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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 585

July 8, 19974 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jul 8, 1997, 6:00 PM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 8, 1997, 6:00 PM CDT (23:00 UTC)
Expired
Jul 9, 1997, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 42 counties

Sumter County, AL, Desha County, AR, East Carroll Parish, LA, Madison Parish, LA, Attala County, MS, Bolivar County, MS, Calhoun County, MS, Carroll County, MS, Chickasaw County, MS, Choctaw County, MS, Clay County, MS, Grenada County, MS, Hinds County, MS, Holmes County, MS, Humphreys County, MS, Issaquena County, MS, Itawamba County, MS, Kemper County, MS, Lauderdale County, MS, Leake County, MS, Lee County, MS, Leflore County, MS, Lowndes County, MS, Madison County, MS, Monroe County, MS, Montgomery County, MS, Neshoba County, MS, Newton County, MS, Noxubee County, MS, Oktibbeha County, MS, Pontotoc County, MS, Rankin County, MS, Scott County, MS, Sharkey County, MS, Sunflower County, MS, Tallahatchie County, MS, Warren County, MS, Washington County, MS, Webster County, MS, Winston County, MS, Yalobusha County, MS, Yazoo County, MS

Warnings issued inside it

1 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 8, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSunflower45 min

The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 8, 1:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArkansas, Clark, Clay, Cleburne, Conway, Craighead and 45 more6 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Mississippi, 1997Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Louisiana, 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.