Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 460
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 17, 1997, 1:30 AM CDT for Crittenden County, Desha County, Phillips County, Arkansas; 16 counties in Mississippi; 10 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 17, 1997, 1:30 AM CDT (06:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 1997, 6:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 29 counties
Crittenden County, AR, Desha County, AR, Phillips County, AR, Alcorn County, MS, Benton County, MS, Calhoun County, MS, Coahoma County, MS, DeSoto County, MS, Lafayette County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Panola County, MS, Pontotoc County, MS, Quitman County, MS, Tallahatchie County, MS, Tate County, MS, Tippah County, MS, Tunica County, MS, Union County, MS, Yalobusha County, MS, Chester County, TN, Decatur County, TN, Fayette County, TN, Hardeman County, TN, Haywood County, TN, Henderson County, TN, Madison County, TN, McNairy County, TN, Shelby County, TN, Tipton County, TN
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
Warnings issued inside it
2 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 1:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto | 49 min |
| Jun 17, 5:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tallahatchie | 33 min |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 7:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleburne, Cleveland, Conway and 22 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 16, 10:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Crawford, Franklin, Howard, Little River, Polk, Scott and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 16, 11:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bradley, Columbia, Lafayette, Miller, Union | 7 hr |
| Jun 17, 6:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ashley, Chicot, Desha, Drew | 6 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Mississippi, 1997Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Tennessee, 1997Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Arkansas, 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.