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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Mar 25, 2021, 6:49 PM CDT for Hardin County, Tennessee. It was in force for 30 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
- Mar 25, 2021, 6:49 PM CDT (23:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 25, 2021, 7:19 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
County Hardin County, TN
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 154 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 6:53 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Savannah, TN | TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
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 25, 3:48 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 166 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
- 60 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -88 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 753 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 168 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
399
WFUS54 KMEG 252349
TORMEG
TNC071-260030-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0008.210325T2349Z-210326T0030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Memphis TN
649 PM CDT Thu Mar 25 2021
The National Weather Service in Memphis has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Central Hardin County in western Tennessee...
* Until 730 PM CDT.
* At 649 PM CDT, doppler radar indicated a severe thunderstorm
producing a tornado was located near Savannah, moving northeast at
60 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and quarter 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...
Savannah, Adamsville, Olive Hill, Shiloh, Crump, Lowryville,
Hamburg, Phillips, Pittsburg Landing, Center Star, Maddox, Hurley,
Walkertown, Olivehill, Bucktown, Cerro Gordo and Shiloh National
Military 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 3509 8838 3523 8837 3539 8803 3537 8803
3537 8801 3535 8800 3533 8802 3530 8802
3530 8800 3529 8798 3509 8799
TIME...MOT...LOC 2349Z 245DEG 50KT 3518 8830
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
MJ2 follow-up statements
632
WWUS54 KMEG 252358
SVSMEG
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
658 PM CDT Thu Mar 25 2021
TNC071-260030-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-210326T0030Z/
Hardin TN-
658 PM CDT Thu Mar 25 2021
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN HARDIN COUNTY...
At 658 PM CDT, doppler radar indicated a severe thunderstorm
producing a tornado was located over Savannah, moving east at 45 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
Savannah, Olive Hill, Center Star, Walkertown, Olivehill and Maddox.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a storm shelter or an interior room on the
lowest floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are
outdoors, in a mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest
substantial shelter and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3515 8826 3521 8825 3537 8801 3535 8800
3533 8802 3530 8802 3530 8800 3529 8798
3514 8799
TIME...MOT...LOC 2358Z 250DEG 40KT 3519 8820
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
MJ464
WWUS54 KMEG 260019
SVSMEG
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
719 PM CDT Thu Mar 25 2021
TNC071-260029-
/O.CAN.KMEG.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-210326T0030Z/
Hardin TN-
719 PM CDT Thu Mar 25 2021
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN HARDIN COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled. However large hail and
damaging winds are still possible with a second storm moving through
the area.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for western
Tennessee.
LAT...LON 3515 8826 3521 8825 3537 8801 3535 8800
3533 8802 3530 8802 3530 8800 3529 8798
3514 8799
TIME...MOT...LOC 0017Z 245DEG 50KT 3531 8788
$$
MJThe office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 5:06 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Shelby | 3 hr |
| Mar 25, 6:01 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Fayette, Shelby | 3 hr |
| Mar 25, 6:28 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Fayette | 32 min |
| Mar 25, 5:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Decatur | 31 min |
| Mar 25, 5:16 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Decatur, Hardin, McNairy | 3 hr |
| Mar 25, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Hardeman | 34 min |
| Mar 25, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardeman, McNairy | 49 min |
| Mar 25, 6:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Decatur, Hardin, Henderson, McNairy | 46 min |
| Mar 25, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Decatur, Hardin, McNairy | 62 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.