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Tornado Warning 135, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at May 2, 2011, 4:19 PM CDT for Hardin County, Tennessee. It was in force for 22 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 2, 2011, 4:19 PM CDT (21:19 UTC)
- Expired
- May 2, 2011, 4:41 PM CDT
- In force
- 22 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Hardin County, TN
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 174 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
- 508 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 594 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
335 WFUS54 KMEG 022119 TORMEG TNC071-022145- /O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0135.110502T2119Z-110502T2145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 419 PM CDT MON MAY 2 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL HARDIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE... * UNTIL 445 PM CDT * AT 419 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR LOWRYVILLE...OR 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF PICKWICK LANDING STATE PARK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CENTER STAR AND LOWRYVILLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... .IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS TO 60 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 3505 8811 3517 8819 3526 8798 3511 8798 TIME...MOT...LOC 2119Z 235DEG 31KT 3513 8806 $$
2 follow-up statements
624 WWUS54 KMEG 022124 SVSMEG SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 424 PM CDT MON MAY 2 2011 TNC071-022145- /O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0135.000000T0000Z-110502T2145Z/ HARDIN TN- 424 PM CDT MON MAY 2 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR EAST CENTRAL HARDIN COUNTY... AT 424 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CENTER STAR...OR 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF PICKWICK LANDING STATE PARK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CENTER STAR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A STORM SHELTER. IF NO STORM SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. .STAY TUNED TO THIS BROADCAST FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND INFORMATION. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY...CALL 1 800 4 3 2 0 8 7 5. && LAT...LON 3507 8808 3519 8815 3526 8798 3511 8798 TIME...MOT...LOC 2124Z 242DEG 30KT 3515 8801 $$
453 WWUS54 KMEG 022141 SVSMEG SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 441 PM CDT MON MAY 2 2011 TNC071-022151- /O.CAN.KMEG.TO.W.0135.000000T0000Z-110502T2145Z/ HARDIN TN- 441 PM CDT MON MAY 2 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL HARDIN COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 441 PM 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 CANCELLED. LAT...LON 3507 8808 3519 8815 3526 8798 3511 8798 TIME...MOT...LOC 2141Z 242DEG 30KT 3522 8786 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 7:43 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Fayette, Shelby | 8 hr |
| May 1, 8:07 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MEG | Lake, Obion | 18 hr |
| May 2, 12:23 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Lake, Obion | 16 hr |
| May 2, 3:12 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Haywood, Lake, Lauderdale and 3 more | 18 hr |
| May 2, 4:11 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Crockett, Fayette, Hardeman, Haywood, Lauderdale, Madison and 2 more | 12 hr |
| May 2, 8:46 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Carroll, Gibson, Henry, Weakley | 9 hr |
| May 2, 2:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | McNairy | 47 min |
| May 2, 3:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardin, McNairy | 65 min |
| May 2, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Decatur, Hardin | 41 min |
| May 2, 4:20 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MEG | Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer, Fayette and 14 more | 72 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.