Alert archive / Tennessee / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 161, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2011, 6:55 PM CDT for Dyer County, Lake County, Obion County, Tennessee; Pemiscot County, Missouri. It was in force for 35 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
- May 25, 2011, 6:55 PM CDT (23:55 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2011, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Pemiscot County, MO, Dyer County, TN, Lake County, TN, Obion County, TN
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:56 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 7:00 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 9 W Millsfield, TN | |
| May 25, 7:28 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Hornbeak, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 12:28 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 163 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
- 2124 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 600 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 445 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 413 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 6.0
- Supercell composite
- 20.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
122 WFUS54 KMEG 252355 TORMEG MOC155-TNC045-095-131-260030- /O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0161.110525T2355Z-110526T0030Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 655 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN DYER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE... SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE... SOUTHWESTERN OBION COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE... EAST CENTRAL PEMISCOT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI... * UNTIL 730 PM CDT * AT 655 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTH OF CARUTHERSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CARUTHERSVILLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... .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 3641 8932 3621 8931 3607 8973 3612 8977 TIME...MOT...LOC 2355Z 234DEG 61KT 3612 8959 $$
1 follow-up statement
134 WWUS54 KMEG 260021 RRA SVSMEG SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 721 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011 MOC155-260032- /O.CAN.KMEG.TO.W.0161.000000T0000Z-110526T0030Z/ PEMISCOT MO- 721 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL PEMISCOT COUNTY IS CANCELLED... AT 722 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA ...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING IS CANCELLED. LAT...LON 3614 8954 3622 8960 3641 8932 3621 8931 TIME...MOT...LOC 0022Z 229DEG 45KT 3631 8929 $$ TNC045-095-131-260030- /O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0161.000000T0000Z-110526T0030Z/ LAKE TN-OBION TN-DYER TN- 721 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL DYER...SOUTHWESTERN OBION AND SOUTH CENTRAL LAKE COUNTIES... AT 722 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR JACKSONVILLE...OR 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF REELFOOT LAKE STATE PARK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HORNBEAK... SAMBURG...MADIE...OWL HOOT...LASSITER CORNER...JACKSONVILLE... ELBRIDGE...MINNICK...GRATIO...CAT CORNER AND BROADMOOR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 3614 8954 3622 8960 3641 8932 3621 8931 TIME...MOT...LOC 0022Z 229DEG 45KT 3631 8929 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 3:30 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | MEG | Dyer, Lake, Lauderdale, Obion, Shelby, Tipton | 16 hr |
| May 25, 5:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lake | 39 min |
| May 25, 5:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lauderdale | 48 min |
| May 25, 6:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Decatur, Hardin, Henderson, McNairy | 42 min |
| May 25, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Hardeman, Haywood, Shelby | 44 min |
| May 25, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Dyer, Lake, Obion | 44 min |
| May 25, 6:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Shelby | 38 min |
| May 25, 6:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Dyer | 51 min |
| May 25, 4:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Dunklin | 38 min |
| May 25, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Dunklin | 45 min |
| May 25, 5:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Dunklin | 49 min |
| May 25, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Dunklin, Pemiscot | 47 min |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in Tennessee, 2011Tornado Warnings in Missouri, 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.