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Tornado Warning 39, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Oct 21, 2019, 7:09 AM CDT for Fayette County, Hardeman County, Tennessee. It was in force for 14 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
- Oct 21, 2019, 7:09 AM CDT (12:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 21, 2019, 7:23 AM CDT
- In force
- 14 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Fayette County, TN, Hardeman County, TN
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:08 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 21, 7:14 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 W Williston, TN | BARN DESTROYED IN THE 13000 BLOCK OF MACON ROAD. |
| Oct 21, 7:15 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 W Williston, TN | ROOF DAMAGE TO HOME AND A LOT OF TREE DAMAGE ALONG SONNY ROAD. |
| Oct 21, 7:15 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 W Williston, TN | TREE ON HOME AND POWER LINES DOWN ALONG SONNY ROAD. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 21, 3:06 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 63 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1094 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -95 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
140
WFUS54 KMEG 211209
TORMEG
TNC047-069-211300-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0039.191021T1209Z-191021T1300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Memphis TN
709 AM CDT Mon Oct 21 2019
The National Weather Service in Memphis has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Central Fayette County in western Tennessee...
West central Hardeman County in western Tennessee...
* Until 800 AM CDT.
* At 709 AM CDT, doppler radar indicated a severe thunderstorm
producing a tornado was located 10 miles east of Eads, or 11 miles
northeast of Collierville, moving east at 50 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.
* Locations impacted include...
Whiteville, Somerville, Macon, Williston, Hickory Valley, Laconia
and Pattersonville.
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 3511 8956 3516 8956 3533 8917 3513 8911
TIME...MOT...LOC 1209Z 258DEG 42KT 3514 8950
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$1 follow-up statement
477
WWUS54 KMEG 211223
SVSMEG
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
723 AM CDT Mon Oct 21 2019
TNC047-069-211232-
/O.CAN.KMEG.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-191021T1300Z/
Fayette TN-Hardeman TN-
723 AM CDT Mon Oct 21 2019
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL FAYETTE AND WEST CENTRAL HARDEMAN
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 AM CDT for western
Tennessee.
Remember, a Severe Thunderstorm Warning still remains in effect for
Fayette County until 745 AM CDT.
LAT...LON 3511 8956 3516 8956 3533 8917 3513 8911
TIME...MOT...LOC 1220Z 258DEG 42KT 3517 8931
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 21, 4:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lauderdale, Tipton | 49 min |
| Oct 21, 5:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tipton | 46 min |
| Oct 21, 5:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 49 min |
| Oct 21, 6:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Dyer, Lauderdale, Shelby, Tipton | 47 min |
| Oct 21, 6:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Shelby | 40 min |
| Oct 21, 6:23 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lauderdale, Tipton | 25 min |
| Oct 21, 6:26 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Shelby, Tipton | 34 min |
| Oct 21, 6:26 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lauderdale, Tipton | 25 min |
| Oct 21, 6:40 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Shelby | 20 min |
| Oct 21, 7:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Haywood, Lake, Lauderdale and 3 more | 45 min |
| Oct 21, 7:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Hardeman, Haywood, Lauderdale, Madison, Shelby and 1 more | 44 min |
| Oct 21, 7:55 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Benton, Carroll, Gibson, Henry, Weakley | 50 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.