Alert archive / Tennessee / Tornado Warnings in 2018
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Feb 24, 2018, 6:30 PM CST for Dyer County, Lake County, Obion County, Tennessee; Pemiscot County, Missouri. It was in force for 45 min. 3 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
- Feb 24, 2018, 6:30 PM CST (00:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2018, 7:15 PM CST
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Pemiscot County, MO, Dyer County, TN, Lake County, TN, Obion County, TN
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:28 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 7:02 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Ne Union City, TN | SEVERAL HOMES DAMAGED AND POWER LINES DOWN. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. |
| Feb 24, 7:02 PM CST | TORNADO | 3 Ne Union City, TN | *** 3 INJ *** POSSIBLE TORNADO. 10 PEOPLE WERE RESCUED FROM SEVERAL DAMAGED STRUCTURES AROUND THE AREA. THREE INDIVIDUALS WERE TRANSPORTED TO HOSPITAL WITH UNKNOWN INJURIES. |
| Feb 24, 7:10 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Sw Trimble, TN | MULTIPLE TREES DOWN ACROSS ROAD BETWEEN NEWBERN AND TRIMBLE. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 3:16 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 229 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
525
WFUS54 KMEG 250030
TORMEG
MOC155-TNC045-095-131-250115-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0007.180225T0030Z-180225T0115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Memphis TN
630 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2018
The National Weather Service in Memphis has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southeastern Pemiscot County in southeastern Missouri...
Northern Dyer County in northwestern Tennessee...
Obion County in northwestern Tennessee...
Southern Lake County in northwestern Tennessee...
* Until 715 PM CST
* At 630 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm producing a tornado was
located over Caruthersville, moving east at 55 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...
Cottonwood Grove and Miston around 635 PM CST.
Ridgely around 640 PM CST.
Cloverdale around 650 PM CST.
Obion around 655 PM CST.
Troy around 705 PM CST.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include Mason
Hall, Cat Corner, Wynnburg, Glass, Locust Grove, Hathaway, Shaffner,
Roneys Store, Elbridge and Trimble.
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.
Tornadoes are extremely difficult to see and confirm at night. Do not
wait to see or hear the tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3641 8894 3641 8895 3622 8896 3620 8905
3620 8915 3618 8916 3608 8968 3626 8973
3650 8893
TIME...MOT...LOC 0030Z 252DEG 48KT 3619 8962
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$1 follow-up statement
772
WWUS54 KMEG 250047
SVSMEG
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
647 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2018
MOC155-TNC095-250057-
/O.CAN.KMEG.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-180225T0115Z/
Pemiscot MO-Lake TN-
647 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2018
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN PEMISCOT AND SOUTHERN LAKE
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The tornadic thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out
of the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A tornado watch remains in effect until 900 PM CST for northwestern
Tennessee.
LAT...LON 3641 8894 3641 8895 3622 8896 3620 8904
3620 8915 3618 8916 3614 8937 3631 8941
3636 8940 3650 8893
TIME...MOT...LOC 0047Z 250DEG 52KT 3628 8932
$$
TNC045-131-250115-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-180225T0115Z/
Dyer TN-Obion TN-
647 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2018
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CST FOR
NORTHEASTERN DYER AND OBION COUNTIES...
At 647 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm producing a tornado was located
near Cloverdale, or 8 miles southeast of Reelfoot Lake State Park,
moving east at 60 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...
Obion around 655 PM CST.
Troy around 700 PM CST.
Union City around 705 PM CST.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include Sharps
Ferry, Mason Hall, Poplar Ridge, Glass, Gibbs, Lane, Moffatt, Locust
Grove, Shaffner and Roneys Store.
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.
Tornadoes are extremely difficult to see and confirm at night. Do not
wait to see or hear the tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3641 8894 3641 8895 3622 8896 3620 8904
3620 8915 3618 8916 3614 8937 3631 8941
3636 8940 3650 8893
TIME...MOT...LOC 0047Z 250DEG 52KT 3628 8932
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 6:06 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lauderdale | 27 min |
| Feb 24, 6:13 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Shelby | 6 hr |
| Feb 24, 6:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby, Tipton | 45 min |
| Feb 24, 6:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Dyer, Lake, Lauderdale, Obion | 38 min |
| Feb 24, 6:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Haywood, Lauderdale | 28 min |
| Feb 24, 6:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Haywood, Lauderdale, Tipton | 48 min |
| Feb 24, 6:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Haywood, Lauderdale, Obion and 1 more | 45 min |
| Feb 24, 6:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby, Tipton | 50 min |
| Feb 24, 7:03 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Obion, Weakley | 42 min |
| Feb 24, 7:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crockett, Haywood, Madison, Tipton | 52 min |
| Feb 24, 7:10 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Crockett, Gibson, Haywood, Lauderdale, Madison | 4 hr |
| Feb 24, 7:17 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Benton, Carroll, Henry, Weakley | 6 hr |
| Feb 24, 7:20 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Carroll, Gibson, Weakley | 40 min |
| Feb 24, 7:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Haywood, Shelby, Tipton | 34 min |
| Feb 24, 7:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, Carroll, Crockett, Decatur, Gibson, Henderson and 3 more | 48 min |
| Feb 24, 7:30 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Henry, Weakley | 30 min |
| Feb 24, 7:39 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Carroll, Henderson, Madison | 51 min |
| Feb 24, 7:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Benton, Carroll, Henry, Weakley | 47 min |
| Feb 24, 7:48 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Fayette, Hardeman | 6 hr |
| Feb 24, 7:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Crockett, Haywood, Madison | 48 min |
| Feb 24, 8:00 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | MEG | Lauderdale | 3 hr |
| Feb 24, 8:03 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Chester, Decatur, Hardin, Henderson, McNairy | 3 hr |
| Feb 24, 8:09 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Fayette, Hardeman | 51 min |
| Feb 24, 8:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, Henry | 30 min |
| Feb 24, 9:36 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | McNairy | 39 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.