Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1987
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 10, 1987, 9:05 PM CDT for Union County, Mississippi. It was in force for 30 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 10, 1987, 9:05 PM CDT (02:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 10, 1987, 9:35 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Union County, MS
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 94 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
- 3550 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 72 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 173 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.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 10, 4:05 PM CDT, 5 hours before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
405 PM CDT FRI APR 10 1987
....STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE MIDSOUTH....
....SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR EAST ARKANSAS UNTIL 9 PM....
A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING ACROSS EAST ARKANSAS AT 345 PM THIS
AFTERNOON. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE TRIGGERED AS A COLD FRONT MOVED
INTO THE NORTHWEST HALF OF ARKANSAS.
WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST
ACROSS ST. FRANCIS AND LEE COUNTIES OF EAST ARKANSAS AT 345 PM. OTHER
THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN A BAND FROM NEAR JONESBORO AR SOUTHWARD TO
AROUND STUTTGART AR. ALL OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT
ABOUT 35 MPH.
IF YOU LIVE IN EAST ARKANSAS BE AWARE OF THE POTENTIAL FOR DESTRUCTIVE
WINDS AND DANGEROUS HAIL AS THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE THROUGH. ELSEWHERE
AROUND THE MIDSOUTH...THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO WEST TENNESSEE
AND NORTH MISSISSIPPI DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. IF YOU LIVE IN
MEMPHIS..OR ELSEWHERE IN WEST TENNESSEE..OR IN NORTH MISSISSIPPI..KEEP
ABREAST OF LOCAL WEATHER CHANGES. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR
LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLY SEVERE WEATHER WARNINGS.Special weather statement, Apr 10, 4:39 PM CDT, 4 hours 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
435 PM CDT FRI APR 10 1987
....STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE MIDSOUTH....
....SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR EAST ARKANSAS UNTIL 9 PM....
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS EAST ARKANSAS AT 430 PM CDT WERE TRIGGERED
BY A COLD FRONT MOVING INTO NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER FROM NEAR WEST MEMPHIS ARKANSAS TO NEAR HELENA.
OTHER VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR PINE BLUFF ARKANSAS AND
NORTH OF CLARKSDALE MISSISIPPI. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT
ABOUT 35 MPH.
IF YOU LIVE IN EAST ARKANSAS BE AWARE OF THE POTENTIAL FOR DESTRUCTIVE
WINDS AND DANGEROUS HAIL AS THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE THROUGH. ELSEWHERE
AROUND THE MIDSOUTH...THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO WEST TENNESSEE
AND NORTH MISSISSIPPI WITHIN THIS HOUR. IF YOU LIVE IN
MEMPHIS..OR ELSEWHERE IN WEST TENNESSEE..OR IN N ORTH MISSISSIPPI..KEEP
ABREAST OF LOCAL WEATHER CHANGES. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR
LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLY SEVERE WEATHER WARNINGS.Special weather statement, Apr 10, 4:41 PM CDT, 4 hours 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AN RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
435 PM CDT FRI APR 10 1987
....STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE MIDSOUTH....
....SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR EAST ARKANSAS UNTIL 9 PM....
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS EAST ARKANSAS AT 430 PM CDT WERE TRIGGERED
BY A COLD FRONT MOVING INTO NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER FROM NEAR WEST MEMPHIS ARKANSAS TO NEAR HELENA.
OTHER VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR PINE BLUFF ARKANSAS AND
NORTH OF CLARKSDALE MISSISIPPI. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT
ABOUT 35 MPH.
IF YOU LIVE IN EAST ARKANSAS BE AWARE OF THE POTENTIAL FOR DESTRUCTIVE
WINDS AND DANGEROUS HAIL AS THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE THROUGH. ELSEWHERE
AROUND THE MIDSOUTH...THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO WEST TENNESSEE
AND NORTH MISSISSIPPI WITHIN THIS HOUR. IF YOU LIVE IN
MEMPHIS..OR ELSEWHERE IN WEST TENNESSEE. .OR IN NORTH MISSISSIPPI..KEEP
ABREAST OF LOCAL WEATHER CHANGES. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR
LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLY SEVERE WEATHER WARNINGS.Special weather statement, Apr 10, 5:06 PM CDT, 3 hours 59 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 505 PM CDT FRI APR 10 1987 ... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR EAST ARKANSAS UNTIL 900 PM... THE BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT MOVED ACROSS ARKANSAS DURING THE AFTERNOON HAS CROSSED THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND IS NOW IN WEST TENNESSEE AND NORTH MISSISSIPPI. AT 500 PM...THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING WITH THUNDERSTORMS NEAR TUNICA, MISSISSIPPI AND ALSO NEAR STUTTGART, ARKANSAS. THESE STORMS WERE PART OF AN AREA OF RAINSHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT WAS LOCATED FROM NORTH OF DYERSBURG, TENNESSEE GENERALLY ALONG HIGHWAY 51 TO MEMPHIS AND SOUTHWARD TO AROUND CLARKSDALE, MISSISSIPPI. THE HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS W>ERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THE MID-SOUTH AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOIR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
Special weather statement, Apr 10, 8:47 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS 843 PM CDT FRI APR 10 1987 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS LAFAYETTE COUNTY... AT 840PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN SARDIS RESERVOIR AND OXFORD. THIS CLUSTER PRODUCED MARBLE SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 35 MILES AN HOUR AS IT MOVED THROUGH BATESVILLE SHORTLY BEFORE 830PM THIS EVENING. THIS CLUSTER IS MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN LAFAYETTE COUNTY AS WELL AS UNION AND PONTOTOC COUNTIES CAN EXPECT STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MILES AN HOUR...SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAINS WITH THE PASSAGE OF THIS CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS. FOR NEXT HOUR.
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.