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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Memphis, TN

April 6, 1991Monroe County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Apr 6, 1991, 11:53 AM CST for Monroe County, Mississippi. It was in force for 37 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 6, 1991, 11:53 AM CST (17:53 UTC)
Expired
Apr 6, 1991, 12:30 PM CST
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Monroe County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Centreville/Bibb, AL (KCKL), launched 12:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 162 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Centreville/Bibb, AL at 12:00Z on 1991-04-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 17 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Centreville/Bibb, AL at 12:00Z on 1991-04-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -8 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
17 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-65 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
880 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
48 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KJAN 081808 COR
TORTUP
MSC095-061830-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING...CORRECTION TO EXPIRATION TIME
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS
1250 PM CDT MON APRIL 08 1991

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUPELO HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 130 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

   ...MONROE COUNTY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUPELO RECIEVED A REPORT OF A FUNNEL CLOUD
AND HIGH WINDS AT 1240 PM 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLUMBUS AIR FORCE
BASE. THIS STORM IS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

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.

NNNN

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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.