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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 42, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 1990, 2:51 PM CDT for Tipton County, Tennessee. It was in force for 39 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 9, 1990, 2:51 PM CDT (19:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 1990, 3:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
County 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 9, 3:10 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Tipton, 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 nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 76 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
- 3603 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 9, 1:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
MSZ004-005-092045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS 137 PM CDT SAT JUN 9 1990 AT 130 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN DEVELOPING ACROSS NORTH MISSISSIPPI. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DEVELOPING AND MOVING ACROSS NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI THIS AFTERNOON. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WIND...FREQUENT LIGHNING STRIKES AND POSSIBLE HAIL. YOU SHOULD STAY ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK A SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. ALSO SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON STREETS AND ROADWAYS. IF YOU ARE DRIVING IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI THIS AFTERNOON YOU ARE URGED TO USE EXTRA CAUTION IN THE VICINTIY OF THUNDERSTORMS. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. NNNN
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 2:51 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
MSZ004-005-092100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS 251 PM CDT SAT JUN 9 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 428 IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTH MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 900 PM CDT THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOO AND EVENING. AT 245 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS TO BE SCATTERED OVER NORTH MISSISSIPPI WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN BENTON COUNTY. ANOTHER AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED ACROSS NORTHEAST ARKANSAS INTO NORTHWEST TENNESSEE. THIS AREA WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST WHILE INDIVIDUAL STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...VERY STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES AND POSSIBLE LARGE HAIL AS THEY MOVE ACROSS NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. YOU ARE URGED TO STAY ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK A SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. THESE STORMS WILL ALSO CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON STREET AND ROADWAYS. IF YOU ARE DRIVING IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI THIS AFTERNOON YOU SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION IN THE VICINITY OF THUNDERSTORMS. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 4:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tunica | 25 min |
| Jun 9, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Marshall | 29 min |
| Jun 9, 4:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Tate | 33 min |
| Jun 9, 5:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lafayette | 44 min |
| Jun 9, 6:17 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Coahoma | 118 min |
| Jun 9, 1:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Mississippi | 39 min |
| Jun 9, 1:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Poinsett | 30 min |
| Jun 9, 1:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette | 33 min |
| Jun 9, 3:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Shelby | 36 min |
| Jun 9, 3:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette | 37 min |
Nearby
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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.