Alert archive / Tennessee / Tornado Warnings in 2016
Tornado Warning 16, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Aug 2, 2016, 4:29 PM CDT for Madison County, Tennessee. It was in force for 31 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
- Aug 2, 2016, 4:29 PM CDT (21:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2016, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Madison County, TN
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KBYH), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 125 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
- 625 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -128 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1604 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
989
WFUS54 KMEG 022129
TORMEG
TNC113-022200-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0016.160802T2129Z-160802T2200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
429 PM CDT TUE AUG 2 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN MADISON COUNTY IN WESTERN TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 500 PM CDT
* AT 429 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS
LOCATED NEAR BEMIS...OR NEAR JACKSON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
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 TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTHWESTERN MADISON COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS:
MALESUS...PARKBURG...NEELY...MADISON HALL...MEDON...WESTOVER AND
PINSON.
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 3543 8881 3543 8896 3559 8898 3564 8879
3548 8870
TIME...MOT...LOC 2129Z 328DEG 21KT 3554 8888
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$2 follow-up statements
822
WWUS54 KMEG 022141
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
441 PM CDT TUE AUG 2 2016
TNC113-022200-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-160802T2200Z/
MADISON TN-
441 PM CDT TUE AUG 2 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN MADISON COUNTY...
AT 441 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED
NEAR BEMIS...OR 7 MILES NORTH OF CHICKASAW STATE PARK...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE
IS LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
JACKSON...BEMIS...MEDON...MALESUS...PARKBURG...NEELY...
MADISON HALL...WESTOVER AND PINSON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A STORM SHELTER OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE
OUTDOORS...IN A MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3543 8881 3543 8896 3559 8898 3564 8879
3548 8870
TIME...MOT...LOC 2141Z 321DEG 19KT 3550 8882
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$040
WWUS54 KMEG 022154
SVSMEG
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
454 PM CDT TUE AUG 2 2016
TNC113-022204-
/O.EXP.KMEG.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-160802T2200Z/
MADISON TN-
454 PM CDT TUE AUG 2 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN MADISON COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
500 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND IS NO LONGER PRODUCING A TORNADO. THEREFORE...THE
WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 3543 8881 3543 8896 3559 8898 3564 8879
3548 8870
TIME...MOT...LOC 2153Z 328DEG 21KT 3550 8882
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 3:03 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | MEG | Chester, McNairy, Shelby, Tipton | 4 days |
| Aug 2, 4:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Chester, Madison | 50 min |
| Aug 2, 4:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Carroll | 47 min |
| Aug 2, 4:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Hardeman, Madison | 38 min |
| Aug 2, 4:53 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Chester, Gibson, Madison | 2 hr |
| Aug 2, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Hardeman, Madison | 18 min |
| Aug 2, 4:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Crockett | 48 min |
| Aug 2, 5:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Hardeman | 45 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.