Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 162, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2021, 10:56 PM CDT for Benton County, Henry County, Tennessee. It was in force for 38 min. 1 report 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
- Jun 12, 2021, 10:56 PM CDT (03:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2021, 11:34 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Benton County, TN, Henry County, TN
The radar
The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:59 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 11:03 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 9 Nne Big Sandy, TN | LARGE TREE ON HOUSE. WIND WAS ESTIMATED AT 70 MPH BY SPOTTER. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 131 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
- 1684 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1699 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted.
448
WUUS54 KMEG 130356
SVRMEG
TNC005-079-130445-
/O.NEW.KMEG.SV.W.0162.210613T0356Z-210613T0445Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Memphis TN
1056 PM CDT Sat Jun 12 2021
The National Weather Service in Memphis has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northern Benton County in western Tennessee...
Eastern Henry County in western Tennessee...
* Until 1145 PM CDT.
* At 1056 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles southeast
of Paris Landing State Park, moving southwest at 25 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage
to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Camden, Paris Landing State Park, New Johnsonville, Springville,
Big Sandy, Mansfield, Haigler Ridge, Manleyville, Spring Creek, Old
Springville, Big Sandy Unit Tennessee National Wildlife Refuge and
Nathan Bedford Forrest State Park.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3613 8792 3603 8800 3599 8800 3611 8821
3615 8821 3615 8828 3616 8830 3650 8806
3647 8805 3644 8806 3635 8798 3627 8794
3622 8795 3616 8792
TIME...MOT...LOC 0356Z 025DEG 23KT 3635 8795
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$1 follow-up statement
994
WWUS54 KMEG 130434
SVSMEG
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
1134 PM CDT Sat Jun 12 2021
TNC005-079-130444-
/O.CAN.KMEG.SV.W.0162.000000T0000Z-210613T0445Z/
Benton TN-Henry TN-
1134 PM CDT Sat Jun 12 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN BENTON AND EASTERN
HENRY COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
LAT...LON 3613 8792 3603 8800 3599 8800 3611 8821
3615 8821 3615 8828 3616 8830 3650 8806
3647 8805 3644 8806 3635 8798 3627 8794
3622 8795 3616 8792
TIME...MOT...LOC 0431Z 025DEG 23KT 3613 8808
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 7:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Lauderdale | 27 min |
| Jun 12, 7:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Dyer, Lauderdale | 31 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.