Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 608
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jul 14, 1997, 9:15 PM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 14, 1997, 9:15 PM CDT (02:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 15, 1997, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 65 counties
Clay County, AR, Cleburne County, AR, Craighead County, AR, Crittenden County, AR, Cross County, AR, Fulton County, AR, Greene County, AR, Independence County, AR, Izard County, AR, Jackson County, AR, Lawrence County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, Poinsett County, AR, Randolph County, AR, Sharp County, AR, St. Francis County, AR, Stone County, AR, White County, AR, Woodruff County, AR, Fulton County, KY, Dunklin County, MO, Pemiscot County, MO, Bedford County, TN, Benton County, TN, Carroll County, TN, Cheatham County, TN, Chester County, TN, Crockett County, TN, Davidson County, TN, Decatur County, TN, Dickson County, TN, Dyer County, TN, Fayette County, TN, Gibson County, TN, Giles County, TN, Hardeman County, TN, Hardin County, TN, Haywood County, TN, Henderson County, TN, Henry County, TN, Hickman County, TN, Houston County, TN, Humphreys County, TN, Lake County, TN, Lauderdale County, TN, Lawrence County, TN, Lewis County, TN, Lincoln County, TN, Madison County, TN, Marshall County, TN, Maury County, TN, McNairy County, TN, Montgomery County, TN, Moore County, TN, Obion County, TN, Perry County, TN, Robertson County, TN, Rutherford County, TN, Shelby County, TN, Stewart County, TN, Sumner County, TN, Tipton County, TN, Wayne County, TN, Weakley County, TN, Williamson County, TN
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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Warnings issued inside it
15 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 9:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Clay | 34 min |
| Jul 14, 9:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll | 33 min |
| Jul 14, 9:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Pemiscot | 34 min |
| Jul 14, 9:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Cheatham | 43 min |
| Jul 14, 9:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Izard | 48 min |
| Jul 14, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Obion | 32 min |
| Jul 14, 10:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Decatur | 49 min |
| Jul 14, 10:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Davidson, Williamson | 50 min |
| Jul 14, 10:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Hickman, Perry | 42 min |
| Jul 14, 10:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Craighead, Mississippi | 31 min |
| Jul 14, 10:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Giles, Lawrence, Maury | 65 min |
| Jul 14, 10:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Lewis, Wayne | 65 min |
| Jul 14, 10:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Cross, Poinsett | 46 min |
| Jul 14, 11:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardin | 32 min |
| Jul 14, 11:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Cross | 34 min |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 120 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
- 2658 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1489 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.8
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.