Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2022

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Memphis, TN

January 1, 20224 counties in Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 1, 2022, 11:45 AM CST for 4 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 45 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 1, 2022, 11:45 AM CST (17:45 UTC)
Expired: Jan 1, 2022, 12:30 PM CST
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Damage threat: Considerable
Hail: 0.88 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Chester County, TN, Decatur County, TN, Henderson County, TN, Madison County, TN

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:45 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.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jan 1, 10:50 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 181 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 379 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 791 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 72 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 189 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 245 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.5
Supercell composite: 2.6

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Memphis, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jan 1, 10:31 AM CST, 1 hour 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 1, 10:31 AM CST, 1 hour 14 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 1, 10:18 AM CST, 1 hour 27 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Memphis TN
1018 AM CST Sat Jan 1 2022

ARZ009-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001>017-
020>024-TNZ001>004-019>022-048>055-088>092-021830-
Alcorn-Benton MS-Benton TN-Calhoun-Carroll-Chester-Chickasaw-Clay-
Coahoma-Craighead-Crittenden-Crockett-Cross-DeSoto-Decatur-
Dunklin-Dyer-Fayette-Gibson-Greene-Hardeman-Hardin-Haywood-
Henderson-Henry-Itawamba-Lafayette-Lake-Lauderdale-Lee AR-Lee MS-
Madison-Marshall-McNairy-Mississippi-Monroe-Obion-Panola-Pemiscot-
Phillips-Poinsett-Pontotoc-Prentiss-Quitman-Shelby-St. Francis-
Tallahatchie-Tate-Tippah-Tipton-Tishomingo-Tunica-Union-Weakley-
Yalobusha-
1018 AM CST Sat Jan 1 2022

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of East Arkansas...
the Missouri Bootheel...North Mississippi...and West Tennessee.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Strong to severe thunderstorms are possible today. Damaging
winds, tornadoes, and hail will be the main threats. Storms will
also bring prolonged heavy rainfall which could lead to flash
flooding. A Flood Watch has been issued for much of Northeast
Arkansas, the Missouri Bootheel, and all of West Tennessee.

Winds will be elevated today across portions of north
Mississippi and west Tennessee. A Wind Advisory has been issued.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday

Much colder air will filter into the region behind a cold front
Saturday Night. An upper level disturbance will then move into
the Mid-South by Sunday morning. Chances for snow will occur with
the disturbance. No accumulation is expected. Wind chill values
will drop into the teens Sunday and Sunday Night.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed Today. Please relay any
information about observed severe weather to the NWS while
following all local, state, and CDC guidelines.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 1, 10:35 AM CST, 1 hour 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1035 AM CST SAT JAN 01 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1015 AM     NON-TSTM WND GST 2 NNE MILLINGTON        35.36N  89.87W
01/01/2022  M59 MPH          SHELBY             TN   AWOS

&&

TLSJR

Local storm report, Jan 1, 11:08 AM CST, 37 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1108 AM CST SAT JAN 01 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1044 AM     NON-TSTM WND DMG EAST MEMPHIS            35.13N  89.87W
01/01/2022                   SHELBY             TN   PUBLIC

            LOTS OF TREES DAMAGED, BROKEN BRANCHES AND DOWN, IN
            EAST MEMPHIS. POWER LINES DOWN AS A RESULT.

1046 AM     NON-TSTM WND DMG 1 WNW CORDOVA           35.16N  89.79W
01/01/2022                   SHELBY             TN   PUBLIC

            WIND DAMAGED BUSINESS SIGN NEAR DEXTER AND GERMANTOWN
            ROADS.

&&

TLSJR

Special weather statement, Jan 1, 11:28 AM CST, 17 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
1128 AM CST Sat Jan 1 2022

TNZ052>054-090-011800-
Hardeman TN-Henderson TN-Chester TN-Madison TN-
1128 AM CST Sat Jan 1 2022

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southwestern
Henderson, north central Hardeman, southern Madison and northern
Chester Counties through NOON CST...

At 1128 AM CST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Mercer, or 7 miles northwest of Chickasaw State Forest, moving east
at 60 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Jackson, Henderson, Chickasaw State Park, Jacks Creek, Mifflin,
Cloverport, Mercer, Medon, Neely, Pinson, Malesus, Parkburg, Beech
Bluff, Huron, Russell Crossroads, Madison Hall, Uptonville, Deanburg,
Teague and Five Points.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 600 PM CST for western
Tennessee.

&&

LAT...LON 3536 8902 3554 8905 3564 8851 3545 8844
TIME...MOT...LOC 1728Z 255DEG 53KT 3545 8893

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

The office that day

Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 1, 3:52 AM CST	Wind Advisory	MEG	Alcorn, Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Coahoma, DeSoto and 16 more	11 hr
Jan 1, 12:40 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	DeSoto	3 hr
Jan 1, 1:01 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Prentiss, Tishomingo	19 min
Jan 1, 1:59 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lafayette, Marshall, Panola	46 min
Jan 1, 2:28 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Prentiss	32 min
Jan 1, 2:36 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Benton, Lafayette, Marshall, Tippah, Union	39 min
Jan 1, 2:43 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Prentiss, Tishomingo	18 min
Jan 1, 3:22 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Tishomingo	23 min
Jan 1, 3:41 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Alcorn	34 min
Jan 1, 4:27 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Tishomingo	17 min
Jan 1, 5:02 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	MEG	DeSoto, Marshall	118 min
Jan 1, 12:17 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Dyer, Lake	28 min
Jan 1, 12:42 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Dyer, Lake, Obion	33 min
Jan 1, 1:16 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MEG	Henry, Obion, Weakley	44 min
Jan 1, 1:41 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Henry, Weakley	34 min
Jan 1, 1:57 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Henry, Weakley	35 min
Jan 1, 10:27 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	MEG	Decatur, Hardin	4 days
Jan 1, 11:21 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Benton	24 min
Jan 1, 11:28 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Madison	32 min
Jan 1, 2:04 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Clay	26 min
Jan 1, 9:02 AM CST	River Flood Warning	MEG	Clay, Greene	3 days
Jan 1, 2:47 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Clay, Greene	3 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee, 2022 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2022

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.