Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 73
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Feb 28, 1997, 5:15 PM CST for 5 states. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 28, 1997, 5:15 PM CST (23:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 28, 1997, 11:00 PM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 64 counties
Crittenden County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, Hardin County, IL, Massac County, IL, Pope County, IL, Ballard County, KY, Butler County, KY, Caldwell County, KY, Calloway County, KY, Carlisle County, KY, Christian County, KY, Crittenden County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Fulton County, KY, Graves County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Hickman County, KY, Hopkins County, KY, Livingston County, KY, Logan County, KY, Lyon County, KY, Marshall County, KY, McCracken County, KY, McLean County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY, Ohio County, KY, Simpson County, KY, Todd County, KY, Trigg County, KY, Warren County, KY, Webster County, KY, Mississippi County, MO, Benton County, TN, Carroll County, TN, Cheatham County, TN, Chester County, TN, Crockett County, TN, Decatur County, TN, Dickson County, TN, Dyer County, TN, Fayette County, TN, Gibson 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, Lewis County, TN, Madison County, TN, McNairy County, TN, Montgomery County, TN, Obion County, TN, Perry County, TN, Robertson County, TN, Shelby County, TN, Stewart County, TN, Tipton County, TN, Wayne County, TN, Weakley County, TN
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 5:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Haywood | 49 min |
| Feb 28, 5:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Dyer | 33 min |
| Feb 28, 5:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | McLean | 37 min |
| Feb 28, 6:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crockett | 32 min |
| Feb 28, 6:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tipton | 32 min |
| Feb 28, 6:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lauderdale | 35 min |
| Feb 28, 6:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette | 31 min |
| Feb 28, 10:10 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Christian, Muhlenberg, Todd | 5 hr |
| Feb 28, 10:10 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Christian, Muhlenberg, Todd | 4 hr |
| Feb 28, 10:28 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Butler, Grayson | 4 hr |
| Feb 28, 10:45 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Christian, Muhlenberg, Todd | 3 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 181 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
- 1491 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 166 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 284 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.
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.