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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 60, NWS Memphis, TN

May 8, 2024Lake County, Obion County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 2024, 2:03 PM CDT for Lake County, Obion County, Tennessee. It was in force for 27 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: May 8, 2024, 2:03 PM CDT (19:03 UTC)
Expired: May 8, 2024, 2:30 PM CDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

Counties Lake County, TN, Obion County, TN

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 245 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: 2219 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 640 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 184 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 160 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.9
Supercell composite: 7.6

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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 May 8, 1:28 PM CDT, 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 8, 1:28 PM CDT, 35 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 8, 8:46 AM CDT, 5 hours 17 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 8, 10:09 AM CDT, 3 hours 54 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Memphis TN
1009 AM CDT Wed May 8 2024

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

0552 AM     Hail             5 ENE Moro              34.83N 90.91W
05/08/2024  M1.00 Inch       Lee                AR   Public

            Quarter-sized hail observed in the Holub
            Crossing area.

&&

MJ

Special weather statement, May 8, 1:46 PM CDT, 17 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Memphis TN
146 PM CDT Wed May 8 2024

TNZ001-002-081930-
Lake TN-Obion TN-
146 PM CDT Wed May 8 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN OBION AND LAKE
COUNTIES THROUGH 230 PM CDT...

At 146 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Ridgely, or near Reelfoot Lake State Park, moving northeast at 40
mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Union City, Reelfoot Lake State Park, Tiptonville, Ridgely, Clayton,
Hornbeak, Woodland Mills, Samburg, Wynnburg, Wright, Cronanville,
Roneys Store, Sunkist Beach, Blue Bank, Proctor City, Fremont, Madie,
Spout Springs, Mooring, and Walnut Log.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3650 8901 3622 8946 3625 8954 3627 8954
      3630 8960 3634 8958 3634 8954 3636 8951
      3638 8951 3643 8955 3646 8952 3650 8952
      3650 8949 3647 8949 3646 8947 3650 8942
      3651 8930
TIME...MOT...LOC 1846Z 235DEG 36KT 3630 8948

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

CAD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 8, 3:17 AM CDT	Flood Watch	MEG	Benton, Carroll, Henry, Weakley	27 hr
May 8, 6:47 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Obion	28 min
May 8, 1:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Lake	44 min
May 8, 2:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Henry	27 min
May 8, 2:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Obion	35 min
May 8, 2:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Carroll, Gibson, Henry, Obion, Weakley	45 min
May 8, 2:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Decatur	46 min
May 8, 3:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chester, Decatur, Henderson	53 min
May 8, 3:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Benton, Henry, Weakley	51 min
May 8, 3:34 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Benton, Henry	41 min
May 8, 5:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Tunica	30 min
May 8, 4:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Monroe	25 min
May 7, 11:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Craighead	26 min
May 8, 12:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Craighead	30 min
May 8, 12:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Poinsett	19 min
May 8, 4:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MEG	Lee, Phillips, St. Francis	54 min
May 8, 5:39 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Lee, St. Francis	36 min
May 8, 5:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lee, St. Francis	47 min
May 8, 6:17 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	St. Francis	28 min
May 8, 6:36 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	Crittenden	24 min
May 8, 7:27 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MEG	St. Francis	33 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.