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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 196, NWS Memphis, TN

June 13, 1997Henry County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 1997, 7:25 PM CDT for Henry County, Tennessee. It was in force for 35 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: Jun 13, 1997, 7:25 PM CDT (00:25 UTC)
Expired: Jun 13, 1997, 8:00 PM CDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Whole counties

County Henry County, TN

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:27 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
Jun 13, 7:40 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Nobles, TN	A large section of the roof of a house was blown off. Several trees and power lines were knocked down.

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 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 154 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 752 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -72 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1059 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 127 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 186 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.5
Supercell composite: 4.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KMEM 140027
SVRMEM
TNC079-140100-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
725 PM CDT FRI JUN 13 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS TN HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN WESTERN TENNESSEE

   ...HENRY COUNTY
 
AT 723 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH
LARGE HAIL NEAR PARIS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM WLL
PASS NEAR NOBLES AND SPRINGVILLE BETWEEN 730 PM AND 745 PM.

.WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.

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, Jun 13, 6:50 PM CDT, 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TENNESSEE
650 PM CDT FRI JUN 13 1997

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0200 PM    FULTON                    MS   .88 INCH HAIL
06/13/97   ITAWAMBA                       NICKEL SIZE HAIL REPORTED
                                          BY FULTON POLICE DEPT.

0415 PM    FRIENDSHIP                TN   .88 INCH HAIL
06/13/97   CROCKETT                       NICKEL SIZE HAIL REPORTED
                                          BY CROCKETT COUNTY
                                          SHERIFFS OFFICE.

0415 PM    TRENTON                   TN   .75 INCH HAIL
06/13/97   GIBSON                         DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY
                                          GIBSON COUNTY SHERIFFS
                                          OFFICE.

0433 PM    GREENFIELD                TN   .75 INCH HAIL
06/13/97   WEAKLEY                        DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY
                                          WEAKLEY COUNTY SHERIFFS
                                          OFFICE

0450 PM    MILAN                     TN   .88 INCH HAIL
06/13/97   GIBSON                         DIME TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL
                                          REPORTED BY MILAN POLICE
                                          DEPT.

0505 PM    ATWOOD                    TN   1.75 INCH HAIL
06/13/97   CARROLL                        GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL
                                          REPORTED BY SPOTTER

0505 PM    ATWOOD                    TN   WIND DAMAGE
06/13/97   CARROLL                        AWNING BLOWN DOWN FROM
                                          HOUSE. REPORTED BY SPOTTER

Special weather statement, Jun 13, 7:13 PM CDT, 12 minutes before

TNZ012>014-034>037-065>069-071-072-079>087-098>102-140115-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
710 PM CDT FRI JUN 13 1997

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 420 FOR MUCH OF THE CUMBERLAND
PLATEAU AND PARTS EAST TENNESSEE HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MUCH OF THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU AND
PARTS OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THIS AREA INCLUDES
THE CITIES OF CROSSVILLE...KNOXVILLE AND CHATANOOGA. THE THREAT OF
SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED IN THIS REGION.

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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.