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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 191, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 15, 2021, 6:28 PM CDT for 4 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 17 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 15, 2021, 6:28 PM CDT (23:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 15, 2021, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 17 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Chester County, TN, Hardeman County, TN, Haywood County, TN, Madison County, TN
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 15, 12:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 128 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
- 567 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 671 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted.
362
WUUS54 KMEG 152328
SVRMEG
TNC023-069-075-113-152345-
/O.NEW.KMEG.SV.W.0191.211015T2328Z-211015T2345Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Memphis TN
628 PM CDT Fri Oct 15 2021
The National Weather Service in Memphis has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northwestern Hardeman County in western Tennessee...
Southeastern Haywood County in western Tennessee...
Madison County in western Tennessee...
Northwestern Chester County in western Tennessee...
* Until 645 PM CDT.
* At 628 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Hillville, or
8 miles southeast of Brownsville, moving east at 35 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...
Jackson, Henderson, Chickasaw State Park, Bemis, Hillville,
Cloverport, Mercer, Medon, Neely, Pinson, Huntersville, Beech
Bluff, Westover, Madison Hall, Uptonville, Teague, Maple Grove,
Leighton, East Union and Malesus.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3537 8918 3540 8919 3540 8922 3559 8920
3573 8861 3565 8861 3564 8860 3563 8860
3562 8861 3559 8861 3559 8860 3539 8860
TIME...MOT...LOC 2328Z 268DEG 29KT 3551 8914
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 3:06 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Shelby | 3 hr |
| Oct 15, 3:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Weakley | 37 min |
| Oct 15, 4:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Henry | 27 min |
| Oct 15, 4:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lauderdale, Tipton | 48 min |
| Oct 15, 4:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lauderdale, Tipton | 23 min |
| Oct 15, 5:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Benton | 36 min |
| Oct 15, 5:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Tipton | 47 min |
| Oct 15, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crockett, Gibson, Haywood, Madison | 49 min |
| Oct 15, 6:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll, Chester, Gibson, Hardeman, Henderson, Madison | 47 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.