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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 286, NWS Memphis, TN

November 7, 1996Henry County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 7, 1996, 10:44 AM CST for Henry County, Tennessee. It was in force for 51 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
Nov 7, 1996, 10:44 AM CST (16:44 UTC)
Expired
Nov 7, 1996, 11:35 AM CST
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Henry County, TN

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 154 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 1996-11-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3 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 1996-11-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 429 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
3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-70 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
567 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
429 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
494 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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
Nov 7, 1:21 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMonroe34 min
Nov 7, 8:18 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGDeSoto47 min
Nov 7, 8:53 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGDeSoto, Marshall47 min
Nov 7, 9:52 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGBenton48 min
Nov 7, 10:30 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGTippah50 min
Nov 7, 11:14 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGAlcorn51 min
Nov 7, 11:36 AM CSTTornado WarningMEGItawamba34 min
Nov 7, 12:02 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGChickasaw, Lee33 min
Nov 7, 12:09 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGItawamba36 min
Nov 7, 12:15 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGLowndes50 min
Nov 7, 1:21 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMonroe34 min
Nov 7, 1:26 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMonroe29 min
Nov 7, 8:10 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGShelby45 min
Nov 7, 8:53 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHaywood, Tipton47 min
Nov 7, 9:28 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCrockett47 min
Nov 7, 9:40 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHardeman, Madison45 min
Nov 7, 9:42 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGGibson48 min
Nov 7, 10:11 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGWeakley49 min
Nov 7, 10:42 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMcNairy48 min
Nov 7, 11:00 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHardin35 min
Nov 7, 11:03 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHenderson47 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.