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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Memphis, TN

January 22, 1997Tipton County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 22, 1997, 5:15 AM CST for Tipton County, Tennessee. It was in force for 50 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 22, 1997, 5:15 AM CST (11:15 UTC)
Expired
Jan 22, 1997, 6:05 AM CST
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Tipton County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 11.3 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 1997-01-22Temperature 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 1997-01-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 238 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
520 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
238 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
270 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.

000 
TTAA00 KMEM 221116 RRA
SVRMEM
TNC045-097-167-221205-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
515 AM CST WED JAN 22 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS TN HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 605 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN WESTERN TENNESSEE

   ...DYER COUNTY
   ...LAUDERDALE COUNTY
   ...TIPTON COUNTY
 
AT 512 AM...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI
RIVER FROM JUST EAST OF BLYTHEVILLE TO NEAR OSCEOLA. THE STORMS WERE
MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL BRING DAMAGING WINDS TO THE
DYERSBURG...RIPLEY AND COVINGTON AREAS THROUGH 6 AM.

WIND DAMAGE WAS REPORTED AS THESE STORMS MOVED THROUGH LEACHVILLE
ARKANSAS...WITH TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.

.SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...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.
 

&

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 22, 5:15 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGDyer, Lauderdale50 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.