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Tornado Warning 72, NWS Memphis, TN

October 13, 2014Decatur County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Oct 13, 2014, 4:27 PM CDT for Decatur County, Tennessee. It was in force for 18 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: Oct 13, 2014, 4:27 PM CDT (21:27 UTC)
Expired: Oct 13, 2014, 4:45 PM CDT
In force: 18 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Decatur County, TN

The radar

The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Oct 13, 12:57 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 136 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 830 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 305 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 400 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

650 
WFUS54 KMEG 132127
TORMEG
TNC039-132145-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0072.141013T2127Z-141013T2145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
427 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN DECATUR COUNTY IN TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 445 PM CDT

* AT 427 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR PARSONS...OR 13 MILES
  WEST OF LINDEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO RURAL AREAS
  OF NORTHERN DECATUR COUNTY.

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.

.SEND YOUR STORM REPORTS TO US ON TWITTER USING AT NWSMEMPHIS...POST
TO OUR NWS MEMPHIS FACEBOOK PAGE...OR SEND A REPORT ON OUR WEBSITE AT
WEATHER DOT GOV SLANT MEMPHIS AND CLICK ON SUBMIT STORM REPORT.

&&

LAT...LON 3577 8797 3573 8802 3566 8801 3561 8803
      3555 8798 3553 8799 3560 8820 3584 8808
      3584 8803 3581 8803 3582 8797
TIME...MOT...LOC 2127Z 213DEG 38KT 3565 8806

$$
ZDM/JPM3

1 follow-up statement

113 
WWUS54 KMEG 132136
SVSMEG

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
436 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014

TNC039-132145-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0072.000000T0000Z-141013T2145Z/
DECATUR TN-
436 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN DECATUR COUNTY...

AT 436 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BUSSELTOWN...OR 12
MILES NORTHWEST OF LINDEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SUGAR TREE...
COZETTE AND BUSSELTOWN.

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.

.SEND YOUR STORM REPORTS TO US ON TWITTER USING AT NWSMEMPHIS...POST
TO OUR NWS MEMPHIS FACEBOOK PAGE...OR SEND A REPORT ON OUR WEBSITE AT
WEATHER DOT GOV SLANT MEMPHIS AND CLICK ON SUBMIT STORM REPORT.

&&

LAT...LON 3573 8802 3566 8801 3563 8804 3568 8813
      3584 8808 3584 8803 3581 8803 3582 8797
      3577 8797
TIME...MOT...LOC 2136Z 213DEG 38KT 3573 8800

$$
ZDM/JPM3

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 13, 12:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Weakley	31 min
Oct 13, 3:54 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	MEG	Benton, Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer and 15 more	15 hr
Oct 13, 12:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lauderdale, Shelby, Tipton	47 min
Oct 13, 1:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Dyer, Lauderdale	28 min
Oct 13, 1:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Dyer, Lake, Obion	32 min
Oct 13, 2:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lake, Obion	30 min
Oct 13, 2:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Obion, Weakley	31 min
Oct 13, 3:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Chester, Hardin, McNairy	23 min
Oct 13, 3:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Chester, Decatur, Hardin, Henderson, McNairy	33 min
Oct 13, 4:06 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Decatur, Hardin, Henderson	24 min
Oct 13, 4:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Chester, Decatur, Hardin, Henderson, McNairy	32 min

Nearby

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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.