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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 228, NWS Memphis, TN

July 14, 1996Lowndes County, Monroe County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 1996, 4:49 PM CDT for Lowndes County, Monroe County, Mississippi. It was in force for 41 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 14, 1996, 4:49 PM CDT (21:49 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 1996, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Lowndes County, MS, Monroe County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 187 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, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 1996-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1615 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, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 1996-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 2 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
1615 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
584 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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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.