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Tornado Warning 50, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Aug 31, 2017, 12:43 PM CDT for Fayette County, Hardeman County, Tennessee. It was in force for 47 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 31, 2017, 12:43 PM CDT (17:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 31, 2017, 1:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
Counties Fayette County, TN, Hardeman County, TN
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31, 11:13 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 11 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KBYH), launched 12:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 73 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
- 20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -77 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 525 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 2 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
493
WFUS54 KMEG 311743
TORMEG
TNC047-069-311830-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0050.170831T1743Z-170831T1830Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Memphis TN
1243 PM CDT THU AUG 31 2017
The National Weather Service in Memphis has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southeastern Fayette County in western Tennessee...
Southwestern Hardeman County in western Tennessee...
* Until 130 PM CDT
* At 1243 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm producing a tornado was
located near Lagrange, or 17 miles south of Bolivar, moving
northwest 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 dangerous storm will be near...
Lagrange around 1255 PM CDT.
Somerville around 130 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Williston, Saulsbury, Grand Junction, Macon, La Grange,
Pattersonville, Powers and Forty Five.
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 3500 8902 3500 8922 3516 8956 3532 8929
TIME...MOT...LOC 1743Z 142DEG 20KT 3502 8911
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$1 follow-up statement
319
WWUS54 KMEG 311824 RRA
SVSMEG
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
124 PM CDT THU AUG 31 2017
TNC047-069-311834-
/O.EXP.KMEG.TO.W.0050.000000T0000Z-170831T1830Z/
Fayette TN-Hardeman TN-
124 PM CDT THU AUG 31 2017
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN FAYETTE AND SOUTHWESTERN
HARDEMAN COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 130 PM CDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and is no longer producing a tornado. Therefore, the warning
will be allowed to expire.
A tornado watch remains in effect until 800 PM CDT for western
Tennessee.
LAT...LON 3500 8902 3500 8922 3516 8956 3532 8929
TIME...MOT...LOC 1824Z 142DEG 20KT 3520 8928
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30, 9:13 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Hardeman | 62 hr |
| Aug 31, 8:22 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Dyer, Lauderdale | 3 hr |
| Aug 31, 12:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Fayette | 44 min |
| Aug 31, 12:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Fayette, Hardeman | 42 min |
| Aug 31, 12:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Shelby | 41 min |
| Aug 31, 1:24 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Shelby | 3 hr |
| Aug 31, 1:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Fayette, Hardeman | 41 min |
| Aug 31, 2:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Fayette, Hardeman | 9 hr |
| Aug 31, 2:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Hardin, McNairy | 43 min |
| Aug 31, 3:08 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Shelby | 9 hr |
| Aug 31, 3:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Hardin, McNairy | 32 min |
| Aug 31, 3:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Decatur | 52 min |
| Aug 31, 3:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Chester, McNairy | 25 min |
| Aug 31, 3:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Hardeman | 16 min |
| Aug 31, 4:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Shelby | 6 hr |
| Aug 31, 5:21 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Chester, Fayette, Hardeman, Hardin, Haywood, Henderson and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 31, 6:08 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Benton, Carroll, Chester, Decatur, Hardin, Henderson and 1 more | 6 hr |
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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.