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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Memphis, TN

January 4, 1997Shelby County, Tipton County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 4, 1997, 6:44 PM CST for Shelby County, Tipton County, Tennessee. It was in force for 31 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
Jan 4, 1997, 6:44 PM CST (00:44 UTC)
Expired
Jan 4, 1997, 7:15 PM CST
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Shelby County, TN, Tipton County, TN

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 4 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 4, 4:15 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 58 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, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 1997-01-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 1997-01-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 98 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2037 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
67 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
98 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
91 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

983 
WUUS1 KMEM 050045 RRA
SVRMEM
TNC157-167-050115-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
644 PM CST SAT JAN 4 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS TN HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN WESTERN TENNESSEE

   ...SHELBY COUNTY
   ...EASTERN TIPTON COUNTY
 
AT 642 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER
WEATHER RADAR 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF BARTLETT MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45
MPH.

THIS STORM WILL PASS NEAR MASON BY 655 PM CST.

QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN ROSEMARK AT 640 PM.

.A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.
REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE
TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE
ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
 

&

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.