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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS Memphis, TN

April 28, 1991Lowndes County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 28, 1991, 9:26 AM CDT for Lowndes County, Mississippi. It was in force for 34 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, 9:26 AM CDT (14:26 UTC)
Expired
Apr 28, 1991, 10:00 AM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Lowndes County, MS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 28, 9:30 AM CDTThunderstorm Wind 0Lowndes, 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 28, 3:51 AM CDT, 5 hours 35 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.

NNNN
Special weather statement, Apr 28, 5:06 AM CDT, 4 hours 20 minutes before
MSZ004-005-007-281115-

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

   .....TORNADO WATCH NO.216 CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTH
        MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 7AM THIS MORNING.....

AT 505 AM CDT...TUPELO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS INDICATING A
LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM GRENADA RESEVOIR EXTENDING TO
THE NORTHEAST TO NORTHERN ALCORN COUNTY.

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

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

MORE STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.

NNNN
Special weather statement, Apr 28, 6:12 AM CDT, 3 hours 14 minutes before
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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, 4:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGTippah, Union30 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, 9:49 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.