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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 296, NWS Memphis, TN

December 12, 1996Lauderdale County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 12, 1996, 12:33 AM CST for Lauderdale County, Tennessee. It was in force for 32 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
Dec 12, 1996, 12:33 AM CST (06:33 UTC)
Expired
Dec 12, 1996, 1:05 AM CST
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Lauderdale County, TN

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Dec 12, 12:34 AM CSTHail 0.75Ripley, TN
Dec 12, 12:48 AM CSTHailHalls, 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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 11, 11:12 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGPoinsett48 min
Dec 11, 11:36 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMississippi34 min
Dec 12, 12:58 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCrittenden47 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee, 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.