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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 127, NWS Memphis, TN

May 6, 1996Fayette County, Haywood County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 6, 1996, 9:36 PM CDT for Fayette County, Haywood County, Tennessee. It was in force for 54 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
May 6, 1996, 9:36 PM CDT (02:36 UTC)
Expired
May 6, 1996, 10:30 PM CDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Fayette County, TN, Haywood County, TN

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 6, 10:00 PM CDTThunderstorm WindSomerville, TN

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 6, 11:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHardeman45 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee, 1996Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.