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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Memphis, TN

April 28, 1991Tippah County, Union County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 28, 1991, 4:15 AM CDT for Tippah County, Union County, Mississippi. It was in force for 30 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
Apr 28, 1991, 4:15 AM CDT (09:15 UTC)
Expired
Apr 28, 1991, 4:45 AM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Tippah County, MS, Union County, MS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 28, 4:30 AM CDTThunderstorm Wind 0Union, 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, Apr 27, 11:05 PM CDT, 5 hours 10 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Apr 28, 12:07 AM CDT, 4 hours 8 minutes before
MSZ004-005-007-280615-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS
1207 AM CDT SUN APR 28 1991

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 212 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM
CDT FOR MOST OF CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

AT 1200 MIDNIGHT CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO
SHOW A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO NORTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS REACHED FROM RIPLEY SOUTH TO NEAR WEST
POINT [AND WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINS...AND GUSTY SURFACE WINDS.

STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

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Special weather statement, Apr 28, 1:56 AM CDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before
MSZ004-005-007-280800-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS
156 AM CDT SUN APR 28 1991

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 212 HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH TORNADO
WATCH NUMBER 216 EFFECTIVE UNTIL 7 AM CDT FOR PARTS OF WESTERN AND
NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI...

AT 145 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN TUPELO SHOWED A
LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS
SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...WESTERN ALABAMA...EASTERN ARKANSAS AND NORTHERN
MISSISSIPPI MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

ANOTHER LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS HAD REDEVELOPED ACROSS SOUTHERN
ARKANSAS AND NORTHERN LOUISIANA WHICH WILL BE MOVING INTO NORTHERN
SECTIONS OF THE STATE LATER THIS MORNING.

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Local storm report, Apr 28, 2:26 AM CDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS
230 AM CDT SUN APR 28 1991

TIME OF OCCURRENCE                      REPORT

1245 AM CDT...OKOLONA PD REPORTED A FEW LARGE TREES BLOWN DOWN
         ,     AND DIME SIZE HAIL IN OKOLONA. (CHICKASAW COUNTY)
Special weather statement, Apr 28, 3:04 AM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
MSZ004-005-007-280900-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS
304 AM CDT SUN APR 28 1991

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 216 IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT FOR PARTS OF
WESTERN AND NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI...

AT 255 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN TUPELO SHOWED A
LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING
FROM CENTRAL TENNESSEE ACROSS NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA INTO
EASTERN ARKANSAS.

THE STRONGEST STORMS IN NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI REACHED FROM HOLLY
SPRINGS SOUTHWEST TO CHARLESTON AND WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40
MILES AN HOUR.

NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED TO THIS OFFICE DURING THE PAST
HOUR...HOWEVER THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARFE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTING...SMALL HAIL AND WIND
GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MILES AN HOUR.

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Special weather statement, Apr 28, 3:51 AM CDT, 24 minutes before
MSZ004-005-007-281000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS
351 AM CDT SUN APR 28 1991

AT 0345 AM CDT...TUPELO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS INDICATING
A LINE OF VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS FROM ENID RESEVOIR EXTENDING TO THE
NORTHEAST TO NORTHERN TIPPAH COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST AT 35
MILES AN HOUR AND HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINS...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL.

ANYONE LIVING IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD REMAIN
WEATHER ALERT AND TAKE THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS SHOULD THREATENING
WEATHER APPROACH.

MORE STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 27, 11:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGPontotoc30 min
Apr 28, 12:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGChickasaw31 min
Apr 28, 3:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLafayette28 min
Apr 28, 5:42 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGCoahoma4 hr
Apr 28, 8:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGClay, Oktibbeha27 min
Apr 28, 8:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMonroe40 min
Apr 28, 9:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLowndes34 min
Apr 28, 9:49 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGLee4 hr
Apr 28, 6:35 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGLee7 hr
Apr 28, 6:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGItawamba, Monroe50 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 1991Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1991

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.