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Tornado Warning 42, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Apr 19, 2011, 11:53 PM CDT for Henry County, Weakley County, Tennessee. It was in force for 37 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
- Apr 19, 2011, 11:53 PM CDT (04:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 20, 2011, 12:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Henry County, TN, Weakley County, TN
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:52 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 12:05 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Paris, TN | HUGE TREES ARE DOWN ON 2 HOUSES IN THE DOWN OF PARIS. POWER IS OUT. COUNTY ROAD 218 IS BLOCKED BY DOWNED TREES. |
| Apr 20, 12:07 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Paris, TN | SEVERAL TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY. SOME HOMES DAMAGED. APPROX HALF THE COUNTY WITHOUT POWER. |
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 19, 6:46 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Apr 19, 10:14 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 149 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
- 1997 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -93 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1626 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 239 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 7.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
764
WFUS54 KMEG 200453
TORMEG
TNC079-183-200530-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0042.110420T0453Z-110420T0530Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1153 PM CDT TUE APR 19 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
HENRY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE...
EASTERN WEAKLEY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 1230 AM CDT
* AT 1154 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR LATHAM...OR 8 MILES
EAST OF MARTIN...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PARIS AND
PARIS LANDING STATE PARK.
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.
.TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3636 8808 3631 8809 3618 8876 3649 8875
3651 8868 3650 8804 3649 8803 3643 8804
3640 8801 3636 8801
TIME...MOT...LOC 0454Z 253DEG 54KT 3639 8867
$$1 follow-up statement
258
WWUS54 KMEG 200507
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1207 AM CDT WED APR 20 2011
TNC183-200517-
/O.CAN.KMEG.TO.W.0042.000000T0000Z-110420T0530Z/
WEAKLEY TN-
1207 AM CDT WED APR 20 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN WEAKLEY COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
AT 1207 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA
...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING IS CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3636 8808 3631 8809 3623 8852 3641 8852
3649 8851 3650 8804 3649 8803 3643 8804
3640 8801 3636 8801
TIME...MOT...LOC 0507Z 253DEG 54KT 3644 8844
$$
TNC079-200530-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0042.000000T0000Z-110420T0530Z/
HENRY TN-
1207 AM CDT WED APR 20 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM CDT FOR HENRY
COUNTY...
AT 1207 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR JONES MILL...OR 13
MILES NORTHWEST OF PARIS...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PARIS...
PURYEAR...CONYERSVILLE...MILL CREEK...JONES MILL...FOUNDRY HILL...
OSAGE...WHITLOCK...COMO...PORTER COURT...INDIA...PINE HILL...BUCHANAN
AND SUNNYSIDE.
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.
.TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3636 8808 3631 8809 3623 8852 3641 8852
3649 8851 3650 8804 3649 8803 3643 8804
3640 8801 3636 8801
TIME...MOT...LOC 0507Z 253DEG 54KT 3644 8844
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 9:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Dyer, Lake | 47 min |
| Apr 19, 9:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Dyer, Lake | 53 min |
| Apr 19, 10:21 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Lake | 3 hr |
| Apr 19, 10:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 38 min |
| Apr 19, 10:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Dyer, Lake, Obion, Weakley | 66 min |
| Apr 19, 10:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Dyer, Haywood, Lauderdale, Obion, Tipton | 63 min |
| Apr 19, 10:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lauderdale, Tipton | 34 min |
| Apr 19, 10:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Dyer, Lake, Obion | 23 min |
| Apr 19, 10:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Dyer, Haywood, Lauderdale | 31 min |
| Apr 19, 10:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Fayette, Shelby | 29 min |
| Apr 19, 10:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Shelby, Tipton | 46 min |
| Apr 19, 11:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Haywood, Lauderdale, Madison and 3 more | 60 min |
| Apr 19, 11:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Fayette, Hardeman, Haywood, Lauderdale, Madison, Shelby and 1 more | 39 min |
| Apr 19, 11:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Dyer, Gibson, Henry, Lake, Obion, Weakley | 39 min |
| Apr 19, 11:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Fayette, Hardeman, Haywood, McNairy, Madison | 38 min |
| Apr 19, 11:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Chester, Fayette, Hardeman, McNairy | 27 min |
| Apr 19, 11:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll, Chester, Decatur, Gibson, Henderson, Henry and 2 more | 55 min |
| Apr 19, 11:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Fayette, Hardeman, Hardin, McNairy | 45 min |
| Apr 20, 12:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby, Tipton | 43 min |
| Apr 20, 12:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Decatur, Hardeman, Hardin, Henderson, McNairy | 64 min |
| Apr 20, 12:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tipton | 46 min |
| Apr 20, 12:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Fayette, Hardeman, McNairy | 43 min |
| Apr 20, 12:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tipton | 38 min |
| Apr 20, 1:07 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Lauderdale, Tipton | 3 hr |
| Apr 20, 1:12 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Chester, Decatur, Fayette, Hardeman, Hardin, Henderson and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 20, 1:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tipton | 36 min |
| Apr 20, 1:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Decatur, Hardin, Henderson, McNairy | 49 min |
| Apr 20, 1:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crockett, Fayette, Haywood, Lauderdale, Shelby, Tipton | 45 min |
| Apr 20, 2:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Hardeman, Haywood, Shelby, Tipton | 38 min |
| Apr 20, 2:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Hardeman, Haywood, Henderson, McNairy, Madison | 45 min |
| Apr 20, 3:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Decatur, Hardin, Henderson, McNairy | 55 min |
| Apr 20, 3:18 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MEG | Fayette, Hardeman, Hardin, McNairy, Shelby | 30 hr |
| Apr 20, 3:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Tipton | 26 min |
| Apr 20, 4:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardin, McNairy | 36 min |
| Apr 20, 5:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardeman, McNairy | 42 min |
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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.