Alert archive / Tennessee / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 64, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Apr 26, 2011, 4:36 PM CDT for Lake County, Obion County, Tennessee. It was in force for 24 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 26, 2011, 4:36 PM CDT (21:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 26, 2011, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Lake County, TN, Obion County, TN
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 26, 3:02 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 184 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
- 112 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -229 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 861 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 70 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 159 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
303
WFUS54 KMEG 262136
TORMEG
TNC095-131-262200-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0064.110426T2136Z-110426T2200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
436 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN LAKE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE...
NORTHWESTERN OBION COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 500 PM CDT
* AT 437 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR TIPTONVILLE...OR NEAR
REELFOOT LAKE STATE PARK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CLAYTON...
TIPTONVILLE AND REELFOOT LAKE STATE PARK.
THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES AREAS NEAR REELFOOT LAKE.
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 3631 8948 3637 8954 3640 8953 3643 8956
3646 8956 3651 8950 3650 8949 3646 8949
3645 8946 3651 8941 3651 8909
TIME...MOT...LOC 2137Z 232DEG 26KT 3641 8945
$$2 follow-up statements
693
WWUS54 KMEG 262147
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
447 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
TNC095-131-262200-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0064.000000T0000Z-110426T2200Z/
LAKE TN-OBION TN-
447 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN OBION AND NORTHEASTERN LAKE COUNTIES...
AT 448 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR GRAYS CAMP...OR 7
MILES NORTHEAST OF REELFOOT LAKE STATE PARK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35
MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CLAYTON...
GRAYS CAMP...NEW MARKHAM...WRIGHT...WALNUT LOG AND SPOUT SPRINGS.
THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES AREAS NEAR REELFOOT LAKE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A STORM SHELTER. IF NO
STORM SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE
BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE
BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
&&
LAT...LON 3650 8911 3643 8926 3638 8937 3643 8947
3645 8948 3647 8944 3650 8943 3651 8941
3651 8911
TIME...MOT...LOC 2148Z 238DEG 32KT 3646 8933
$$294
WWUS54 KMEG 262156
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
456 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
TNC095-131-262207-
/O.EXP.KMEG.TO.W.0064.000000T0000Z-110426T2200Z/
LAKE TN-OBION TN-
456 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN OBION AND NORTHEASTERN LAKE
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 500 PM CDT...
AT 457 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 3650 8911 3643 8926 3638 8937 3643 8947
3645 8948 3647 8944 3650 8943 3651 8941
3651 8911
TIME...MOT...LOC 2157Z 238DEG 32KT 3650 8924
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 9:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 55 min |
| Apr 25, 9:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lauderdale, Shelby, Tipton | 45 min |
| Apr 25, 10:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Hardeman, Haywood, Madison, Shelby, Tipton | 39 min |
| Apr 25, 10:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Haywood, Lauderdale, Madison and 1 more | 47 min |
| Apr 25, 10:38 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Dyer, Lake, Obion | 3 hr |
| Apr 25, 10:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Dyer, Gibson, Lake, Obion | 43 min |
| Apr 25, 10:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Fayette, Hardeman, Haywood, McNairy, Madison and 2 more | 50 min |
| Apr 25, 11:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll, Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Haywood, Henderson and 2 more | 49 min |
| Apr 25, 11:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Gibson, Henry, Obion, Weakley | 38 min |
| Apr 25, 11:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll, Chester, Decatur, Gibson, Hardin, Henderson and 1 more | 40 min |
| Apr 25, 11:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Decatur, Fayette, Hardeman, Hardin, McNairy and 1 more | 45 min |
| Apr 25, 11:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll, Henry, Weakley | 35 min |
| Apr 26, 12:09 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Hardin, McNairy | 36 min |
| Apr 26, 12:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll, Chester, Decatur, Henderson | 47 min |
| Apr 26, 12:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Decatur, Hardin, McNairy | 33 min |
| Apr 26, 1:32 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MEG | Lake, Obion | 10 hr |
| Apr 26, 9:53 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Hardin | 14 days |
| Apr 26, 1:41 PM CDT | River Flood Advisory | MEG | Decatur, Perry | 26 hr |
| Apr 26, 3:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Obion, Weakley | 41 min |
| Apr 26, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lake | 45 min |
| Apr 26, 4:13 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | MEG | Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer, Fayette and 14 more | 13 hr |
| Apr 26, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Shelby, Tipton | 43 min |
| Apr 26, 6:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Shelby, Tipton | 38 min |
| Apr 26, 6:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Shelby | 50 min |
| Apr 26, 6:31 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Shelby, Tipton | 6 hr |
| Apr 26, 6:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lauderdale, Shelby, Tipton | 42 min |
| Apr 26, 6:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Fayette, Shelby, Tipton | 41 min |
| Apr 26, 6:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Shelby | 59 min |
| Apr 26, 6:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 38 min |
| Apr 26, 6:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Shelby | 6 hr |
| Apr 26, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crockett, Haywood, Lauderdale, Tipton | 47 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.