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Tornado Warning 132, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at May 1, 2011, 3:10 PM CDT for Crittenden County, Arkansas; Shelby County, Tennessee; DeSoto County, Mississippi. It was in force for 41 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
- May 1, 2011, 3:10 PM CDT (20:10 UTC)
- Expired
- May 1, 2011, 3:51 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Crittenden County, AR, DeSoto County, MS, Shelby County, TN
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:13 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 1, 12:47 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 35 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -230 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 613 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 119 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
130 WFUS54 KMEG 012010 TORMEG ARC035-MSC033-TNC157-012100- /O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0132.110501T2010Z-110501T2100Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 310 PM CDT SUN MAY 1 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL CRITTENDEN COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS... NORTHWESTERN DESOTO COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... WESTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE... * UNTIL 400 PM CDT * AT 310 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR SIMSBORO...OR 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF HUGHES...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO EDMONDSON...PINCKNEY...SIMSBORO...WEST MEMPHIS...BARTLETT... DOWNTOWN MEMPHIS...FRAYSER...MIDTOWN MEMPHIS...SOUTHEAST MEMPHIS... SOUTHWEST MEMPHIS AND WHITEHAVEN. THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES AREAS NEAR HORN LAKE...LAKE MCKELLAR AND ROBCO LAKE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... .IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. && LAT...LON 3509 9040 3533 8985 3502 8980 3494 9039 TIME...MOT...LOC 2010Z 249DEG 38KT 3503 9032 $$ BORGHOFF
4 follow-up statements
270 WWUS54 KMEG 012020 SVSMEG SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 320 PM CDT SUN MAY 1 2011 MSC033-012030- /O.CAN.KMEG.TO.W.0132.000000T0000Z-110501T2100Z/ DESOTO MS- 320 PM CDT SUN MAY 1 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN DESOTO COUNTY IS CANCELLED... AT 320 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING IS CANCELLED. LAT...LON 3533 8985 3502 8980 3500 9027 3510 9030 TIME...MOT...LOC 2020Z 249DEG 42KT 3508 9016 $$ ARC035-TNC157-012100- /O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0132.000000T0000Z-110501T2100Z/ CRITTENDEN AR-SHELBY TN- 320 PM CDT SUN MAY 1 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR WESTERN SHELBY AND EAST CENTRAL CRITTENDEN COUNTIES... AT 320 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WYANDOKE...OR 6 MILES SOUTH OF WEST MEMPHIS...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WEST MEMPHIS...BARTLETT...DOWNTOWN MEMPHIS...FRAYSER...MIDTOWN MEMPHIS... SOUTHEAST MEMPHIS...SOUTHWEST MEMPHIS...WHITEHAVEN...BRIARK...BRIDGE JUNCTION...HULBERT...RICEVILLE...GALET AND AMANEA. THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES AREAS NEAR LAKE MCKELLAR AND ROBCO LAKE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. && LAT...LON 3533 8985 3502 8980 3500 9027 3510 9030 TIME...MOT...LOC 2020Z 249DEG 42KT 3508 9016 $$ BORGHOFF
414 WWUS54 KMEG 012039 SVSMEG SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 339 PM CDT SUN MAY 1 2011 ARC035-012049- /O.CAN.KMEG.TO.W.0132.000000T0000Z-110501T2100Z/ CRITTENDEN AR- 339 PM CDT SUN MAY 1 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL CRITTENDEN COUNTY IS CANCELLED... AT 339 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING IS CANCELLED. LAT...LON 3508 9003 3515 9005 3527 8984 3511 8981 TIME...MOT...LOC 2039Z 249DEG 37KT 3515 8993 $$ TNC157-012100- /O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0132.000000T0000Z-110501T2100Z/ SHELBY TN- 339 PM CDT SUN MAY 1 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL SHELBY COUNTY... AT 339 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MIDTOWN MEMPHIS... MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BARTLETT... MIDTOWN MEMPHIS...RALEIGH...ELMORE PARK AND WHITE STATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. && LAT...LON 3508 9003 3515 9005 3527 8984 3511 8981 TIME...MOT...LOC 2039Z 249DEG 37KT 3515 8993 $$ BORGHOFF
513 WWUS54 KMEG 012049 SVSMEG SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 349 PM CDT SUN MAY 1 2011 TNC157-012100- /O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0132.000000T0000Z-110501T2100Z/ SHELBY TN- 349 PM CDT SUN MAY 1 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL SHELBY COUNTY... AT 350 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR RALEIGH...OR NEAR BARTLETT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BARTLETT... ELLENDALE...RALEIGH...SPRING LAKE AND ELMORE PARK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. && LAT...LON 3514 8992 3520 8997 3527 8984 3517 8982 TIME...MOT...LOC 2050Z 239DEG 28KT 3520 8987 $$ BORGHOFF
554 WWUS54 KMEG 012051 RRA SVSMEG SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 351 PM CDT SUN MAY 1 2011 TNC157-012101- /O.CAN.KMEG.TO.W.0132.000000T0000Z-110501T2100Z/ SHELBY TN- 351 PM CDT SUN MAY 1 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL SHELBY COUNTY IS CANCELLED... AT 351 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. LAT...LON 3514 8992 3520 8997 3527 8984 3517 8982 TIME...MOT...LOC 2051Z 239DEG 28KT 3520 8986 $$ BORGHOFF
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 7:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Randolph | 35 min |
| Apr 30, 7:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Clay | 38 min |
| Apr 30, 7:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Greene | 38 min |
| Apr 30, 8:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Clay | 27 min |
| Apr 30, 8:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Clay, Greene | 50 min |
| Apr 30, 10:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Randolph | 37 min |
| Apr 30, 11:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Clay | 25 min |
| Apr 30, 11:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Craighead | 44 min |
| May 1, 12:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Cross, Poinsett | 44 min |
| May 1, 12:42 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Mississippi | 33 min |
| May 1, 1:35 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Cross | 25 min |
| May 1, 2:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Mississippi | 29 min |
| May 1, 3:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Crittenden | 28 min |
| May 1, 3:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Mississippi, Poinsett | 49 min |
| May 1, 4:47 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Cross, Lee, Mississippi, Poinsett, St. Francis | 9 hr |
| May 1, 6:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Lee, St. Francis | 34 min |
| May 1, 7:12 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Crittenden | 33 min |
| May 1, 9:12 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Lee | 48 min |
| May 1, 10:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Lee, St. Francis | 45 min |
| May 1, 10:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Crittenden, St. Francis | 53 min |
| May 1, 10:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Clay, Craighead, Cross, Greene, Lawrence, Mississippi and 2 more | 9 hr |
| May 1, 11:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Mississippi | 23 min |
| May 1, 11:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Cross, Mississippi, Poinsett | 40 min |
| May 1, 11:29 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Mississippi | 6 hr |
| May 1, 11:56 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Mississippi | 49 min |
| May 1, 12:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Mississippi | 49 min |
| May 1, 12:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Craighead | 40 min |
| May 1, 12:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Cross, Poinsett | 50 min |
| May 1, 1:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Cross, Lee, St. Francis | 49 min |
| May 1, 1:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Mississippi | 42 min |
| May 1, 1:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Cross, Lee, Mississippi, Poinsett, St. Francis | 6 hr |
| May 1, 2:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Mississippi | 49 min |
| May 1, 2:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Cross, St. Francis | 60 min |
| May 1, 2:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lee, St. Francis | 43 min |
| May 1, 2:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Cross, Mississippi, Poinsett | 51 min |
| May 1, 2:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Mississippi | 48 min |
| May 1, 2:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Mississippi | 52 min |
| May 1, 2:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden, St. Francis | 46 min |
| May 1, 3:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Mississippi | 3 hr |
| May 1, 4:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden | 50 min |
| May 1, 1:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Dyer, Lauderdale | 25 min |
| May 1, 2:28 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Crockett, Gibson, Haywood | 32 min |
| May 1, 2:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Lauderdale, Tipton | 31 min |
| May 1, 3:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Crockett, Haywood | 26 min |
| May 1, 3:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Gibson | 27 min |
| May 1, 3:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Haywood | 28 min |
| May 1, 4:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Haywood | 24 min |
| May 1, 7:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Shelby, Tipton | 28 min |
| May 1, 8:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Shelby | 46 min |
| May 1, 9:40 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Haywood, Tipton | 50 min |
| May 1, 10:53 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Shelby | 62 hr |
| May 1, 10:53 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Fayette, Shelby | 62 hr |
| May 1, 11:09 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Lauderdale | 51 min |
| May 1, 12:35 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Shelby, Tipton | 12 hr |
| May 1, 2:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Obion | 29 min |
| May 1, 3:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crockett, Dyer, Fayette, Gibson, Haywood, Lauderdale and 2 more | 53 min |
| May 1, 3:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Dyer, Gibson, Henry, Obion, Weakley | 38 min |
| May 1, 3:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Fayette, Hardeman, Haywood, Madison | 34 min |
| May 1, 3:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll, Crockett, Gibson, Haywood, Henderson, Madison and 1 more | 49 min |
| May 1, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Hardeman, Haywood, Madison, Shelby, Tipton | 49 min |
| May 1, 5:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Fayette, Hardeman, Haywood, Madison | 33 min |
| May 1, 8:52 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Tate, Tunica | 26 hr |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in Arkansas, 2011Tornado Warnings in Tennessee, 2011Tornado Warnings in Mississippi, 2011Every tornado warning in 2011Tornadoes in 2011
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.