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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 207, NWS Memphis, TN

July 3, 1995McNairy County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 1995, 4:27 PM CDT for McNairy County, Tennessee. It was in force for 48 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 3, 1995, 4:27 PM CDT (21:27 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 1995, 5:15 PM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

County McNairy County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 207 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 1995-07-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 92 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 1995-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 71 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
92 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-173 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
891 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
86 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 3, 3:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGAlcorn51 min
Jul 3, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGItawamba60 min
Jul 3, 6:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLee, Prentiss39 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.