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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 253, NWS Memphis, TN

September 16, 1996Crockett County, Haywood County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 16, 1996, 8:56 AM CDT for Crockett County, Haywood County, Tennessee. It was in force for 44 min. 2 reports 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
Sep 16, 1996, 8:56 AM CDT (13:56 UTC)
Expired
Sep 16, 1996, 9:40 AM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Crockett County, TN, Haywood County, TN

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 16, 9:35 AM CDTThunderstorm WindAlamo, TN
Sep 16, 9:35 AM CDTThunderstorm WindBrownsville, 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.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 16, 5:04 AM CDT, 3 hours 52 minutes before
TNZ001>102-170000-

TENNESSEE SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
500 AM CDT MON SEP 16 1996

...SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE OVER TENNESSEE TODAY..ESPECIALLY OVER THE
WEST AND MIDDLE...

A LOW PRESSURE CENTERED IN WESTERN ARKANSAS THIS MORNING WILL BE
MOVING INTO KENTUCKY BY THIS MONDAY EVENING. ITS ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT
IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN MAKING ENTRANCE INTO WEST TENNESSEE DURING THE
COURSE OF THIS AFTERNOON..AND THEN REACHING THE PLATEAU BY MIDNIGHT.

MOISTURE HAS ALREADY INCREASED..AND THE STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS IN
ADVANCE OF THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE A STEADY FEED OF
GULF MOISTURE. THE ATMOSPHERE IN ADVANCE OF THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO
BECOME MORE UNSTABLE AS TEMPERATURES WARM DURING THE DAY.

YOU ARE URGED TO REMAIN AWARE OF THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION
REGARDING THIS SITUATION BY MONITORING NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR
COMMERCIAL RADIO AND TELEVISION.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 16, 5:16 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGItawamba34 min
Sep 16, 2:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGItawamba, Monroe34 min
Sep 16, 8:02 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGLauderdale, Tipton33 min
Sep 16, 9:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMadison46 min
Sep 16, 9:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGGibson33 min
Sep 16, 9:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCarroll, Henderson44 min
Sep 16, 6:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGPoinsett63 min
Sep 16, 7:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMississippi44 min
Sep 16, 7:41 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGMississippi44 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.