Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 15, 1996, 6:24 AM CST for Hardeman County, Tennessee. It was in force for 51 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
- Mar 15, 1996, 6:24 AM CST (12:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 15, 1996, 7:15 AM CST
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hardeman County, TN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 6:30 AM CST | Hail 1 | Whiteville, 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 nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 0.4 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 613 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 652 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 239 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 241 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.3
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, Mar 15, 2:53 AM CST, 3 hours 31 minutes before
TNZ001>102-ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-
115-MSZ001>017-020>024-030-031-151750-
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
247 AM CST (347 AM EST) FRI MAR 15 1996
....POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER TODAY ACROSS THE MID SOUTH
AND ACROSS TENNESSEE..
THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL EXIST ACROSS ALL OF TENNESSEE
TODAY AND ACROSS THE EAST PART OF THE STASTE THIS EVENING.
A COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM THE OHIO VALLEY ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS EALRY THIS MORNING WILL MOVE SLOWLY
SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS TENNESSEE AND SURROUNDING AREAS TODAY.
SOUTHERLY WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL BRING WARM MOIST AND UNSTABLE
AIR TO THE REGION TODAY THAT WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF
THUNDERSTORMS SOME OF WHICH MAY BECOME SEVERE.
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING ACROSS NORTHERN ARKASAS AND MOVING
EASTWARD TOWARD THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL AND WEST TENNESSEE. LARGE HAIL
WAS REPORTED EARLIER THIS MORNING WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTH
CENTRAL ARKASAS.
THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO DEVELOPING IN WEST TENNESSEE IN THE VICINITY OF
THE TENNESSEE RIVER...ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE...AND OVER THE CENTRAL
TENNESSEE VALLEY IN THE EAST PART OF THE STATE.
RESIDENTS AND TRAVELERS IN TENNESSEE SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IF A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE
LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.Special weather statement, Mar 15, 2:55 AM CST, 3 hours 29 minutes before
TNZ001>102-ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-
115-MSZ001>017-020>024-030-031-160000-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION FOR TITLE AND EXPIRATION TIME
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
247 AM CST (347 AM EST) FRI MAR 15 1996
....POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER TODAY ACROSS THE MID SOUTH
AND ACROSS TENNESSEE..
THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL EXIST ACROSS ALL OF TENNESSEE
TODAY AND ACROSS THE EAST PART OF THE STASTE THIS EVENING.
A COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM THE OHIO VALLEY ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS EALRY THIS MORNING WILL MOVE SLOWLY
SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS TENNESSEE AND SURROUNDING AREAS TODAY.
SOUTHERLY WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL BRING WARM MOIST AND UNSTABLE
AIR TO THE REGION TODAY THAT WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF
THUNDERSTORMS SOME OF WHICH MAY BECOME SEVERE.
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STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING ACROSS NORTHERN ARKASAS AND MOVING
EASTWARD TOWARD THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL AND WEST TENNESSEE. LARGE HAIL
WAS REPORTED EARLIER THIS MORNING WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTH
CENTRAL ARKASAS.
THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO DEVELOPING IN WEST TENNESSEE IN THE VICINITY OF
THE TENNESSEE RIVER...ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE...AND OVER THE CENTRAL
TENNESSEE VALLEY IN THE EAST PART OF THE STATE.
RESIDENTS AND TRAVELERS IN TENNESSEE SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IF A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE
LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.Local storm report, Mar 15, 3:05 AM CST, 3 hours 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
305 AM CST FRI MAR 15 1996
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0245 AM POCAHONTAS AR 0.75 INCH HAIL
3/15/96 RANDOLPH DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED
BY POLICE DEPARTMENT.
RDLocal storm report, Mar 15, 3:08 AM CST, 3 hours 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
305 AM CST FRI MAR 15 1996
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0245 AM POCAHONTAS AR 0.75 INCH HAIL
3/15/96 RANDOLPH DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED
BY POLICE DEPARTMENT.
RDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 4:47 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Madison | 43 min |
| Mar 15, 6:18 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette | 27 min |
| Mar 15, 6:51 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester | 39 min |
| Mar 15, 7:34 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester | 26 min |
| Mar 15, 3:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardin | 48 min |
| Mar 15, 4:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | McNairy | 48 min |
| Mar 15, 5:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardin | 49 min |
| Mar 15, 2:33 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Randolph | 42 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.