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Tornado Warning 68, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Aug 31, 2017, 3:29 PM CDT for Hardeman County, Tennessee. It was in force for 16 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, 3:29 PM CDT (20:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 31, 2017, 3:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 16 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
County Hardeman County, TN
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:29 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31, 11:13 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 11 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KBYH), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 111 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.
704
WFUS54 KMEG 312029
TORMEG
TNC069-312100-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0068.170831T2029Z-170831T2100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Memphis TN
329 PM CDT THU AUG 31 2017
The National Weather Service in Memphis has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northeastern Hardeman County in western Tennessee...
* Until 400 PM CDT
* At 329 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
tornado was located near Silerton, or 7 miles south of Chickasaw
State Forest, moving northwest at 40 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...
Silerton around 335 PM CDT.
Chickasaw State Forest around 340 PM CDT.
Cloverport around 350 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include Toone,
Teague, Hornsby, Pine Top and Shandy.
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 3519 8889 3543 8911 3543 8884 3539 8884
3536 8881 3524 8879
TIME...MOT...LOC 2029Z 154DEG 34KT 3527 8884
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$1 follow-up statement
348
WWUS54 KMEG 312045
SVSMEG
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
345 PM CDT THU AUG 31 2017
TNC069-312055-
/O.CAN.KMEG.TO.W.0068.000000T0000Z-170831T2100Z/
Hardeman TN-
345 PM CDT THU AUG 31 2017
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN HARDEMAN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and is no longer producing a tornado. Therefore, the warning
has been cancelled.
A tornado watch remains in effect until 800 PM CDT for western
Tennessee.
LAT...LON 3519 8889 3543 8911 3543 8884 3539 8884
3536 8881 3524 8879
TIME...MOT...LOC 2044Z 154DEG 34KT 3541 8892
$$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, 12:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Fayette, Hardeman | 47 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, 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.