Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 37, NWS Memphis, TN
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.
- 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 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
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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 2:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tippah | 58 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.