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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 193, NWS Memphis, TN

June 13, 1997Carroll County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 1997, 4:56 PM CDT for Carroll County, Tennessee. It was in force for 34 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
Jun 13, 1997, 4:56 PM CDT (21:56 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 1997, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Carroll County, TN

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:56 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
Jun 13, 5:05 PM CDTHail 1.75Atwood, TN
Jun 13, 5:05 PM CDTThunderstorm WindAtwood, TNAn awning was blown down from a house.

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, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 167 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 1997-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1392 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 1997-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 104 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1392 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
670 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
104 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
195 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
3.0

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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
Jun 13, 1:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCoahoma46 min
Jun 13, 1:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGItawamba46 min
Jun 13, 1:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCoahoma16 min
Jun 13, 4:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGWeakley36 min
Jun 13, 4:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGGibson31 min
Jun 13, 5:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCarroll17 min
Jun 13, 6:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGObion29 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee, 1997Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997

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.