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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 107, NWS Memphis, TN

April 21, 1997Obion County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 21, 1997, 4:14 AM CDT for Obion County, Tennessee. It was in force for 46 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: Apr 21, 1997, 4:14 AM CDT (09:14 UTC)
Expired: Apr 21, 1997, 5:00 AM CDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Whole counties

County Obion County, TN

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

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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

Local storm report, Apr 21, 2:47 AM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 21, 2:49 AM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 21, 2:51 AM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 21, 4:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Alcorn, Prentiss	49 min
Apr 21, 4:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lafayette	46 min
Apr 21, 4:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Pontotoc	46 min
Apr 21, 5:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lafayette	33 min
Apr 21, 5:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Itawamba, Prentiss	49 min
Apr 21, 5:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Pontotoc	49 min
Apr 21, 5:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Tishomingo	30 min
Apr 21, 6:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chickasaw	46 min
Apr 21, 6:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Calhoun	32 min
Apr 21, 4:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lake	32 min
Apr 21, 12:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Craighead	48 min
Apr 21, 1:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Randolph	31 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.