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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Mar 27, 2017, 4:50 PM CDT for Decatur County, Henderson County, Tennessee. It was in force for 40 min. 14 reports 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
- Mar 27, 2017, 4:50 PM CDT (21:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 27, 2017, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 2.5 in
Counties Decatur County, TN, Henderson County, TN
The radar
The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:54 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 4:52 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Lexington, TN | |
| Mar 27, 4:57 PM CDT | HAIL 1.25 | Lexington, TN | |
| Mar 27, 4:59 PM CDT | TORNADO 0 | 7 S Lexington, TN | TORNADO IN SOUTHEAST HENDERSON COUNTY. MAINLY TREE DAMAGE ALONG RIDGES. LENGTH ABOUT 7 MILES. |
| Mar 27, 5:00 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 4 Nnw Reagan, TN | |
| Mar 27, 5:05 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Lexington, TN | |
| Mar 27, 5:10 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Darden, TN | |
| Mar 27, 5:12 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Beacon, TN | |
| Mar 27, 5:17 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Beacon, TN | |
| Mar 27, 5:25 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 S Decaturville, TN | TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. POSSIBLE TORNADO |
| Mar 27, 5:26 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | Parsons, TN | |
| Mar 27, 5:28 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Parsons, TN | QUARTER SIZE HAIL ALONG HIGHWAY 412 IN PARSONS |
| Mar 27, 5:28 PM CDT | HAIL 2 | Decaturville, TN | |
| Mar 27, 5:30 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 S Decaturville, TN | TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. POSSIBLE TORNADO |
| Mar 27, 5:30 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 Sw Decaturville, TN | A TORNADO CAUSED DAMAGE TO NUMEROUS TREES AND SEVERAL OUTBUILDINGS TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST OF DECATURVILLE...MAINLY ALONG AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 100. THIS TORNADO WAS RATED AS EF-1 WITH MAXIMUM WIND GUSTS ESTIMATED AT 100 TO 110 MPH. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 12:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -156 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1296 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 170 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 173 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
367
WFUS54 KMEG 272150
TORMEG
TNC039-077-272230-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0015.170327T2150Z-170327T2230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Memphis TN
450 PM CDT MON MAR 27 2017
The National Weather Service in Memphis has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
East central Henderson County in western Tennessee...
Central Decatur County in western Tennessee...
* Until 530 PM CDT
* At 449 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm producing a tornado was
located near Lexington, moving east at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and tennis 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.
* This dangerous storm will be near...
Darden around 510 PM CDT.
Parsons and Decaturville around 525 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Perryville, Busseltown, Warrens Bluff, Wilkinstown, Rock Hill,
Palestine, Mount Tabor, Garrett, Beacon and Hickory Forks.
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 3554 8845 3564 8847 3572 8804 3569 8803
3568 8802 3566 8802 3562 8804 3555 8800
TIME...MOT...LOC 2149Z 263DEG 27KT 3559 8843
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.50IN
$$2 follow-up statements
563
WWUS54 KMEG 272204
SVSMEG
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
504 PM CDT MON MAR 27 2017
TNC039-077-272230-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-170327T2230Z/
Henderson TN-Decatur TN-
504 PM CDT MON MAR 27 2017
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL HENDERSON AND CENTRAL DECATUR COUNTIES...
At 504 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm producing a tornado was located
near Darden, or 7 miles southeast of Lexington, moving east at 25
mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and tennis ball size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This dangerous storm will be near...
Darden around 510 PM CDT.
Parsons around 525 PM CDT.
Decaturville around 530 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Perryville, Busseltown, Warrens Bluff, Wilkinstown, Rock Hill, Mount
Tabor, Garrett, Beacon, Hickory Forks and Largo.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a storm shelter or an interior room on the
lowest floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are
outdoors, in a mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest
substantial shelter and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3554 8835 3564 8837 3572 8804 3569 8803
3568 8802 3566 8802 3562 8804 3555 8800
TIME...MOT...LOC 2204Z 269DEG 24KT 3559 8830
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.50IN
$$460
WWUS54 KMEG 272222
SVSMEG
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
522 PM CDT MON MAR 27 2017
TNC077-272232-
/O.CAN.KMEG.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-170327T2230Z/
Henderson TN-
522 PM CDT MON MAR 27 2017
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL HENDERSON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The tornadic thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out
of the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 800 PM CDT for
western Tennessee.
LAT...LON 3554 8819 3564 8819 3572 8804 3569 8803
3568 8802 3566 8802 3562 8804 3555 8800
TIME...MOT...LOC 2222Z 271DEG 25KT 3558 8815
$$
TNC039-272230-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-170327T2230Z/
Decatur TN-
522 PM CDT MON MAR 27 2017
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
DECATUR COUNTY...
At 522 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm producing a tornado was located
over Decaturville, or 13 miles southeast of Natchez Trace State
Forest, moving east at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and tennis ball size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
central Decatur County, including the following locations: Mount
Tabor, Perryville, Busseltown, Garrett, Beacon, Largo, Wilkinstown
and Mount Lebanon.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a storm shelter or an interior room on the
lowest floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are
outdoors, in a mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest
substantial shelter and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3554 8819 3564 8819 3572 8804 3569 8803
3568 8802 3566 8802 3562 8804 3555 8800
TIME...MOT...LOC 2222Z 271DEG 25KT 3558 8815
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.50IN
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 4:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Madison | 43 min |
| Mar 27, 4:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crockett, Gibson, Haywood, Madison | 44 min |
| Mar 27, 5:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Gibson, Weakley | 52 min |
| Mar 27, 11:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Shelby | 44 min |
| Mar 27, 11:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Haywood, Shelby, Tipton | 51 min |
| Mar 27, 11:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette | 42 min |
| Mar 27, 12:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Lake | 15 min |
| Mar 27, 12:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Hardeman | 48 min |
| Mar 27, 12:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Lake | 41 min |
| Mar 27, 12:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Dyer, Obion | 49 min |
| Mar 27, 12:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Dyer, Gibson, Obion, Weakley | 46 min |
| Mar 27, 1:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardeman, McNairy | 51 min |
| Mar 27, 1:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Gibson | 28 min |
| Mar 27, 1:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Hardeman, Henderson, Madison | 38 min |
| Mar 27, 1:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | McNairy | 39 min |
| Mar 27, 1:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Hardin, McNairy | 20 min |
| Mar 27, 1:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Dyer, Lauderdale | 43 min |
| Mar 27, 2:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Gibson, Weakley | 44 min |
| Mar 27, 2:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Hardin, McNairy | 21 min |
| Mar 27, 2:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Hardin | 27 min |
| Mar 27, 2:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, Henry | 39 min |
| Mar 27, 2:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Gibson, Weakley | 3 hr |
| Mar 27, 2:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crockett, Haywood, Lauderdale, Tipton | 46 min |
| Mar 27, 3:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll, Crockett, Gibson, Weakley | 40 min |
| Mar 27, 3:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lauderdale | 40 min |
| Mar 27, 3:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Dyer, Lauderdale | 16 min |
| Mar 27, 3:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll, Haywood, Henderson, Madison | 49 min |
| Mar 27, 4:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Haywood, Lauderdale | 52 min |
| Mar 27, 4:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Chester, Henderson, Madison | 47 min |
| Mar 27, 4:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, Carroll | 44 min |
| Mar 27, 4:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Haywood, Lauderdale, Tipton | 50 min |
| Mar 27, 4:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Haywood, Madison | 43 min |
| Mar 27, 4:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Haywood, Madison | 43 min |
| Mar 27, 4:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Benton | 23 min |
| Mar 27, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Haywood, Lauderdale, Madison, Tipton | 50 min |
| Mar 27, 5:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Henderson, Madison | 47 min |
| Mar 27, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, Henry | 45 min |
| Mar 27, 5:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Decatur | 15 min |
| Mar 27, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Hardeman, Henderson, Madison | 56 min |
| Mar 27, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Decatur, Henderson | 44 min |
| Mar 27, 5:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Hardeman, McNairy | 51 min |
| Mar 27, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Decatur, Hardin, Henderson, McNairy | 65 min |
| Mar 27, 6:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Chester, Decatur, Hardin, Henderson, McNairy | 54 min |
| Mar 27, 6:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Hardin, 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.