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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 37, NWS Memphis, TN

June 3, 1990Tippah County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 1990, 3:14 AM CDT for Tippah County, Mississippi. It was in force for 31 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 3, 1990, 3:14 AM CDT (08:14 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 1990, 3:45 AM CDT
In force
31 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 8.2 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 1990-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 1990-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 121 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KTUP 030814
SVRTUP
MSC139-030845-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS
314 AM CDT SUN JUN 3 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUPELO HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  345 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...SOUTHERN TIPPAH COUNTY
 
AT 312AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM JUST SOUTHEAST OF RIPLEY. THE THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 20 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 xTHE 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 3, 12:20 AM CDT, 2 hours 54 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, 2 hours 48 minutes before
TNZ012-013-014-015-MSZ001-ARZ012-014-030630-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1226 AM CDT SUN JUN 3 1990

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 384 WILL CONTINUE IN EFFECT ACROSS
MOST OF WEST TENNESSEE - PART OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE - AND MOST OF NORTH
MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 6 AM SUNDAY MORNING...

AT 1220 AM WEATHER RADAR LOCATED A WIDE BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT
STRETCHED NORTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST ACROSS WEST TENNESSEE AND INTO EAST
ARKANSAS.  THE THUNDERSTORM BAND COVERED MOST OF THE FOLLOWING WEST
TENNESSEE COUNTIES - CARROLL  MADISON  CROCKETT  HAYWOOD  LAUDERDALE
TIPTON  SHELBY  AND FAYETTE.  IN ARKANSAS THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER
CRITTENDEN  ST FRANCIS  LEE  PHILLIPS  AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI
COUNTY.

AT THAT TIME THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER SOUTHERN
PHILLIPS COUNTY ARKANSAS - CENTRAL CRITTENDEN COUNTY ARKANSAS - ST
FRANCIS COUNTY ARKANSAS - MADISON COUNTY TENNESSEE - AND EAST SHELBY
COUNTY TENNESSEE.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS AS THEY SLOWLY
WORKED THEIR WAY TOWARD THE EAST.  STREET AND ROAD FLOODING HAS
OCCURRED IN SEVERAL MID-SOUTH LOCATIONS TONIGHT AND THE THUNDERSTORMS
WILL BE CAPABLE OF CAUSING EVEN MORE WIDESPREAD FLOODING DURING THE
NEXT FEW HOURS.

THE HAYWOOD COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICE REPORTED PEA SIZE HAIL ABOUT 5 MILES
NORTHWEST OF BROWNSVILLE AT 1210 AM.  ALONG WITH THE VERY HEAVY RAIN
AND NEARLY CONTINUOUS LIGHTNING - THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO
POSE A THREAT OF LARGE HAIL AND POSSIBLY DESTRUCTIVE WIND.

THIS REMAINS A DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION - YOU SHOULD STAY ALERT TO
LOCAL WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS AND LISTEN TO THIS STATION FOR LATER
BULLETINS.
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 1:16 AM CDT, 1 hour 58 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, 1 hour 41 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.
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 2:24 AM CDT, 50 minutes before
TNZ013-015-MSZ001-004-ARZ014-030830-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
222 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 215 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF VERY
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM HARDIN COUNTY TENNESSEE ALONG THE TENNESSEE
RIVER WESTWARD THROUGH ROGERS SPRINGS IN HARDEMAN COUNTY TENNESSEE AND
ON TO THE WEST OF HOLLY SPRINGS MISSISSIPPI IN MARSHALL COUNTY.
THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH INTO
NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.

OTHER VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN DESOTO COUNTY
MISSISSIPPI AND SHELBY COUNTY TENNESSEE. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING INTO FAYETTE COUNTY TENNESSEE
DURING THE NEXT HOUR.

VERY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND STRONG POSSIBLY DAMAGING
WIND ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

STAY IN A PLACE OF SHELTER UNTIL THE STORMS ARE OUT OF THE AREA.
MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED
AREAS...MANY DEATHS OCCUR WHEN MOTORISTS ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH
FLOODED AREAS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 2:44 AM CDT, 30 minutes before
TNZ009-010-011-012-013-014-015-MSZ001-004-ARZ014-030845-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
244 AM CDT SUN JUN 3 1990

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 384 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR SEVERAL
WEST TENNESSEE COUNTIES BUT WILL CONTINUE IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF
SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE AND PARTS OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE .. AND FOR NORTHWEST
MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 6 AM SUNDAY MORNING...

THE FOLLOWING TENNESSEE COUNTIES ARE NO LONGER COVERED BY SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 384...

ROBERTSON  MONTGOMERY  STEWART  HOUSTON  HENRY  WEAKLEY  OBION  DYER
GIBSON  CARROLL  BENTON  HUMPHREYS  DICKSON  DECATUR  HENDERSON
MADISON  CROCKETT  HAYWOOD  LAUDERDALE  AND TIPTON.

AT 235 AM WEATHER RADAR CONTINUED TO LOCATE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
STRETCHED IN A BAND FROM NORTHEAST OF SAVANNAH TENNESSEE
WEST-SOUTHWEST ALONG THE TENNESSEE - MISSISSIPPI BORDER TO  NEAR OLIVE
BRANCH MISSISSIPPI.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE EAST
AT 30 MPH.

ANOTHER AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS COVERED MUCH OF EAST ARKANSAS
FROM FOREST CITY AND HELENA SOUTHWESTWARD THROUGH THE DEWITT AREA
TOWARD PINE BLUFF.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE EAST -
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BRING PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN - PERHAPS
ENOUGH TO CAUSE STREETS/ROADS TO FLOOD ALONG WITH FREQUENT AND DEADLY
LIGHTNING.  THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO POSE A THREAT OF DAMAGING
HAIL.

STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR LATER BULLETINS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 2:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGTippah58 min
Jun 3, 6:17 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGMonroe118 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.