Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 1990, 4:41 PM CDT for Itawamba County, Mississippi. It was in force for 49 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 15, 1990, 4:41 PM CDT (21:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 1990, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Itawamba 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 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 158 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
- 3625 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -34 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 152141 SVRTUP MSC057-152230- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS 441 PM CDT FRI JUN 15 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUPELO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI ...NORTHWESTERN ITAWAMBA COUNTY AT 435 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM SEVEN MILES NORTHWEST OF FULTON. MOVEMENT WAS 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 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 15, 1:07 PM CDT, 3 hours 34 minutes before
TNZ012>15-151900-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
110 PM CDT FRI JUN 15 1990
...HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS RUMBLING OVER WEST TENNESSEE...
THUNDERSTORMS HAVE FORMED RAPIDLY OVER WEST TENNESSEE SINCE NOON WITH
STRONGEST ACTIVITY OVER THE SOUTHWEST PORTION IN AND AROUND THE CITY OF
MEMPHIS. THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINS WITH RAINFALL RATES
OVER AN INCH AN HOUR. IN ADDITION WINDS HAVE GUSTED NEAR 40 MILES AN
HOUR WITH SOME STORMS.
THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE URBAN FLOODING OVER MANY LOW LYING AREAS. SOME
STREETS WILL BECOME COVERED WITH WATER WITH SMALLER STREAMS OVERFLOWING
THEIR BANKS. PEOPLE NEAR HIGH WATERS SHOULD SEEK HIGHER GROUND QUICKLY.
PERSONS MUST NOT DRIVE THROUGH ROADS UNDER WATER BUT SHOULD SEEK AN
ALTERNATE ROUTE OF TRAVEL.
THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF WEST TENNESSEE THE REST OF THE
AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. THUS PERSONS SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR
STORMY WEATHER E*SPECIALLY WHEN GOING OUT OF DOORS.Special weather statement, Jun 15, 1:45 PM CDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before
MSZ004-005-007-151945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS 145 PM CDT FRI JUN 15 1990 AT 130 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR HERE AT TUPELO SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY ACROSS NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WIND...FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL AS THEY DEVELOPE AND MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. YOU SHOULD KEEP ALERT AND IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES BE PREPARED TO SEEK A SAFE SHELTER. PONDING OF WATER ON ROAD AND STREET WILL ALSO OCCUR WITH THESE STORMS. IF YOU ARE DRIVING IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI THIS AFTERNOON YOU ARE URGED TO USE EXTRA CAUTION IN THE VICINITY OF THESE STORMS. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. NNNN
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 2:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
MSZ004-005-007-152045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS 242 PM CDT FRI JUN 15 1990 AT 230 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN LAFAYETTE COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHWEST AND 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF OXFORD. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WIND...FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL AS THEY MOVE ACROSS LAFAYETTE COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HOUR. YOU SHOULD STAY ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK A SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. OTHER THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE SCATTERED ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...NORTH ALABAMA AND WEST TENNESSEE. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADSWAYS AND STREETS. IF YOU ARE DRIVING IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI THIS AFTERNOON YOU ARE URGED TO USE EXTRA CAUTION IN THE VICINITY OF THEShE STORMS. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. NNNN
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 3:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
MSZ004-005-007-152145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS 340 PM CDT FRI JUN 15 1990 AT 330 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH ALCORN COUNTY OF NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WIND IN THE VICINITY OF 40 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE HAIL AS THEY MOVE ACROSS ALCORN...TISHOMINGO AND NORTHERN PRENTISS COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS. YOU SHOULD STAY ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK A SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED TO BE SCATTERED ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...NORTH ALABAMA AND WEST TENNESSEE. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AROUND 25 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL ALSO PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND STREETS. IF YOU ARE DRIVING IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI THIS AFTERNOON YOU ARE URGED TO USE EXTRA CAUTION IN THE VICINITY OF THESE STORMS. 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 14, 7:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tippah | 54 min |
| Jun 14, 7:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Union | 51 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.