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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 72, NWS Memphis, TN

June 11, 1989Marshall County, Mississippi; Fayette County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 1989, 8:35 PM CDT for Marshall County, Mississippi; Fayette County, Tennessee. It was in force for 25 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 11, 1989, 8:35 PM CDT (01:35 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 1989, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Marshall County, MS, Fayette County, TN

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 11, 8:36 PM CDTTornado F1Fayette, TN

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

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, Jun 11, 3:09 PM CDT, 5 hours 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  MEMPHIS TN
300 PM CDT SUN JUN 11 1989

THUNDERSTORMS SCATTERED OVER MID SOUTH.

RADAR AND SATELLITE INFORMATION REVEAL THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER
THE MID SOUTH THIS AFTERNOON.  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCHES COVER ALL
COUNTIES IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...WEST TENNESSEE...AND NORTH MISSISSIPPI.

THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS ARE CURRENTLY MOVING FROM EASTERN ARKANSAS
INTO NORTHWEST TENNESSEE. A THUNDERSTORM WITH POSSIBLE HAIL IS NEARING
DYERSBURG.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER THE
MID SOUTH.  PEOPLE SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS
AND BE READY TO SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING CO_NDITIONS APPROACH.
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 3:10 PM CDT, 5 hours 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  MEMPHIS TN
300 PM CDT SUN JUN 11 1989

THUNDERSTORMS SCATTERED OVER MID SOUTH.

RADAR AND SATELLITE INFORMATION REVEAL THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER
THE MID SOUTH THIS AFTERNOON.  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCHES COVER ALL
COUNTIES IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...WEST TENNESSEE...AND NORTH MISSISSIPPI.

THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS ARE CURRENTLY MOVING FROM EASTERN ARKANSAS
INTO NORTHWEST TENNESSEE. A THUNDERSTORM WITH POSSIBLE HAIL IS NEARING
DYERSBURG.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER THE
MID SOUTH.  PEOPLE SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS
AND BE READY TO SEEK SHELTER IF `THREATENING CONDITIONS APPROACH.
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 5:43 PM CDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS
540  PM CDT SUN JUN 11 1989

  ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NO 460 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM FOR MUCH
     OF NORTH MISSISSIPPI...

AT 535 PM CDT...TUPELO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS INDICATING
ISOLATED THUNDERSHOWERS FROM HOLMES...ATTALA AND WINSTON COUNTIES IN
CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI EXTENDING TO THE NORTH TO SOUTH OF MEMEPHIS
TENNESSEE AND THE BENTON AND TIPPAH COUNTY AREA IN NORTH CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI.

THESE THUNDERSHOWERS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES
AN HOUR.

THESE THUNDERSHOWERS WERE POSING NO IMMEDIATE THREAT AT THIS TIME
BUT PEOPLE LIVING IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR
THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

MORE STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONTIONS WARRANT.
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 6:43 PM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 8:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGChickasaw, Monroe35 min
Jun 12, 4:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLauderdale, Tipton49 min
Jun 12, 5:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCrockett, Dyer26 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 1989Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee, 1989Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1989

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data.