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Tornado Warning 25, NWS Memphis, TN

April 4, 20117 counties in Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Apr 4, 2011, 12:43 PM CDT for 7 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 47 min. 7 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: Apr 4, 2011, 12:43 PM CDT (17:43 UTC)
Expired: Apr 4, 2011, 1:30 PM CDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Chester County, TN, Decatur County, TN, Hardeman County, TN, Hardin County, TN, Henderson County, TN, Madison County, TN, McNairy County, TN

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 4, 12:45 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	7 Nnw Henderson, TN	SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN THE TOWN OF PINSON. SOME TREES FELL ON HOUSES...CAUSING DAMAGE.
Apr 4, 12:49 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Henderson, TN	NUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN THE HENDERSON AREA.
Apr 4, 1:00 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Finger, TN	TWO HOMES DAMAGED FROM TREES FALLING ON THEM. 2 MILES EAST OF HWY 45 ALONG HWY 199.
Apr 4, 1:00 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Lexington, TN	TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN IN DOWNTOWN LEXINGTON. SHINGLES OFF OF HOUSES 5 MILES EAST OF LEXINGTON AND 1 MILE NORTH OF FORT WELLS.
Apr 4, 1:00 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 71	2 Nw Lexington, TN	71 MPH WIND GUST ESTIMATED NEAR BEECH LAKE.
Apr 4, 1:15 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Parsons, TN	TREES DOWN...SOME STRUCTURAL DAMAGE ALONG HWY 69 IN THE TOWN OF PARSONS.
Apr 4, 1:30 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 80	3 E Lexington, TN	TWO TREES UPROOTED AND A FLAG POLE WAS BENT.

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
Apr 4, 7:22 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 153 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 68 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -640 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 855 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 370 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 507 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

842 
WFUS54 KMEG 041743
TORMEG
TNC023-039-069-071-077-109-113-041830-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0025.110404T1743Z-110404T1830Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1243 PM CDT MON APR 4 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  DECATUR COUNTY IN TENNESSEE...
  CHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...
  EAST CENTRAL HARDEMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...
  NORTHWESTERN HARDIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...
  HENDERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...
  SOUTHEASTERN MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...
  NORTHERN MCNAIRY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 130 PM CDT

* AT 1243 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR SILERTON...OR NEAR T O
  FULLER STATE PARK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 80 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  HENDERSON...LEXINGTON...CHICKASAW STATE PARK...CHICKASAW STATE
  FOREST...NATCHEZ TRACE STATE FOREST AND T O FULLER STATE PARK.

 THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES AREAS NEAR BEECH LAKE...PIN OAK LAKE AND
  PINE LAKE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

.HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

.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 3547 8799 3547 8802 3544 8804 3543 8800
      3539 8800 3524 8892 3567 8871 3580 8800
      3570 8802 3567 8801 3561 8802 3556 8798
TIME...MOT...LOC 1743Z 247DEG 70KT 3539 8873

$$

4 follow-up statements

038 
WWUS54 KMEG 041800
SVSMEG

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
100 PM CDT MON APR 4 2011

TNC069-113-041810-
/O.CAN.KMEG.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-110404T1830Z/
MADISON TN-HARDEMAN TN-
100 PM CDT MON APR 4 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL HARDEMAN AND SOUTHEASTERN
MADISON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

AT 100 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 3548 8798 3546 8804 3544 8804 3543 8800
      3539 8800 3528 8878 3545 8871 3557 8860
      3567 8858 3580 8800 3573 8802 3567 8801
      3561 8802 3555 8798
TIME...MOT...LOC 1800Z 247DEG 70KT 3551 8835

$$

TNC023-039-071-077-109-041830-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-110404T1830Z/
DECATUR TN-HENDERSON TN-CHESTER TN-HARDIN TN-MCNAIRY TN-
100 PM CDT MON APR 4 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
MCNAIRY...NORTHWESTERN HARDIN...CHESTER...SOUTHERN HENDERSON AND
DECATUR COUNTIES...

AT 100 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR REAGAN...OR 10
MILES SOUTH OF LEXINGTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 80 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ENVILLE...
FINGER...HENDERSON...LEXINGTON...MCNAIRY...MIDDLE FORK...
MILLEDGEVILLE...SALTILLO...SCOTTS HILL...COZETTE...JEANNETTE...BIBLE
HILL...HICKORY FORKS AND FIVE FORKS.

 THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES AREAS NEAR BEECH LAKE...PIN OAK LAKE AND
  PINE LAKE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

.HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

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 3548 8798 3546 8804 3544 8804 3543 8800
      3539 8800 3528 8878 3545 8871 3557 8860
      3567 8858 3580 8800 3573 8802 3567 8801
      3561 8802 3555 8798
TIME...MOT...LOC 1800Z 247DEG 70KT 3551 8835

$$

631 
WWUS54 KMEG 041807
SVSMEG

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
107 PM CDT MON APR 4 2011

TNC023-041818-
/O.CAN.KMEG.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-110404T1830Z/
CHESTER TN-
107 PM CDT MON APR 4 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CHESTER COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

AT 108 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 3546 8804 3544 8804 3543 8800 3539 8800
      3531 8854 3532 8855 3538 8837 3572 8834
      3580 8800 3573 8802 3561 8802 3555 8798
      3548 8798
TIME...MOT...LOC 1808Z 247DEG 70KT 3556 8817

$$

TNC039-071-077-109-041830-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-110404T1830Z/
DECATUR TN-HENDERSON TN-HARDIN TN-MCNAIRY TN-
107 PM CDT MON APR 4 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN MCNAIRY...NORTHWESTERN HARDIN...SOUTHEASTERN HENDERSON
AND DECATUR COUNTIES...

AT 108 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED
NEAR TAYLORS CROSSING...OR 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LEXINGTON...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 80 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
MILLEDGEVILLE...SALTILLO...SCOTTS HILL...COZETTE...JEANNETTE...BIBLE
HILL...HICKORY FORKS...FIVE FORKS...BUSSELTOWN...PERRYVILLE...MOUNT
TABOR...WILKINSTOWN...BEACON AND GARRETT.

 THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES AREAS NEAR PIN OAK LAKE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

.HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

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 3546 8804 3544 8804 3543 8800 3539 8800
      3531 8854 3532 8855 3538 8837 3572 8834
      3580 8800 3573 8802 3561 8802 3555 8798
      3548 8798
TIME...MOT...LOC 1808Z 247DEG 70KT 3556 8817

$$

410 
WWUS54 KMEG 041815
SVSMEG

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
115 PM CDT MON APR 4 2011

TNC077-109-041825-
/O.CAN.KMEG.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-110404T1830Z/
HENDERSON TN-MCNAIRY TN-
115 PM CDT MON APR 4 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MCNAIRY AND SOUTHEASTERN
HENDERSON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

AT 115 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 3546 8804 3544 8804 3543 8800 3539 8800
      3535 8837 3542 8836 3542 8825 3553 8824
      3562 8818 3575 8818 3580 8800 3573 8802
      3561 8802 3555 8798 3548 8798
TIME...MOT...LOC 1815Z 247DEG 70KT 3560 8801

$$

TNC039-071-041830-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-110404T1830Z/
DECATUR TN-HARDIN TN-
115 PM CDT MON APR 4 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN HARDIN AND DECATUR COUNTIES...

AT 115 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MOUNT LEBANON...OR
15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NATCHEZ TRACE STATE FOREST...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 80 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
MILLEDGEVILLE...SALTILLO...COZETTE...BIBLE HILL...HICKORY FORKS...
FIVE FORKS...BUSSELTOWN...PERRYVILLE...MOUNT TABOR...WILKINSTOWN...
GARRETT...MOUNT LEBANON...GUMDALE AND LARGO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

.HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

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 3546 8804 3544 8804 3543 8800 3539 8800
      3535 8837 3542 8836 3542 8825 3553 8824
      3562 8818 3575 8818 3580 8800 3573 8802
      3561 8802 3555 8798 3548 8798
TIME...MOT...LOC 1815Z 247DEG 70KT 3560 8801

$$

885 
WWUS54 KMEG 041828
SVSMEG

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
128 PM CDT MON APR 4 2011

TNC039-071-041838-
/O.EXP.KMEG.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-110404T1830Z/
DECATUR TN-HARDIN TN-
128 PM CDT MON APR 4 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN HARDIN AND DECATUR COUNTIES
WILL EXPIRE AT 130 PM CDT...

AT 128 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 ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 3546 8804 3544 8804 3543 8800 3539 8800
      3535 8837 3542 8836 3542 8825 3553 8824
      3562 8818 3575 8818 3580 8800 3573 8802
      3561 8802 3555 8798 3548 8798
TIME...MOT...LOC 1828Z 247DEG 70KT 3569 8772

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 4, 9:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Chester, Decatur, Hardeman, McNairy, Madison	30 min
Apr 4, 9:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lake, Obion	51 min
Apr 4, 9:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Carroll, Crockett, Gibson, Henderson, Madison	47 min
Apr 4, 10:25 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	MEG	Lauderdale, Tipton	68 hr
Apr 4, 10:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Decatur, Hardin, Henderson, McNairy	26 min
Apr 4, 10:53 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lauderdale, Shelby, Tipton	52 min
Apr 4, 10:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Hardeman	34 min
Apr 4, 11:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Dyer, Haywood, Lauderdale, Tipton	27 min
Apr 4, 11:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Shelby	46 min
Apr 4, 11:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Fayette, Haywood, Lauderdale, Shelby, Tipton	51 min
Apr 4, 11:49 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Shelby	20 min
Apr 4, 12:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Fayette, Hardeman, Shelby	43 min
Apr 4, 12:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Fayette, Shelby	28 min
Apr 4, 12:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Carroll, Crockett, Gibson, Haywood, Henderson, Henry and 2 more	38 min
Apr 4, 12:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chester, Fayette, Hardeman, Haywood, McNairy, Madison	45 min
Apr 4, 12:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Chester, Fayette, Hardeman, Haywood, McNairy, Madison	25 min
Apr 4, 12:23 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Chester, Fayette, Hardeman, McNairy	37 min
Apr 4, 12:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Hardin, McNairy	41 min
Apr 4, 12:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Carroll, Decatur, Henderson, Henry, Madison, Weakley	35 min
Apr 4, 12:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chester, Decatur, Hardeman, Hardin, McNairy	42 min
Apr 4, 12:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Chester, Hardin, McNairy	33 min
Apr 4, 1:08 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Decatur, Hardin	77 min
Apr 4, 1:19 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Hardin, McNairy	29 min
Apr 4, 1:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Decatur, Hardin, McNairy	37 min
Apr 4, 3:51 PM CDT	Frost Advisory	MEG	Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer, Fayette and 14 more	12 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.