Alert archive / Tennessee / Tornado Warnings in 1996
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Mar 6, 1996, 3:24 PM CST for Hardin County, Tennessee. It was in force for 36 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 6, 1996, 3:24 PM CST (21:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 6, 1996, 4:00 PM CST
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hardin County, TN
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 3:35 PM CST | Hail 1 | Burnt Church, 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
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 166 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
- 1124 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -99 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 849 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 175 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 149 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 9.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMEM 062126 TORMEM TNC071-062200- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 324 PM CST WED MAR 6 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 PM CST FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST TENNESSEE ...EASTERN HARDIN COUNTY AT 323 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO OVER CENTRAL HARDIN COUNTY...ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SAVANNAH. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR...AND WILL PASS NEAR GILLESES MILLS BY 335 PM AND CROSS THE TENNESSEE RIVER BETWEEN 345 AND 4 PM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH O R PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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 6, 3:10 PM CST, 14 minutes before
TNZ001>009-019>029-048>062-075-076-088>096-071800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 310 PM CST WED MAR 6 1996 ...WINTER WEATHER TO RETURN TO WEST AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE... WINTER WEATHER WILL RETURN TO WEST AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY AS A STRONG COLD FRONT CROSSES THE AREA. THIS FRONT IS CURRENTLY LOCATED ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AS OF MID AFTERNOON. AS THIS FRONT CROSSES WEST TENNESSEE THIS EVENING AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE AFTER MIDNIGHT..TEMPERATURES WILL FALL DRAMATICALLY WITH STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BELOW FREEZING BEFORE DAY BREAK IN WEST TENNESSEE AND BY MID MORNING IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE ALONG THIS FRONT BRINGING A CHANCE FOR PRECIPITATION TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. THIS PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS RAIN TONIGHT AND WILL CHANGE TO A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT IN WEST TENNESSEE AND AFTER SUNRISE IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. UP TO AN INCH OF ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE WITH UP TO TWO INCHES POSSIBLE IN NORTHWEST AND NORTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION ENDS. WITH THE WARM TEMPERATURES OF THE RECENT PAST..MOST ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE ON GRASSY SURFACES. HOWEVER..BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES COULD STILL PRESENT PROBLEMS WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS SO MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING THURSDAY MORNING.
Special weather statement, Mar 6, 3:14 PM CST, 10 minutes before
TNZ001>009-019>029-048>062-075-076-088>096-071800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 310 PM CST WED MAR 6 1996 ...WINTER WEATHER TO RETURN TO WEST AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE... WINTER WEATHER WILL RETURN TO WEST AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY AS A STRONG COLD FRONT CROSSES THE AREA. THIS FRONT IS CURRENTLY LOCATED ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AS OF MID AFTERNOON. AS THIS FRONT CROSSES WEST TENNESSEE THIS EVENING AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE AFTER MIDNIGHT..TEMPERATURES WILL FALL DRAMATICALLY WITH STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BELOW FREEZING BEFORE DAY BREAK IN WEST TENNESSEE AND BY MID MORNING IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE ALONG THIS FRONT BRINGING A CHANCE FOR PRECIPITATION TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. THIS PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS RAIN TONIGHT AND WILL CHANGE TO A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT IN WEST TENNESSEE AND AFTER SUNRISE IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. UP TO AN INCH OF ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE WITH UP TO TWO INCHES POSSIBLE IN NORTHWEST AND NORTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION ENDS. WITH THE WARM TEMPERATURES OF THE RECENT PAST..MOST ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE ON GRASSY SURFACES. HOWEVER..BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES COULD STILL PRESENT PROBLEMS WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS SO MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING THURSDAY MORNING.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 2:13 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardeman, Madison | 32 min |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.