Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 1990, 2:02 AM CDT for Tippah County, Mississippi. It was in force for 58 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 3, 1990, 2:02 AM CDT (07:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 1990, 3:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Tippah County, MS
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 3, 2:48 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Tippah, MS |
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, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 95 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 KTUP 030702 SVRTUP MSC139-030800- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS 202 AM CDT SUN JUN 3 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUPELO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI ...TIPPAH COUNTY AT 201AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST ENTERING THE NORTHWEST PART OF TIPPAH COUNTY. THIS STORM IS MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. NNNN
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, 11:37 PM CDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before
TNZ012-013-014-015-MSZ001-ARZ012-014-030545- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1137 PM CDT SAT JUN 2 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 381 CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR WEST TENNESSEE ... NORTHEAST ARKANSAS ... AND NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 1 AM CDT ... AT 1130 PM WEATHER RADAR CONTINUED TO LOCATED AREAS OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS OVER WEST TENNESSEE AND NORTHEAST ARKANSAS. AT THAT TIME THERE WERE TWO MAIN AREAS OF THUNDERSTORMS - ONE WAS A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WHICH STRETCHED FROM NEAR PARIS IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE SOUTHWEST TO RIPLEY TENNESSEE - AND TO THE WEST OF WYNNE ARKANSAS. THE OTHER AREA OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER PHILLIPS AND LEE COUNTIES OF EAST ARKANSAS BETWEEN MARIANNA AND WABASH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ERATICALLY TOWARD THE EAST AT 25 MPH. THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED BY WEATHER RADAR WERE OVER SOUTH MISSISSIPPI COUNTY ARKANSAS NEAR WILSON - OVER EAST LEE COUNTY ARKANSAS TO THE EAST OF MARIANNA - AND OVER SOUTH PHILLIPS COUNTY ARKANSAS SOUTH OF WABASH. A TORNADO WAS REPORTED TO HAVE BRIEFLY TOUCHED DOWN AROUND 1115 PM - IN AN OPEN FIELD WITH NO DAMAGE - BETWEEN GLEASON AND DRESDEN IN WEAKLEY COUNTY OF NORTHWEST TENNESSEE. THE THUNDERSTORM ASSOCIATED WITH THIS TORNADO REPORT HAD MOVED INTO SOUTHWEST HENRY COUNTY TENNESSEE BY 1130 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING NEARLY CONTINUOUS LIGHTNING STRIKES AND VERY HEAVY RAINS. THE RAIN HAS BEEN HEAVY ENOUGH TO CAUSE STREETS AND ROADS TO BRIEFLY FLOOD AS THE THUNDERSTORMS PASS OVER. THIS REMAINS A DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION - AND YOU SHOULD STAY ALERT TO LOCAL WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS AND STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR LATER BULLETINS.
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 11:47 PM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
MSZ004-030545- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS 1147 PM CDT SAT JUN 2 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 1AM FOR NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI INCLUDING LAFAYETTE COUNTY... AT 1142PM CDT...A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM SOUTHERN KENTUCKY SOUTHWEST ACROSS WEST TENNESSEE INTO SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS. THE LINE IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN THE LINE ARE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORM IS LOCATED ABOUT 30 MILES WEST OF CLARKSDALE. AT THE CURRENT MOVEMENT...THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO LAFAYETTE COUNTY APPROXIMATELY 200AM. STAY TUNE TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISIONY OR RADIO STATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. NNNN
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 12:20 AM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
MSZ004-005-007-030615- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS 1220 AM CDT SUN JUN 3 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 600AM THIS SUNDAY MORNING FOR MUCH OF NORTH MISSISSIPPI... AT 1215AM CDT...A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM SOUTHERN KENTUCKY SOUTHWEST ACROSS SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE INTO SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS. THE LINE IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR WHILE THE THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN THE LINE ARE GENERALLY MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE MORE INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING EAST OF MEMPHIS AND IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...30 MILES WEST OF CLARKSDALE. STAY TUNE TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO STATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. NNNN
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 12:26 AM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
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
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 1:16 AM CDT, 46 minutes before
MSZ004-005-007-030715- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS 116 AM CDT SUN JUN 3 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTH MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 600AM CDT THIS SUNDAY MORNING... AT 110AM CDT...A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM SOUTHERN KENTUCKY SOUTHWEST ACROSS WEST TENNESSEE AND THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF MISSISSIPPI INTO SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS PUSHING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR WHILE THE THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN THE LINE ARE GENERALLY MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS ARE LOCATED IN EXTREME SOUTHERM FAYETTE COUNTY IN TENNESSE AND IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS. PERSONS IN NORTH MISSISSIPPI SHOULD REMAIN WEATHER ALERT AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO STATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. NNNN
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 1:33 AM CDT, 29 minutes before
TNZ013-015-MSZ001-004-ARZ014-030730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 133 AM CDT SUN JUN 3 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 384 CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF WEST TENNESSEE - PART OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE - AND MOST OF NORTH MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 6 AM CDT THIS SUNDAY MORNING... AT 130 AM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM EAST-CENTRAL ARKANSAS INTO SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE AND ACROSS EXTREME NORTH MISSISSIPPI. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE GENERALLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM FORREST CITY ARKANSAS THROUGH THE MEMPHIS AREA TO JACKSON TENNESSEE. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS LOCATED SOUTH OF MOSCOW TENNESSEE ALONG THEo TENNESSEE-MISSISSIPPI BORDER. MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WAS EAST AT 25 MPH. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DEADLY LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 3:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tippah | 31 min |
| Jun 3, 6:17 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Monroe | 118 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 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.