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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS Memphis, TN

May 28, 1996Hardeman County, McNairy County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 1996, 6:26 PM CDT for Hardeman County, McNairy County, Tennessee. It was in force for 44 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 28, 1996, 6:26 PM CDT (23:26 UTC)
Expired
May 28, 1996, 7:10 PM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Hardeman County, TN, McNairy County, TN

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 28, 6:35 PM CDTHail 0.75Mc Nairy, 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 nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 223 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 1996-05-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 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 1996-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 163 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-254 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1023 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
163 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
197 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.2

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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 27, 7:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGPontotoc39 min
May 27, 7:24 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGLee36 min
May 27, 8:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGItawamba52 min
May 27, 8:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGBenton, Tippah44 min
May 27, 10:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGDeSoto34 min
May 28, 12:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGItawamba35 min
May 28, 12:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGDeSoto, Tate50 min
May 28, 1:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGTippah, Union27 min
May 28, 2:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLee, Prentiss26 min
May 28, 4:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCoahoma40 min
May 28, 5:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGTallahatchie40 min
May 27, 9:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGShelby38 min
May 27, 9:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGFayette38 min
May 27, 10:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHardeman25 min
May 27, 10:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGChester, Madison38 min
May 28, 4:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMadison46 min
May 28, 4:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHaywood33 min
May 28, 5:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCarroll36 min
May 28, 5:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMadison31 min
May 28, 5:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHenry32 min
May 28, 5:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHaywood33 min
May 28, 5:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGFayette48 min
May 28, 6:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGChester28 min
May 28, 6:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGFayette35 min
May 28, 6:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHardin36 min
May 27, 8:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCross, St. Francis62 min
May 27, 9:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCrittenden33 min
May 27, 10:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLee46 min

Nearby

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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.