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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Memphis, TN

April 27, 20134 counties in Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Apr 27, 2013, 9:47 PM CDT for 4 counties in 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 27, 2013, 9:47 PM CDT (02:47 UTC)
Expired: Apr 27, 2013, 10:30 PM CDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Fayette County, TN, Hardeman County, TN, Haywood County, TN, Madison County, TN

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:51 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.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this tornado warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

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 27, 3:47 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 96 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: 111 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -233 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 434 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 13 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

465 
WFUS54 KMEG 280247
TORMEG
TNC047-069-075-113-280330-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0016.130428T0247Z-130428T0330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
947 PM CDT SAT APR 27 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...
  NORTHWESTERN HARDEMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...
  SOUTHEASTERN HAYWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...
  SOUTHWESTERN MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT

* AT 948 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR WHITEVILLE...OR 13
  MILES NORTHWEST OF BOLIVAR...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO RURAL AREAS
  OF NORTHEASTERN FAYETTE...NORTHWESTERN HARDEMAN...SOUTHEASTERN
  HAYWOOD AND SOUTHWESTERN MADISON COUNTIES.

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 3546 8919 3547 8893 3534 8887 3529 8937
      3540 8936 3542 8924
TIME...MOT...LOC 0248Z 253DEG 30KT 3538 8917

$$

3 follow-up statements

895 
WWUS54 KMEG 280301
SVSMEG

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1001 PM CDT SAT APR 27 2013

TNC047-075-280312-
/O.CAN.KMEG.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-130428T0330Z/
FAYETTE TN-HAYWOOD TN-
1001 PM CDT SAT APR 27 2013

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN HAYWOOD AND NORTHEASTERN
FAYETTE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

AT 1002 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 3534 8887 3531 8919 3540 8918 3542 8915
      3543 8908 3547 8908 3547 8893
TIME...MOT...LOC 0302Z 253DEG 30KT 3541 8903

$$

TNC069-113-280330-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-130428T0330Z/
HARDEMAN TN-MADISON TN-
1001 PM CDT SAT APR 27 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN MADISON AND NORTHWESTERN HARDEMAN COUNTIES...

AT 1002 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CLOVERPORT...OR 10
MILES NORTH OF BOLIVAR...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TOONE...
HATCHIE...UPTONVILLE...CEDAR CHAPEL...VILDO AND TEAGUE.

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 3534 8887 3531 8919 3540 8918 3542 8915
      3543 8908 3547 8908 3547 8893
TIME...MOT...LOC 0302Z 253DEG 30KT 3541 8903

$$

664 
WWUS54 KMEG 280310 CCA
SVSMEG

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1001 PM CDT SAT APR 27 2013

TNC047-075-280311-
/O.COR.KMEG.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-130428T0330Z/
FAYETTE TN-HAYWOOD TN-
1001 PM CDT SAT APR 27 2013

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN HAYWOOD AND NORTHEASTERN
FAYETTE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

AT 1001 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 3534 8887 3531 8919 3540 8918 3542 8915
      3543 8908 3547 8908 3547 8893
TIME...MOT...LOC 0301Z 253DEG 30KT 3541 8904

$$

TNC069-113-280330-
/O.COR.KMEG.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-130428T0330Z/
HARDEMAN TN-MADISON TN-
1001 PM CDT SAT APR 27 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN MADISON AND NORTHWESTERN HARDEMAN COUNTIES...

AT 1001 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED
NEAR CLOVERPORT...OR 10 MILES NORTH OF BOLIVAR...MOVING EAST AT 35
MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TOONE...
HATCHIE...UPTONVILLE...CEDAR CHAPEL...VILDO AND TEAGUE.

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 3534 8887 3531 8919 3540 8918 3542 8915
      3543 8908 3547 8908 3547 8893
TIME...MOT...LOC 0301Z 253DEG 30KT 3541 8904

$$

998 
WWUS54 KMEG 280315
SVSMEG

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1015 PM CDT SAT APR 27 2013

TNC113-280326-
/O.CAN.KMEG.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-130428T0330Z/
MADISON TN-
1015 PM CDT SAT APR 27 2013

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN MADISON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

AT 1016 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 3534 8887 3531 8919 3540 8918 3542 8915
      3543 8908 3543 8892
TIME...MOT...LOC 0316Z 253DEG 30KT 3544 8889

$$

TNC069-280330-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-130428T0330Z/
HARDEMAN TN-
1015 PM CDT SAT APR 27 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN HARDEMAN COUNTY...

AT 1016 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED
NEAR TEAGUE...OR 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF CHICKASAW STATE FOREST...MOVING
EAST AT 35 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TOONE...CEDAR
CHAPEL...VILDO AND TEAGUE.

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 3534 8887 3531 8919 3540 8918 3542 8915
      3543 8908 3543 8892
TIME...MOT...LOC 0316Z 253DEG 30KT 3544 8889

$$

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Memphis, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Apr 27, 9:24 PM CDT, 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 27, 9:24 PM CDT, 23 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
924 PM CDT SAT APR 27 2013

.DISCUSSION...AS OF 01Z...A SURFACE LOW IS CENTERED NEAR MEMPHIS
WITH A TRAILING COLD FRONT EXTENDING SOUTHWEST ALONG THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND DOWN ACROSS SOUTHERN ARKANSAS...AND NORTHERN
LOUISIANA. KNQA WSR-88D RADAR TRENDS OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS
HAVE SHOWN TWO DISTINCT AREAS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...THE
FIRST CLUSTER EXTENDS NORTH OF A LINE FROM JUST EAST OF ARLINGTON TO
DECATURVILLE TENNESSEE AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING ALONG
A COLD FRONT ACROSS NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI.

LATEST MESOANALYSIS YIELDS SURFACE BASED CAPE VALUES BETWEEN
1000-1600 J/KG...STEEP MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI
RIVER DELTA...AND 0-1 KM STORM RELATIVE HELICITIES BETWEEN 200-300
M2/S2. BASED ON THE LATEST TRENDS...THINK SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM/TORNADIC THREAT WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE TWO CLUSTERS
OF CONVECTION. WILL UPDATE FORECAST TO TRIM BACK SHOWER
THUNDERSTORM CHANCES AND GRADUALLY TRIM BACK THE TORNADO WATCH AS
THE CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY PROGRESSES EAST. WILL ALSO UPDATE ALL
OTHER ELEMENTS AS NEEDED.

UPDATED GRIDS WILL BE AVAILABLE SHORTLY.

CJC

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 707 PM CDT SAT APR 27 2013/

UPDATE...
UPDATED TO ADD 00Z AVIATION DISCUSSION.

PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 332 PM CDT SAT APR 27 2013/

DISCUSSION...19Z SURFACE ANALYSIS PLACES A SURFACE LOW JUST
SOUTHWEST OF HOT SPRINGS ARKANSAS WITH A WARM FRONT EXTENDING
FROM THE LOW THROUGH LITTLE ROCK...MEMPHIS...AND CORINTH
MISSISSIPPI. AS OF 2 PM CDT...TEMPERATURES HAVE RISEN INTO THE
UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S ALONG AND JUST SOUTH OF THE WARM
FRONT...WITH MIDDLE 70S OCCURRING ACROSS AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF
A LINE FROM CLARKSDALE TO TUPELO MISSISSIPPI. NORTH OF THE WARM
FRONT...TEMPERATURES HAVE STRUGGLED TO RISE MUCH WITH
TEMPERATURES REMAINING FROM AROUND 60 NEAR THE MO/KY/AR BORDER AND
LOWER TO MIDDLE 60S DOWN TO WYNNE ARKANSAS...AND JACKSON/SAVANNAH
TENNESSEE. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL REMAINS THE
PREDOMINANT FORECAST CHALLENGE IN THIS AFTERNOON/S FORECAST.

SHORT TERM...(TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY)...REGIONAL WSR-88D RADAR
TRENDS OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS HAVE SHOWN SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS
SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE MID SOUTH THIS
AFTERNOON. DESPITE MARGINALLY SUFFICIENT SHEAR/UPPER LEVEL
DIVERGENCE ALOFT...OVERALL SURFACE BASED INSTABILITY HAS BEEN
LESS THAN IDEAL WITH THE BEST SURFACE BASED CAPE /1500-2000 J/KG/
RESIDING DOWN ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM WATER VALLEY TO
ABERDEEN MISSISSIPPI. A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE
POSSIBLE INTO THIS EVENING WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND PERHAPS SOME
LARGE HAIL AS THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THREATS. HOWEVER...NOT
ANTICIPATING A MUCH GREATER SEVERE WEATHER THREAT GIVEN CURRENT
SHORT TERM TRENDS. PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES AVERAGING UP TO 1.6
INCHES SUGGEST A POTENTIAL FOR LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING FROM HEAVY
RAINFALL.

OTHERWISE...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SURFACE
LOW WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE THROUGHOUT THE DAY SUNDAY AS THE LOW
MOVES NORTHEAST INTO THE OHIO VALLEY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD
BACK INTO THE MID SOUTH FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY AND BRING A RETURN
OF RAIN FREE WEATHER.

LONG TERM...(WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY)...12Z GFS/ECMWF LONG
TERM MODELS ARE IN BETTER AGREEMENT THAN THE PAST FEW RUNS AS AN
UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT MOVE THROUGH THE
LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL
RESULT IN A GRADUAL INCREASE IN SHOWER/THUNDERSTORM CHANCES INTO
THURSDAY. LONG TERM MODELS STILL SUGGEST A CUT OFF UPPER LEVEL LOW
WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE CENTRAL/SOUTHERN PLAINS AND MOVE INTO
PORTIONS OF THE MIDDLE/LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY/S TOWARDS NEXT
WEEKEND. KEPT LOWER CONFIDENCE POPS GOING THROUGH THIS TIMEFRAME
UNTIL THE DETAILS BECOME BETTER RESOLVED IN SUBSEQUENT MODEL RUNS.

CJC
&&

.AVIATION...
00Z TAF CYCLE

AS OF 00Z...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE REMAINED
NEAR A SURFACE LOW AROUND MEMPHIS AND A WARM FRONT BETWEEN PARIS
AND SAVANNAH TENNESSEE. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO PASS
JUST OUTSIDE OF MEM AND JBR AND THUS WILL ONLY INCLUDE A VCTS FOR
NOW THROUGH 28/01Z. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY AFFECT OR
PASS NEARBY MKL AND TUP NEARBY BETWEEN 28/01-03Z. VFR/MVFR
CONDITIONS AHEAD OF THE LOW WILL DETERIORATE TO MVFR CONDITIONS
THIS EVENING...IFR/LIFR CONDITIONS LATER TONIGHT...AND A GRADUAL
IMPROVEMENT TO MVFR CONDITIONS TOWARDS SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
SOUTH/SOUTHWEST WINDS BETWEEN 3-7 KTS WILL GRADUALLY BECOME
WEST/NORTHWEST AS THE LOW PASSES TAF SITES.

CJC

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
MEM  58  72  55  81 /  70  30   0  10
MKL  57  71  52  79 /  80  30   0  10
JBR  55  71  52  80 /  60  20   0  10
TUP  62  73  52  80 /  80  50  10  10

&&

.MEG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...NONE.
MO...NONE.
MS...NONE.
TN...NONE.
&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 27, 3:53 PM CDT, 5 hours 54 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
353 PM CDT SAT APR 27 2013

ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-
MSZ001>017-020>024-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092-281030-
ALCORN-BENTON MS-CALHOUN-CARROLL-CHESTER-CHICKASAW-CLAY-COAHOMA-
CRAIGHEAD-CRITTENDEN-CROCKETT-CROSS-DESOTO-DECATUR-DUNKLIN-DYER-
FAYETTE-GIBSON-GREENE-HARDEMAN-HARDIN-HAYWOOD-HENDERSON-HENRY-
ITAWAMBA-LAFAYETTE-LAKE-LAUDERDALE-LAWRENCE-LEE AR-LEE MS-MADISON-
MARSHALL-MCNAIRY-MISSISSIPPI-MONROE-OBION-PANOLA-PEMISCOT-
PHILLIPS-POINSETT-PONTOTOC-PRENTISS-QUITMAN-RANDOLPH-SHELBY-
ST. FRANCIS-TALLAHATCHIE-TATE-TIPPAH-TIPTON-TISHOMINGO-TUNICA-
UNION-WEAKLEY-YALOBUSHA-
353 PM CDT SAT APR 27 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST ARKANSAS...
THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...AND WEST TENNESSEE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE INTO THIS
EVENING...PREDOMINANTLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE I-40 CORRIDOR.
DAMAGING WINDS AND PERHAPS LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE PREDOMINANT
THREATS FOR ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT REACH SEVERE LIMITS.

IN ADDITION...LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO
POSSIBLE. AREA RIVERS AND OTHER WATERWAYS WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE
RISES AS AS WELL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED INTO THIS EVENING IN SUPPORT OF
SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 27, 4:56 PM CDT, 4 hours 51 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
456 PM CDT SAT APR 27 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0420 PM     HAIL             GATES                   35.84N 89.41W
04/27/2013  E0.88 INCH       LAUDERDALE         TN   BROADCAST MEDIA

            NICKEL SIZE HAIL REPORTED AT HIGHWAY 51 NEAR GATES, TN.

&&

AJC

Local storm report, Apr 27, 5:44 PM CDT, 4 hours 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
544 PM CDT SAT APR 27 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0515 PM     HAIL             12 NNE ABERDEEN         33.99N 88.47W
04/27/2013  E1.25 INCH       MONROE             MS   BROADCAST MEDIA

            HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL FELL NEAR SPLUNGE,MS.

&&

AJC

Local storm report, Apr 27, 5:46 PM CDT, 4 hours 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
546 PM CDT SAT APR 27 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0420 PM     HAIL             GATES                   35.84N 89.41W
04/27/2013  E0.88 INCH       LAUDERDALE         TN   BROADCAST MEDIA

            NICKEL SIZE HAIL REPORTED AT HIGHWAY 51 NEAR GATES, TN.

0431 PM     HAIL             BELMONT                 34.51N 88.21W
04/27/2013  E1.75 INCH       TISHOMINGO         MS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL FELL FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES NEAR
            BELMONT.

0515 PM     HAIL             12 NNE ABERDEEN         33.99N 88.47W
04/27/2013  E1.25 INCH       MONROE             MS   BROADCAST MEDIA

            HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL FELL NEAR SPLUNGE,MS.

&&

AJC

Local storm report, Apr 27, 6:22 PM CDT, 3 hours 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
622 PM CDT SAT APR 27 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0515 PM     TSTM WND DMG     12 ENE ABERDEEN         33.89N 88.36W
04/27/2013                   MONROE             MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            A LARGE TREE REPORTED DOWN ACROSS MILL CREEK ROAD IN THE
            SPLUNGE COMMUNITY OF MONROE COUNTY MISSISSIPPI. THE
            REPORT RECEIVED VIA MONROE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

&&

JLH

Local storm report, Apr 27, 8:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
840 PM CDT SAT APR 27 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0830 PM     FLASH FLOOD      MILAN                   35.92N 88.75W
04/27/2013                   GIBSON             TN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            NORTHSIDE MARKET AND REGIONS BANK PARKING LOTS ARE
            FLOODED OUT.

&&

AJC

Local storm report, Apr 27, 9:03 PM CDT, 44 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
903 PM CDT SAT APR 27 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0830 PM     HAIL             3 SW JONESTOWN          34.29N 90.49W
04/27/2013  M1.25 INCH       COAHOMA            MS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL FELL NEAR JONESTOWN,MS.

&&

AJC

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 27, 7:33 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Henry	3 hr
Apr 27, 7:55 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Gibson	3 hr
Apr 27, 8:08 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Carroll, Gibson, Henry, Weakley	3 hr
Apr 27, 8:49 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Carroll, Gibson, Henry, Weakley	3 hr
Apr 27, 9:19 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Fayette, Haywood, Tipton	41 min
Apr 27, 9:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chester, Hardeman, Haywood, Madison	55 min
Apr 27, 10:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Chester, Hardeman	25 min
Apr 27, 10:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chester, Henderson, Madison	48 min
Apr 27, 10:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chester, Hardeman, Henderson, McNairy	50 min
Apr 27, 11:19 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Decatur	3 hr
Apr 27, 11:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chester, Decatur, Hardin, Henderson, McNairy	61 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.