Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 111, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 4, 2021, 3:28 AM CDT for 6 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 47 min. 4 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
- May 4, 2021, 3:28 AM CDT (08:28 UTC)
- Expired
- May 4, 2021, 4:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Carroll County, TN, Crockett County, TN, Dyer County, TN, Gibson County, TN, Obion County, TN, Weakley County, TN
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:31 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 3:30 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ne Union City, TN | TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ALONG US 51 AT BETHLEHEM RD. ROAD CURRENTLY CLOSED. |
| May 4, 3:40 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Nnw Kenton, TN | TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN AT HIGHWAY 45 AND EAST UNION GROVE RD. |
| May 4, 3:47 AM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 5 W Sharon, TN | |
| May 4, 3:49 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Sw Dresden, TN | *** 1 FATAL *** MOBILE HOME FELL ON A MOBILE HOME. DELAYED REPORT. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 1:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 170 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
- 3608 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1081 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 199 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.3
- Supercell composite
- 15.3
The text
As transmitted.
965
WUUS54 KMEG 040828
SVRMEG
TNC017-033-045-053-131-183-040915-
/O.NEW.KMEG.SV.W.0111.210504T0828Z-210504T0915Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Memphis TN
328 AM CDT Tue May 4 2021
The National Weather Service in Memphis has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northern Crockett County in western Tennessee...
Weakley County in western Tennessee...
Eastern Dyer County in western Tennessee...
Gibson County in western Tennessee...
Obion County in western Tennessee...
West central Carroll County in western Tennessee...
* Until 415 AM CDT.
* At 327 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Hickman to near Troy to 6 miles northeast of
Chestnut Bluff, moving east at 65 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Martin, Union City, Milan, Trenton, Fulton, Newbern, Dresden, South
Fulton, Dyer, Greenfield, Troy, Kenton, Rutherford, Obion,
Bradford, Sharon, Atwood, Latham, Clayton and Eaton.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3594 8866 3592 8935 3603 8928 3626 8922
3651 8928 3650 8863
TIME...MOT...LOC 0827Z 258DEG 54KT 3653 8916 3631 8909 3594 8926
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$1 follow-up statement
103
WWUS54 KMEG 040905
SVSMEG
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
405 AM CDT Tue May 4 2021
TNC017-033-045-053-131-183-040915-
/O.EXP.KMEG.SV.W.0111.000000T0000Z-210504T0915Z/
Crockett TN-Weakley TN-Dyer TN-Gibson TN-Obion TN-Carroll TN-
405 AM CDT Tue May 4 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN CROCKETT...WEAKLEY...
EASTERN DYER...GIBSON...OBION AND WEST CENTRAL CARROLL COUNTIES WILL
EXPIRE AT 415 AM CDT...
The storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe
limits, and have exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning will
be allowed to expire. However gusty winds are still possible with
these thunderstorms.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 800 AM CDT for
western Tennessee.
LAT...LON 3594 8866 3592 8935 3603 8928 3626 8922
3651 8928 3650 8863
TIME...MOT...LOC 0905Z 258DEG 54KT 3664 8849 3642 8842 3605 8859
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 2:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tipton | 41 min |
| May 4, 2:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Dyer, Lake, Lauderdale, Obion | 46 min |
| May 4, 3:10 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Shelby, Tipton | 35 min |
| May 4, 3:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Crockett | 44 min |
| May 4, 3:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Fayette, Haywood, Shelby, Tipton | 51 min |
| May 4, 4:10 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Henry | 35 min |
| May 4, 4:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, Carroll, Henry, Weakley | 27 min |
| May 4, 4:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Gibson | 25 min |
| May 4, 4:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, Carroll, Decatur, Henderson, Henry | 47 min |
| May 4, 4:47 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Fayette, Shelby | 73 min |
| May 4, 11:40 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | Crockett, Dyer, Lauderdale | 7 days |
| May 4, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardeman | 19 min |
| May 4, 5:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Henry | 32 min |
| May 4, 5:43 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Shelby | 3 hr |
| May 4, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby, Tipton | 46 min |
| May 4, 6:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Lake | 34 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.