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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 70, NWS Memphis, TN

July 22, 1990Benton County, Marshall County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 22, 1990, 8:02 PM CDT for Benton County, Marshall County, Mississippi. It was in force for 58 min. 2 reports 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
Jul 22, 1990, 8:02 PM CDT (01:02 UTC)
Expired
Jul 22, 1990, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Benton County, MS, Marshall County, MS

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 22, 8:15 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 0Marshall, MS
Jul 22, 8:15 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 0Benton, MS

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 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, Jul 22, 2:25 PM CDT, 5 hours 37 minutes before
MSZ-004-005-222030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS
225 PM CDT SUN JULY 22 1990

AT 215 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTH OF PONTOTOC. THIS STORM WAS MOVING
EAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHEAST PONTOTOC COUNTY
DURING THE NEXT HOUR AND INTO SOUTHEAST LEE COUNTY.

THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WIND...FREQUENT LIGHTNING
STRIKES...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE HAIL. IF YOU ARE IN THE
PATH OF THIS STORM YOU SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK A SAFE SHELTER
IF IT SHOULD BECOME NECESSARY.

STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jul 22, 6:11 PM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
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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.