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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Feb 2, 2016, 2:01 PM CST for Chester County, Henderson County, Madison County, Tennessee. It was in force for 29 min. 1 report 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
- Feb 2, 2016, 2:01 PM CST (20:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 2, 2016, 2:30 PM CST
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
Counties Chester County, TN, Henderson County, TN, Madison County, TN
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:01 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2, 2:26 PM CST | FUNNEL CLOUD | 3 N Lexington, TN | EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTS SEEING FUNNEL CLOUD LOOKING NORTH FROM LEXINGTON |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2, 12:22 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KBYH), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 159 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
- 226 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -78 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 520 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 403 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 512 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted.
911
WFUS54 KMEG 022001
TORMEG
TNC023-077-113-022030-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0001.160202T2001Z-160202T2030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
201 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL CHESTER COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE...
CENTRAL HENDERSON COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE...
SOUTHEASTERN MADISON COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 230 PM CST
* AT 201 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS
LOCATED OVER MIFFLIN...OR NEAR HENDERSON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55
MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE
DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
BLUE GOOSE AROUND 210 PM CST.
BARGERTON AROUND 215 PM CST.
LEXINGTON AROUND 220 PM CST.
WILDERSVILLE AND PARKERS CROSSROADS AROUND 225 PM CST.
NATCHEZ TRACE STATE PARK AND NATCHEZ TRACE STATE FOREST AROUND 230
PM CST.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
HURON...SAND RIDGE...UNION CROSS...PARKER'S CROSS ROADS...JUNO...
TIMBERLAKE...MAPLE GROVE...WHITE FERN...ROCK HILL AND MIDDLE FORK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A STORM SHELTER OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE
OUTDOORS...IN A MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3542 8862 3555 8876 3582 8844 3582 8832
3570 8818
TIME...MOT...LOC 2001Z 227DEG 47KT 3554 8862
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$1 follow-up statement
691
WWUS54 KMEG 022007
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
207 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016
TNC023-077-113-022030-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160202T2030Z/
CHESTER TN-HENDERSON TN-MADISON TN-
207 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM CST FOR NORTH
CENTRAL CHESTER...NORTHERN HENDERSON AND EAST CENTRAL MADISON
COUNTIES...
AT 207 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED
NEAR MIFFLIN...OR 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LEXINGTON...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 55 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LEXINGTON...NATCHEZ TRACE STATE FOREST...NATCHEZ TRACE STATE PARK...
WILDERSVILLE...BARGERTON...PARKERS CROSSROADS...MIFFLIN...HURON...
SAND RIDGE...UNION CROSS...PARKER'S CROSS ROADS...JUNO...
TIMBERLAKE...WHITE FERN...ROCK HILL...HINSON SPRINGS...RUSSELL
CROSSROADS...BEECH BLUFF AND PALESTINE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A STORM SHELTER OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE
OUTDOORS...IN A MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3551 8856 3556 8869 3582 8844 3582 8832
3570 8818
TIME...MOT...LOC 2007Z 227DEG 47KT 3560 8855
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2, 12:02 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Fayette, Shelby | 3 hr |
| Feb 2, 1:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Henderson, Madison | 25 min |
| Feb 2, 2:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, Carroll, Decatur, Henderson | 34 min |
| Feb 2, 3:29 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Shelby | 2 hr |
| Feb 2, 3:45 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Shelby, Tipton | 45 min |
| Feb 2, 4:06 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Fayette, Shelby | 114 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.