | 49 min |
| Feb 24, 7:58 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Gibson, Henderson, Madison | 3 hr |
| Feb 24, 7:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll, Henry, Weakley | 47 min |
| Feb 24, 7:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Hardeman, McNairy | 47 min |
| Feb 24, 8:00 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Carroll, Henry | 45 min |
| Feb 24, 8:04 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Chester, Fayette, Hardeman, McNairy | 3 hr |
| Feb 24, 8:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll, Henderson | 19 min |
| Feb 24, 8:12 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Carroll, Chester, Decatur, Hardeman, Hardin, Henderson and 1 more | 48 min |
| Feb 24, 8:23 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Decatur | 3 hr |
| Feb 24, 8:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardin, McNairy | 56 min |
| Feb 24, 8:47 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Hardin, McNairy | 3 hr |
| Feb 24, 9:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardin | 36 min |
| Feb 25, 6:40 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MEG | Crockett, Dyer, Lauderdale | 11 hr |
| Feb 25, 6:40 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MEG | Dyer, Lake | 34 days |
| Feb 25, 6:40 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MEG | Dyer, Lake, Lauderdale | 37 days |
| Feb 25, 1:37 PM CST | River Flood Warning | MEG | Lauderdale, Tipton | 38 days |
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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.