Alert archive / Tennessee / Tornado Warnings in 2020
Tornado Warning 9, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Mar 2, 2020, 11:02 PM CST for Benton County, Henry County, Tennessee. It was in force for 25 min. 6 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
- Mar 2, 2020, 11:02 PM CST (05:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2020, 11:27 PM CST
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.5 in
Counties Benton County, TN, Henry County, TN
The radar
The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:02 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 11:07 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 3 N Camden, TN | MULTIPLE HOMES DAMAGED AND TREES DOWN NEAR BALLARD ROAD AND HIGHWAY 69. |
| Mar 2, 11:07 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 3 N Camden, TN | 1 LARGE TREE DOWN. DAMAGE TO HOME WITH DAMAGE CONSISTING OF ROOF DAMAGE, FASCIA, GUTTERS, AND GARAGE DOOR. |
| Mar 2, 11:07 PM CST | HAIL 1.5 | Camden, TN | |
| Mar 2, 11:07 PM CST | TORNADO | 2 Ne Camden, TN | *** 1 FATAL, 2 INJ *** NUMEROUS HOMES SUFFERED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE FROM EF-2 TORNADO THAT MOVED NORTH OF CAMDEN. THE TORNADO BEGAN NEAR HIGHWAY 69, CROSSING BALLARD ROAD AND BETHEL CHURCH ROAD, BEFORE LIFTING NEAR BEAVERDAM ROAD NORTH OF EVA. |
| Mar 2, 11:07 PM CST | TORNADO | 2 Ne Camden, TN | *** 1 INJ *** SEVERAL LARGE TREES DOWN, SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO 15 TO 20 HOMES. POSSIBLE TORNADO STARTED NEAR HWY 69 AND BALLARD MOVING EAST INTO COMMUNITY OF EVA. |
| Mar 2, 11:07 PM CST | TORNADO | 2 Ne Camden, TN | SEVERAL LARGE TREES DOWN, SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO MULTIPLE HOMES. POSSIBLE TORNADO STARTED NEAR HWY AND 69 AND BALLARD MOVING EAST. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 5:21 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 129 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
- 346 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 559 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 183 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 230 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted.
857
WFUS54 KMEG 030502
TORMEG
TNC005-079-030545-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0009.200303T0502Z-200303T0545Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Memphis TN
1102 PM CST Mon Mar 2 2020
The National Weather Service in Memphis has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Central Benton County in western Tennessee...
South central Henry County in western Tennessee...
* Until 1145 PM CST.
* At 1102 PM CST, doppler radar indicated a severe thunderstorm
producing a tornado was located near Camden, moving east at 45 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and ping pong ball size hail.
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...
Camden, New Johnsonville and Nathan Bedford Forrest State Park.
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 3613 8792 3611 8794 3608 8796 3605 8799
3602 8800 3602 8821 3614 8821 3615 8825
3620 8825 3623 8795 3619 8794 3616 8792
TIME...MOT...LOC 0502Z 267DEG 40KT 3612 8816
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$2 follow-up statements
602
WWUS54 KMEG 030514
SVSMEG
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
1114 PM CST Mon Mar 2 2020
TNC079-030524-
/O.CAN.KMEG.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-200303T0545Z/
Henry TN-
1114 PM CST Mon Mar 2 2020
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL HENRY COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
The tornadic thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out
of the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
LAT...LON 3613 8792 3611 8794 3608 8796 3606 8799
3605 8804 3618 8811 3623 8795 3619 8794
3616 8792
TIME...MOT...LOC 0514Z 267DEG 40KT 3613 8799
$$
TNC005-030545-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-200303T0545Z/
Benton TN-
1114 PM CST Mon Mar 2 2020
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM CST FOR EAST
CENTRAL BENTON COUNTY...
At 1114 PM CST, doppler radar indicated a severe thunderstorm
producing a tornado was located 7 miles northeast of Camden, moving
east at 45 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and ping pong ball size hail.
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...
Camden and Nathan Bedford Forrest State Park.
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 3613 8792 3611 8794 3608 8796 3606 8799
3605 8804 3618 8811 3623 8795 3619 8794
3616 8792
TIME...MOT...LOC 0514Z 267DEG 40KT 3613 8799
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$070
WWUS54 KMEG 030527
SVSMEG
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
1127 PM CST Mon Mar 2 2020
TNC005-030537-
/O.CAN.KMEG.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-200303T0545Z/
Benton TN-
1127 PM CST Mon Mar 2 2020
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL BENTON COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
The tornadic thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out
of the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
LAT...LON 3613 8792 3611 8794 3608 8796 3606 8799
3605 8804 3618 8811 3623 8795 3619 8794
3616 8792
TIME...MOT...LOC 0524Z 267DEG 40KT 3614 8781
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 9:53 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Gibson, Henry | 52 min |
| Mar 2, 10:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll, Gibson, Henry, Weakley | 44 min |
| Mar 2, 10:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, Carroll, Henry | 45 min |
| Mar 3, 1:30 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Henderson | 30 min |
| Mar 3, 1:38 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, Decatur, Henderson | 30 min |
| Mar 3, 1:50 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby, Tipton | 19 min |
| Mar 3, 2:53 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll, Crockett, Henderson, Madison | 29 min |
| Mar 3, 3:11 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Hardeman | 49 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.