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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 221, NWS Memphis, TN

July 8, 1996Pontotoc County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 1996, 1:14 AM CDT for Pontotoc County, Mississippi. It was in force for 46 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
Jul 8, 1996, 1:14 AM CDT (06:14 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 1996, 2:00 AM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Pontotoc County, MS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 8, 1:25 AM CDTThunderstorm WindPontotoc, MS

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

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 239 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 00:00Z on 1996-07-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 314 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 00:00Z on 1996-07-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 55 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
314 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-119 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
917 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
117 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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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
Jul 7, 7:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMonroe34 min
Jul 8, 3:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGDeSoto, Tate53 min
Jul 8, 5:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGPanola39 min
Jul 8, 6:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGTate44 min
Jul 8, 6:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGBenton36 min
Jul 8, 6:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCalhoun39 min
Jul 8, 6:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGPanola33 min
Jul 7, 7:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHardeman, Madison32 min
Jul 7, 7:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHaywood32 min
Jul 7, 7:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCarroll, Gibson, Weakley32 min
Jul 7, 7:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGChester, Henderson36 min
Jul 7, 7:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHenry31 min
Jul 7, 7:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGFayette, Shelby34 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.