Alert archive / Tennessee / Tornado Watches in 1997
Tornado Watch 326
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at May 26, 1997, 4:00 PM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 26, 1997, 4:00 PM CDT (21:00 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 1997, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 40 counties
Alexander County, IL, Franklin County, IL, Gallatin County, IL, Hardin County, IL, Jackson County, IL, Johnson County, IL, Massac County, IL, Perry County, IL, Pope County, IL, Pulaski County, IL, Saline County, IL, Union County, IL, Williamson County, IL, Ballard County, KY, Calloway County, KY, Carlisle County, KY, Crittenden County, KY, Fulton County, KY, Graves County, KY, Hickman County, KY, Livingston County, KY, Lyon County, KY, Marshall County, KY, McCracken County, KY, Mississippi County, MO, Scott County, MO, Benton County, TN, Carroll County, TN, Chester County, TN, Crockett County, TN, Decatur County, TN, Dyer County, TN, Gibson County, TN, Haywood County, TN, Henderson County, TN, Henry County, TN, Lake County, TN, Madison County, TN, Obion County, TN, Weakley County, TN
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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Warnings issued inside it
13 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 4:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lake | 32 min |
| May 26, 4:52 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Fulton | 2 hr |
| May 26, 4:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lake | 32 min |
| May 26, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Fulton | 31 min |
| May 26, 5:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Obion | 48 min |
| May 26, 5:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Dyer, Gibson | 48 min |
| May 26, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Decatur | 46 min |
| May 26, 7:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Haywood | 48 min |
| May 26, 7:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Decatur | 37 min |
| May 26, 7:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Haywood | 32 min |
| May 26, 8:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Madison | 46 min |
| May 26, 8:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Madison | 35 min |
| May 26, 9:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester | 33 min |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 231 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
- 1016 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -63 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 693 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 10:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bates, Benton, Buchanan, Carroll, Cass, Cedar and 16 more | 4 hr |
| May 26, 12:30 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barry, Barton, Bates, Benton, Camden, Cass and 33 more | 5 hr |
| May 26, 3:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barry, Barton, Bates, Bollinger, Butler, Camden and 42 more | 6 hr |
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.