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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Memphis, TN

September 2, 1992Monroe County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 2, 1992, 5:47 PM CDT for Monroe County, Mississippi. It was in force for 43 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 2, 1992, 5:47 PM CDT (22:47 UTC)
Expired
Sep 2, 1992, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
43 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, 10.8 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 1992-09-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 188 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 1992-09-02The 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
188 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-65 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1085 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
92 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTUP 022247
SVRTUP
MSC095-022330-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS
547 PM CDT WED SEP 2 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUPELO HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  630 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...MONROE COUNTY
 
AT 540 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN TUPELO INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN ENTERING WESTERN MONROE COUNTY. THIS STORM IS
MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND MAY AFFECT THE CITY OF AMORY IN THE
NEXT HALF HOUR.
 
 
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
 
IF YOU EXPERIENCED DAMAGING WINDS OR HAIL, NOTIFY YOUR LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY, LOCAL OFFICIAL OR THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
 
 
 
NNNN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 2, 4:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGTippah50 min

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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.