Alert archive / Tennessee / Tornado Warnings in 2016
Tornado Warning 19, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Dec 17, 2016, 3:08 PM CST for Lake County, Tennessee. It was in force for 14 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
- Dec 17, 2016, 3:08 PM CST (21:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 17, 2016, 3:22 PM CST
- In force
- 14 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Lake County, TN
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:08 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.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 17, 1:42 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KBYH), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 186 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
- 200 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -240 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 834 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 320 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 327 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted.
716
WFUS54 KMEG 172108
TORMEG
TNC095-172145-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0019.161217T2108Z-161217T2145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Memphis TN
308 PM CST SAT DEC 17 2016
The National Weather Service in Memphis has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northeastern Lake County in western Tennessee...
* Until 345 PM CST
* At 308 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm producing a tornado was
located near Marston, or 8 miles east of Portageville, moving east
at 30 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
northeastern Lake County, including the following locations: Cates,
Bessie, New Markham, Wright and Cronanville.
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 3643 8937 3640 8952 3642 8954 3644 8954
3646 8952 3648 8952 3650 8954 3650 8949
3647 8949 3646 8948 3646 8946 3650 8942
3650 8935
TIME...MOT...LOC 2108Z 251DEG 25KT 3646 8956
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$2 follow-up statements
200
WFUS54 KMEG 172110 CCA
TORMEG
TNC095-172145-
/O.COR.KMEG.TO.W.0019.161217T2108Z-161217T2145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Memphis TN
310 PM CST SAT DEC 17 2016
The National Weather Service in Memphis has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northeastern Lake County in western Tennessee...
* Until 345 PM CST
* At 310 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm producing a tornado was
located near Marston, or near Portageville, moving east at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and ping pong ball size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed.
Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree
damage is likely.
* Locations impacted include...
Cates, Bessie, New Markham, Wright and Cronanville.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a storm shelter or an interior room on the
lowest floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are
outdoors, in a mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest
substantial shelter and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3643 8937 3640 8952 3642 8954 3644 8954
3646 8952 3648 8952 3650 8954 3650 8949
3647 8949 3646 8948 3646 8946 3650 8942
3650 8935
TIME...MOT...LOC 2110Z 251DEG 25KT 3646 8956
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$131
WWUS54 KMEG 172122
SVSMEG
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
322 PM CST SAT DEC 17 2016
TNC095-172131-
/O.CAN.KMEG.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-161217T2145Z/
Lake TN-
322 PM CST SAT DEC 17 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN LAKE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning has
been cancelled.
A tornado watch remains in effect until 900 PM CST for western
Tennessee.
LAT...LON 3643 8937 3640 8952 3642 8954 3644 8954
3646 8952 3648 8952 3650 8954 3650 8949
3647 8949 3646 8948 3646 8946 3650 8942
3650 8935
TIME...MOT...LOC 2119Z 251DEG 25KT 3649 8946
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 17, 12:16 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MEG | Benton, Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer and 15 more | 18 hr |
| Dec 17, 3:05 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Lake | 25 min |
| Dec 17, 4:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardeman | 13 min |
| Dec 17, 4:20 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Hardeman | 8 min |
| Dec 17, 4:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Henderson, Madison | 21 min |
| Dec 17, 5:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lake, Obion | 41 min |
| Dec 17, 5:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lauderdale | 48 min |
| Dec 17, 5:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Dyer, Lauderdale | 39 min |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in Tennessee, 2016Every tornado warning in 2016Tornadoes in 2016
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.