Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Memphis, TN

Issued

Feb 9, 1990, 3:58 PM CST (21:58 UTC)

Expired

Feb 9, 1990, 4:45 PM CST

In force

47 min

Issued by

NWS Memphis, TN

Area

Whole counties

Counties Crockett County, TN, Dyer County, TN

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

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.

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TNC033-045-092245-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
358 PM CST FRI FEB 9 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  445 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN WEST TENNESSEE
          ...CROCKETT...DYER
 
AT 355 PM RADAR REPORTS CONTINUED TO SHOW A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING
INTO SOUTHERN DYER AND MOST OF CROCKETT COUNTY. THIS STORM PRODUCED
A TORNADO IN THE PAST HOUR IN LAUDERDALE COUNTY AFTER IT CROSSED THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
 
THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.
 
 
 
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.
 
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.

In the hours before

MSZ004-005-007-092230

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS
330 PM CST FRI FEB 9 1990

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 21 IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN
MISSISSIPPI...

AT 320 PM CST TIME NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHERN
MISSISSIPPI. THE HEAVIEST ACTIVITY WAS NEAR EUPORA IN SOUTHERN
WEBSTER COUNTY...NEAR CHARLESTON IN EAST CENTRAL TALLAHATCHIE
COUNTY AND CALHOUN CITY IN CENTRAL CALHOUN COUNTY.
OTHERWISE RADAR INDICATED AREAS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINS OVER
NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI.

MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS EAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR.

WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS HEAVY RAINS...FREQUENT
LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 45 MILES AN HOUR CAN
BE EXPECTED.

PERSONS IN NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI NEED TO BE WEATHER ALERT AND
TAKE PROPER ACTION IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee, 1990Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1990

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.