Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 1997

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 88

March 2, 19974 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Mar 2, 1997, 9:45 PM CST for 4 states. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 2, 1997, 9:45 PM CST (03:45 UTC)
Expired
Mar 3, 1997, 3:00 AM CST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 49 counties

Clay County, AR, Craighead County, AR, Crittenden County, AR, Greene County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, Dunklin County, MO, Pemiscot County, MO, Alcorn County, MS, Benton County, MS, Calhoun County, MS, Chickasaw County, MS, Coahoma County, MS, DeSoto County, MS, Grenada County, MS, Itawamba County, MS, Lafayette County, MS, Lee County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Monroe County, MS, Panola County, MS, Pontotoc County, MS, Prentiss County, MS, Quitman County, MS, Tallahatchie County, MS, Tate County, MS, Tippah County, MS, Tishomingo County, MS, Tunica County, MS, Union County, MS, Yalobusha County, MS, Carroll County, TN, Chester County, TN, Crockett 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, Lake County, TN, Lauderdale County, TN, Madison County, TN, McNairy County, TN, Obion County, TN, Shelby County, TN, Tipton County, TN, Weakley County, TN

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 98 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 1997-03-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 1997-03-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 206 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
453 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
206 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
286 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 2, 10:00 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCChoctaw, Clarke, Clay, Jasper, Jones, Kemper and 9 more6 hr
Mar 2, 11:45 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCFranklin, Giles, Grundy, Lawrence, Lincoln, Marion and 3 more5 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.