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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Memphis, TN

February 24, 20184 counties in Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 24, 2018, 7:57 PM CST for 4 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 48 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
Feb 24, 2018, 7:57 PM CST (01:57 UTC)
Expired
Feb 24, 2018, 8:45 PM CST
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Chester County, TN, Crockett County, TN, Haywood County, TN, Madison County, TN

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:00 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Feb 24, 3:16 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 207 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2018-02-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 78 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2018-02-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 235 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
78 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-34 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1167 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
235 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
256 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.1

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The text

As transmitted.

728 
WUUS54 KMEG 250157
SVRMEG
TNC023-033-075-113-250245-
/O.NEW.KMEG.SV.W.0021.180225T0157Z-180225T0245Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Memphis TN
757 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2018

The National Weather Service in Memphis has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Crockett County in northwestern Tennessee...
  Southeastern Haywood County in southwestern Tennessee...
  Madison County in southwestern Tennessee...
  Northwestern Chester County in southwestern Tennessee...

* Until 845 PM CST

* At 757 PM CST, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Nutbush to 8 miles southeast of Covington,
  moving east at 45 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. 

* Locations impacted include...
  Jackson, Henderson, Fairview, Three Way, Bemis, Adair, Hillville,
  Mercer, Carroll, Gadsden, Medon, Neely, Pinson, Huntersville, Beech
  Bluff, Westover, Madison Hall, Uptonville, Gilmore and Maple Grove.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

A tornado watch remains in effect until 900 PM CST for southwestern
and northwestern Tennessee.

LAT...LON 3543 8863 3544 8929 3578 8902 3578 8861
      3564 8861
TIME...MOT...LOC 0157Z 266DEG 37KT 3569 8937 3547 8955 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
1 follow-up statement
011 
WWUS54 KMEG 250244
SVSMEG

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
844 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2018

TNC023-033-075-113-250253-
/O.EXP.KMEG.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-180225T0245Z/
Crockett TN-Haywood TN-Madison TN-Chester TN-
844 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2018

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CROCKETT...
SOUTHEASTERN HAYWOOD...MADISON AND NORTHWESTERN CHESTER COUNTIES WILL
EXPIRE AT 845 PM CST...
    
The storms which prompted the warning have exited the warned area. 
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

LAT...LON 3543 8863 3544 8929 3578 8902 3578 8861
      3564 8861
TIME...MOT...LOC 0243Z 266DEG 37KT 3572 8880 3550 8898 

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 24, 6:06 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGLauderdale27 min
Feb 24, 6:13 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningMEGShelby6 hr
Feb 24, 6:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGShelby, Tipton45 min
Feb 24, 6:22 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGDyer, Lake, Lauderdale, Obion38 min
Feb 24, 6:30 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGDyer, Lake, Obion45 min
Feb 24, 6:32 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHaywood, Lauderdale28 min
Feb 24, 6:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHaywood, Lauderdale, Tipton48 min
Feb 24, 6:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCrockett, Dyer, Gibson, Haywood, Lauderdale, Obion and 1 more45 min
Feb 24, 6:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGShelby, Tipton50 min
Feb 24, 7:03 PM CSTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatMEGObion, Weakley42 min
Feb 24, 7:08 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCrockett, Haywood, Madison, Tipton52 min
Feb 24, 7:10 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningMEGCrockett, Gibson, Haywood, Lauderdale, Madison4 hr
Feb 24, 7:17 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningMEGBenton, Carroll, Henry, Weakley6 hr
Feb 24, 7:20 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGCarroll, Gibson, Weakley40 min
Feb 24, 7:26 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGFayette, Haywood, Shelby, Tipton34 min
Feb 24, 7:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGBenton, Carroll, Crockett, Decatur, Gibson, Henderson and 3 more48 min
Feb 24, 7:30 PM CSTTornado Warning Tornado observedMEGHenry, Weakley30 min
Feb 24, 7:39 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGCarroll, Henderson, Madison51 min
Feb 24, 7:43 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGBenton, Carroll, Henry, Weakley47 min
Feb 24, 7:48 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningMEGFayette, Hardeman6 hr
Feb 24, 8:00 PM CSTAreal Flood WarningMEGLauderdale3 hr
Feb 24, 8:03 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningMEGChester, Decatur, Hardin, Henderson, McNairy3 hr
Feb 24, 8:09 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMEGFayette, Hardeman51 min
Feb 24, 8:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGBenton, Henry30 min
Feb 24, 9:36 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGMcNairy39 min

Nearby

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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.