Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 1990, 9:41 PM CDT for Shelby County, Tipton County, Tennessee; Crittenden County, Arkansas. It was in force for 64 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 2, 1990, 9:41 PM CDT (02:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 1990, 10:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Crittenden County, AR, Shelby County, TN, Tipton 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 10:05 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Crittenden, AR |
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 nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 52 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
- 3613 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 121 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 129 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMEM 030242 SVRMEM ARC035-TNC157-167-030345- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 941 PM CDT SAT JUN 2 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST ARKANSAS ...CRITTENDEN COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE ...SHELBY COUNTY...TIPTON COUNTY RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR TURRELL ARKANSAS MOVING EASTWARD AT 30 MPH. . A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT `BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
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 2, 6:28 PM CDT, 3 hours 13 minutes before
MSZ007-030030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS 628 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 1990 ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPED IN MONROE COUNTY... AT 625 PM CDT...A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPED 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF AMORY. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN EAST MONROE COUNTY CAN EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAINS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MILES AN HOUR...SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNINGB FOR THE NEXT 20 MINUTES. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. NNNN
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 9:36 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
TNZ010-012-013-014-015-MSZ001-004-ARZ012-014-030330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 935 PM CDT SAT JUN 2 1990 A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH EASTERN ARKANSAS WILL MOVE INTO WEST TENNESSEE AND NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI DURING THE NEXXT HOUR. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THESE AREAS. IF THREATENING CONDITIONS OCCUR IN YOUR VICINITY SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING SOUTHEASTWARD AND VWILL REACH THE MEMPHIS METROPOLITAN AREA IN THE NEXT HOUR.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 10:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Shelby, Tipton | 34 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee, 1990Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arkansas, 1990Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1990
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.