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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS Memphis, TN

July 5, 2026Carroll County, Gibson County, Madison County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 2026, 2:15 PM CDT for Carroll County, Gibson County, Madison County, 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
Jul 5, 2026, 2:15 PM CDT (19:15 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 2026, 3:00 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Carroll County, TN, Gibson County, TN, Madison County, TN

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 348 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2026-07-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1854 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2026-07-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -20 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1854 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-26 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
932 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 5, 1:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGMadison25 min
Jul 5, 1:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGHenderson31 min
Jul 5, 2:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGHenderson26 min
Jul 5, 2:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGBenton, Carroll, Decatur, Henderson38 min
Jul 5, 2:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGCarroll35 min
Jul 5, 2:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGHenry33 min
Jul 5, 2:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGDecatur29 min
Jul 5, 2:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGCarroll27 min
Jul 5, 2:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGDecatur26 min
Jul 5, 2:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGCarroll34 min
Jul 5, 2:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGHenry31 min
Jul 5, 3:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGPerry15 min
Jul 5, 3:16 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMEGBenton, Carroll, Henry, Weakley12 min
Jul 5, 3:28 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGBenton, Carroll, Henry, Weakley3 hr
Jul 5, 3:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGCarroll, Henry44 min
Jul 5, 3:43 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMEGBenton, Henry2 hr
Jul 5, 5:14 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMEGHardin, McNairy2 hr
Jul 5, 6:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMEGTipton34 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.