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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at May 19, 1990, 6:08 PM CDT for DeSoto County, Mississippi. It was in force for 37 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 19, 1990, 6:08 PM CDT (23:08 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 1990, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
County DeSoto 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, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 6 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
- 3610 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 232 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 KMEM 192310 TORMEM MSC033-192345- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 608 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI ...DESOTO COUNTY A TORNADO WAS REPORTED ON THE GROUND NEAR ARKABUTLA LAKE AT 6 PM THIS EVENING. THIS STORM WAS MOVING INTO DESOTO COUNTY TOWARD THE TOWN OF HERNANDO. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, May 19, 2:50 PM CDT, 3 hours 18 minutes before
MSZ004-005-007-192045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS 250 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 281 IN EFFECT FOR NORTH MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 9 PM CDT... AT 230 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DID NOT INDICATE ANY THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH MISSISSIPPI AT THIS TIME...HOWEVER RADAR DID SHOW SCATTERED CLUSTERS OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA. THE ACTIVITY EXTENDED FROM MONROE IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA TO MONTICELLO IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. PEOPLE IN NORTH MISSISSIPPI NEED TO BE WEATHER ALERT AND TAKE MEASURES TO PREPARE FOR THE THREATENING WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. NNNN
Special weather statement, May 19, 2:55 PM CDT, 3 hours 13 minutes before
TNZ014-015-ARZ012-013-192030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 245 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO CRAIGHEAD COUNTY ARKANSAS... AT 240 PM RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO WEST CRAIGHEAD COUNTY ARKANSAS. THESE STORMS MAY HAVE DESTRUCTIVE WINDS...HAIL AND HEAVY RAINFALL. ITS CURRENT MOVEMENT IS TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR MEANING IT WILL BE IN THE JONESBORO VICINITY BY 330 PM. PERSONS LIVING IN AND AROUND THE JONESBORO AREA SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR DANGEROUS WEATHER AND TAKE IMMEDIATE SHELTER WHEN STORMS APPROACH. THE STORMS MAY ALSO CAUSE STREET FLOODING DUE TO HEAVY RAINFALLS. DRIVERS SHOULD THEREFORE BE ALERT FOR WATER COVERED ROADS.
Special weather statement, May 19, 4:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
TNZ014-015-ARZ012-013-192200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 420 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND THE MEMPHIS TENNESSSEE AREA... AT 415 PM THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL...STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR INTO MISSISSIPPI COUNTY ARKANSAS. AT THE CURRENT MOVEMENT THESE STORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER INTO WEST TENNESSEE INCLUDING THE MEMPHIS METROPOLITAN AREA BY 5 PM THIS EVENING. PERSONS IN NORTHEAST ARKANSAS AND WEST TENNESSEE SHOULD PREPARE FOR DANGEROUS WEATHER AND SEEK APPROPRIATE SHELTER WHEN THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. SOME STORMS IN WEST TENNESSEE MAY BECOME} SEVERE AND PERSONS MUST KEEP INFORMED OF THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 3:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lafayette | 68 min |
| May 19, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chickasaw, Monroe | 60 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.