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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Memphis, TN

February 28, 1997Tipton County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 28, 1997, 6:28 PM CST for Tipton County, Tennessee. It was in force for 32 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
Feb 28, 1997, 6:28 PM CST (00:28 UTC)
Expired
Feb 28, 1997, 7:00 PM CST
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Tipton County, TN

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:30 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.

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Feb 28, 5:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 76 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 1997-03-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 1997-03-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 285 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-249 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
490 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
285 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
344 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMEM 010030 COR
SVRMEM
TNC167-010100-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
628 PM CST FRI FEB 28 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS TN HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN WESTERN TENNESSEE

   ...TIPTON COUNTY

AT 626 PM...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE
HAIL 3 MILES WEST OF COVINGTON MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. THE STORM
WILL STAY WEST OF COVINGTON AS IT MOVES UP HIGHWAY 51.

HAIL LARGER THAN GOLFBALLS IS LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.
.SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNIN^G...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR
PROTECTION...MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

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, Feb 28, 3:29 PM CST, 2 hours 59 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TENNESSEE
329 PM CST FRI FEB 28 1997

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

0150 PM    OTWELL                    AR   1.75 INCH HAIL
02/28/97   CRAIGHEAD                      GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL WAS
                                          REPORTED ALONG THE COUNTY
                                          LINE.

0203 PM    HERGETT                   AR   1.75 INCH HAIL
02/28/97   CRAIGHEAD                      SPOTTERS REPORTED GOLFBALL
                                          SIZE HAIL.

0200 PM    TRUMANN                   AR   .75 INCH HAIL
02/28/97   POINSETT                       DIME SIZE HAIL COVERED
                                          HIGHWAY 163 ALONG THE
                                          COUNTY LINE.

0200 PM    HARRISBURG                AR   .75 INCH HAIL
02/28/97   POINSETT                       DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY
                                          SHERIFFS OFFICE.

0214 PM    CARDWELL                  MO   1.75 INCH HAIL
02/28/97   DUNKLIN                        POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTED
                                          GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL.

0231 PM    KENNETT                   MO   1.25 INCH HAIL
02/28/97   DUNKLIN                        POLICE REPORTED HAIL JUST
                                          SOUTH OF KENNETT.

0250 PM    WARDELL                   MO   1.75 INCH HAIL
02/28/97   PEMISCOT                       GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL COVERED
                                          THE GROUND. REPORT FROM
                                          SHERIFFS OFFICE.

0152 PM    BAY                       AR   2 INCH HAIL
02/28/97   CRAIGHEAD                      SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED
                                          2.OO INCH HAIL.

0301 PM    BIGGERS                   AR   .75 INCH HAIL
02/28/97   RANDOLPH                       SPOTTERS REPORTED DIME
                                          SIZE HAIL.

RDS
Local storm report, Feb 28, 3:30 PM CST, 2 hours 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TENNESSEE
329 PM CST FRI FEB 28 1997

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

0150 PM    OTWELL                    AR   1.75 INCH HAIL
02/28/97   CRAIGHEAD                      GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL WAS
                                          REPORTED ALONG THE COUNTY
                                          LINE.

0203 PM    HERGETT                   AR   1.75 INCH HAIL
02/28/97   CRAIGHEAD                      SPOTTERS REPORTED GOLFBALL
                                          SIZE HAIL.

0200 PM    TRUMANN                   AR   .75 INCH HAIL
02/28/97   POINSETT                       DIME SIZE HAIL COVERED
                                          HIGHWAY 163 ALONG THE
                                          COUNTY LINE.

0200 PM    HARRISBURG                AR   .75 INCH HAIL
02/28/97   POINSETT                       DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY
                                          SHERIFFS OFFICE.

0214 PM    CARDWELL                  MO   1.75 INCH HAIL
02/28/97   DUNKLIN                        POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTED
                                          GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL.

0231 PM    KENNETT                   MO   1.25 INCH HAIL
02/28/97   DUNKLIN                        POLICE REPORTED HAIL JUST
                                          SOUTH OF KENNETT.

0250 PM    WARDELL                   MO   1.75 INCH HAIL
02/28/97   PEMISCOT                       GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL COVERED
                                          THE GROUND. REPORT FROM
                                          SHERIFFS OFFICE.

0152 PM    BAY                       AR   2 INCH HAIL
02/28/97   CRAIGHEAD                      SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED
                                          2.OO INCH HAIL.

0301 PM    BIGGERS                   AR   .75 INCH HAIL
02/28/97   RANDOLPH   <                    SPOTTERS REPORTED DIME
                                          SIZE HAIL.

RDS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 28, 6:08 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCrockett32 min
Feb 28, 6:35 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLauderdale35 min
Feb 28, 6:54 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGFayette31 min
Mar 1, 12:35 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHardin35 min
Mar 1, 2:38 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningMEGChester92 min
Mar 1, 2:59 AM CSTTornado WarningMEGHardin21 min
Mar 1, 3:33 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningMEGFayette, Hardeman2 hr
Mar 1, 3:42 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningMEGMadison2 hr
Mar 1, 4:47 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningMEGHenderson2 hr
Mar 1, 9:09 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHenry31 min
Mar 1, 3:51 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHaywood34 min
Mar 1, 3:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCrockett35 min
Mar 1, 4:15 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGCrockett, Gibson35 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.