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Tornado Warning 52, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Apr 25, 2011, 2:47 PM CDT for Carroll County, Henry County, Weakley County, Tennessee. It was in force for 43 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
- Apr 25, 2011, 2:47 PM CDT (19:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 25, 2011, 3:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Carroll County, TN, Henry County, TN, Weakley County, TN
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 25, 9:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 143 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
- 73 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -150 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1101 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 171 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 201 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
731
WFUS54 KMEG 251947
TORMEG
TNC017-079-183-252030-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0052.110425T1947Z-110425T2030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
247 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE...
HENRY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE...
SOUTHEASTERN WEAKLEY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 330 PM CDT
* AT 247 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR MCKENZIE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MCKENZIE...
PARIS AND PARIS LANDING STATE 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.
.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.
&&
LAT...LON 3636 8808 3631 8809 3626 8808 3621 8813
3617 8815 3612 8830 3607 8850 3625 8868
3651 8830 3650 8804 3649 8803 3643 8804
3636 8799
TIME...MOT...LOC 1947Z 229DEG 38KT 3621 8848
$$2 follow-up statements
621
WWUS54 KMEG 252011
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
311 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011
TNC017-183-252020-
/O.CAN.KMEG.TO.W.0052.000000T0000Z-110425T2030Z/
CARROLL TN-WEAKLEY TN-
311 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WEAKLEY AND NORTHEASTERN
CARROLL COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
AT 310 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE
AREA...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING IS CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3636 8808 3631 8809 3626 8808 3622 8812
3623 8816 3624 8819 3625 8825 3628 8834
3638 8842 3651 8830 3650 8804 3649 8803
3643 8804 3636 8799
TIME...MOT...LOC 2010Z 229DEG 38KT 3637 8823
$$
TNC079-252030-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0052.000000T0000Z-110425T2030Z/
HENRY TN-
311 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN HENRY COUNTY...
AT 310 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR INDIA...OR NEAR
PARIS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PARIS...
PURYEAR...CONYERSVILLE...FOUNDRY HILL...WHITLOCK...PORTER COURT...
INDIA...PINE HILL...BUCHANAN...SUNNYSIDE...OLD SPRINGVILLE...HAIGLER
RIDGE AND PARIS LANDING STATE PARK.
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.
.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 3636 8808 3631 8809 3626 8808 3622 8812
3623 8816 3624 8819 3625 8825 3628 8834
3638 8842 3651 8830 3650 8804 3649 8803
3643 8804 3636 8799
TIME...MOT...LOC 2010Z 229DEG 38KT 3637 8823
$$842
WWUS54 KMEG 252027
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
327 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011
TNC079-252037-
/O.EXP.KMEG.TO.W.0052.000000T0000Z-110425T2030Z/
HENRY TN-
327 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN HENRY COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
330 PM CDT...
AT 327 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 3636 8808 3631 8809 3626 8808 3622 8812
3623 8816 3624 8819 3625 8825 3628 8834
3638 8842 3651 8830 3650 8804 3649 8803
3643 8804 3636 8799
TIME...MOT...LOC 2027Z 229DEG 38KT 3649 8806
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 10:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Lauderdale | 43 min |
| Apr 25, 11:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Shelby | 49 min |
| Apr 25, 12:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Shelby | 54 min |
| Apr 25, 12:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Dyer, Haywood, Lake, Lauderdale, Tipton | 66 min |
| Apr 25, 12:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Shelby | 47 min |
| Apr 25, 12:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Haywood, Shelby, Tipton | 51 min |
| Apr 25, 12:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Fayette, Shelby | 45 min |
| Apr 25, 12:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Hardeman, Shelby | 49 min |
| Apr 25, 12:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Fayette, Hardeman, Haywood, Madison, Shelby | 46 min |
| Apr 25, 1:27 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Obion, Weakley | 3 days |
| Apr 25, 1:27 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Dyer, Gibson, Obion | 17 days |
| Apr 25, 1:27 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Dyer | 19 days |
| Apr 25, 1:27 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Madison | 10 days |
| Apr 25, 1:27 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Crockett, Dyer, Lauderdale | 18 days |
| Apr 25, 1:27 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Shelby | 5 days |
| Apr 25, 1:27 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Fayette, Shelby | 4 days |
| Apr 25, 1:27 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Dyer | 18 days |
| Apr 25, 1:27 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Hardeman | 8 days |
| Apr 25, 1:27 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Lauderdale, Tipton | 45 hr |
| Apr 25, 1:27 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Fayette, Shelby | 4 days |
| Apr 25, 1:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Hardeman and 3 more | 41 min |
| Apr 25, 1:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Carroll, Crockett, Gibson, Haywood, Madison, Weakley | 49 min |
| Apr 25, 1:44 PM CDT | River Flood Advisory | MEG | Hardin | 15 days |
| Apr 25, 1:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Fayette, Hardeman, Haywood, McNairy, Madison | 46 min |
| Apr 25, 2:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll, Chester, Decatur, Gibson, Hardeman, Hardin and 5 more | 49 min |
| Apr 25, 2:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll, Henry, Weakley | 39 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.