Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 3
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jan 4, 1997, 8:15 PM CST for 12 counties in Alabama; 31 counties in Mississippi; 41 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 4, 1997, 8:15 PM CST (02:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 5, 1997, 2:00 AM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 84 counties
Colbert County, AL, Fayette County, AL, Franklin County, AL, Lamar County, AL, Lauderdale County, AL, Lawrence County, AL, Limestone County, AL, Madison County, AL, Marion County, AL, Morgan County, AL, Pickens County, AL, Winston County, AL, Alcorn County, MS, Attala County, MS, Benton County, MS, Calhoun County, MS, Carroll County, MS, Chickasaw County, MS, Choctaw County, MS, Clay County, MS, Grenada County, MS, Holmes County, MS, Humphreys County, MS, Itawamba County, MS, Lafayette County, MS, Lee County, MS, Leflore County, MS, Lowndes County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Monroe County, MS, Montgomery County, MS, Noxubee County, MS, Oktibbeha County, MS, Pontotoc County, MS, Prentiss County, MS, Sunflower County, MS, Tallahatchie County, MS, Tippah County, MS, Tishomingo County, MS, Union County, MS, Washington County, MS, Webster County, MS, Yalobusha County, MS, Bedford County, TN, Benton County, TN, Cannon County, TN, Cheatham County, TN, Chester County, TN, Coffee County, TN, Davidson County, TN, Decatur County, TN, DeKalb County, TN, Dickson County, TN, Fentress County, TN, Franklin County, TN, Giles County, TN, Hardeman County, TN, Hardin County, TN, Henderson County, TN, Hickman County, TN, Houston County, TN, Humphreys County, TN, Jackson County, TN, Lawrence County, TN, Lewis County, TN, Lincoln County, TN, Marshall County, TN, Maury County, TN, McNairy County, TN, Moore County, TN, Overton County, TN, Perry County, TN, Putnam County, TN, Rutherford County, TN, Smith County, TN, Stewart County, TN, Sumner County, TN, Trousdale County, TN, Van Buren County, TN, Warren County, TN, Wayne County, TN, White County, TN, Williamson County, TN, Wilson County, TN
Warnings issued inside it
11 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 4, 8:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Washington | 50 min |
| Jan 4, 9:32 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | Sumner | 28 min |
| Jan 4, 9:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Colbert | 58 min |
| Jan 4, 9:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lauderdale | 48 min |
| Jan 4, 10:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Trousdale | 26 min |
| Jan 4, 10:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Franklin | 61 min |
| Jan 4, 11:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Limestone | 66 min |
| Jan 4, 11:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Cumberland, Fentress | 60 min |
| Jan 4, 11:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Morgan | 59 min |
| Jan 4, 11:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Madison | 68 min |
| Jan 4, 11:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Madison | 64 min |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 134 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.
- 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
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 4, 11:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bibb, Blount, Cherokee, Cullman, DeKalb, Etowah and 20 more | 5 hr |
| Jan 5, 2:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Chilton and 13 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 4, 8:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Claiborne, Copiah, Franklin, Hinds, Issaquena and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 4, 11:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Campbell, Carter, Claiborne, Cocke, Cumberland and 21 more | 5 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Tennessee, 1997Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Mississippi, 1997Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Alabama, 1997Every severe thunderstorm watch 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.