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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Memphis, TN

March 5, 1997Pontotoc County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 5, 1997, 11:39 AM CST for Pontotoc County, Mississippi. It was in force for 31 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
Mar 5, 1997, 11:39 AM CST (17:39 UTC)
Expired
Mar 5, 1997, 12:10 PM CST
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Pontotoc County, MS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 5, 11:50 AM CSTThunderstorm WindSherman, MS

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 watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 5, 11:30 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 107 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 12:00Z on 1997-03-05Temperature 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 km15 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 12:00Z on 1997-03-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 59 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
613 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
170 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 051740 RRA
SVRMEM
MSC115-051810-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1139 AM CST WED MAR 5 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS TN HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1210 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI

   ...PONTOTOC COUNTY
 
AT 1135 AM...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
JUST WEST OF PONTOTOC MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THIS
STORM WILL PASS NEAR FURRS AND TROY BY 1200 PM. THE GREATEST THREAT
FROM THIS STORM IS DAMAGING WINDS.

.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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 5, 8:40 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningMEGTunica4 hr
Mar 5, 8:47 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningMEGDeSoto3 hr
Mar 5, 8:53 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningMEGTate3 hr
Mar 5, 9:05 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningMEGCoahoma3 hr
Mar 5, 9:05 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningMEGBenton, Marshall3 hr
Mar 5, 9:36 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningMEGLafayette, Panola4 hr
Mar 5, 9:36 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningMEGTippah4 hr
Mar 5, 9:36 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningMEGQuitman4 hr
Mar 5, 10:17 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningMEGAlcorn4 hr
Mar 5, 11:51 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLee34 min
Mar 5, 11:58 AM CSTTornado WarningMEGLee32 min
Mar 5, 12:13 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGItawamba32 min
Mar 5, 12:23 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGTishomingo32 min

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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.