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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Memphis, TN

March 9, 1992Itawamba County, Monroe County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 9, 1992, 11:56 PM CST for Itawamba County, Monroe County, Mississippi. It was in force for 34 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 9, 1992, 11:56 PM CST (05:56 UTC)
Expired
Mar 10, 1992, 12:30 AM CST
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Itawamba County, MS, Monroe County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 163 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, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 1992-03-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2047 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, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 1992-03-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 53 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
2047 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-241 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
581 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
100 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
5.6

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTUP 100556
SVRTUP
MSC057-095-100630-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS
1156 PM CST MON MAR 9 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUPELO HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...SOUTHERN ITAWAMBA COUNTY...NORTHERN MONROE COUNTY
 
AT 1155 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS INDICATING A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF AMORY MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST
AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
 
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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, Mar 9, 6:30 PM CST, 5 hours 26 minutes before
MSZ004-005-007-100130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS
630 PM CST MON MAR 9 1992

.....TORNADO WATCHES NUMBER 64 AND 65 REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST
FOR A LARGE PART OF NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI.....

AT 625 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN TUPELO CONTINUED TO
SHOW A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WITH SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER
NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI...WESTERN TENNESSEE AND NORTHERN ALABAMA MOVING
TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN SUNFLOWER AND YALOBUSHA
COUNTIES OF WESTERN MISSISSIPPI.

NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED TO THIS OFFICE DURING THE PAST
HOUR...HOWEVER THE POTIENTIAL OF SEVERE WEATHER CONTINUES ACROSS THIS
AREA.  STAY TUNE TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER
UPDATES.

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Special weather statement, Mar 9, 7:21 PM CST, 4 hours 35 minutes before
MSZ004-005-007-100230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS
721 PM CST MON MAR 9 1992

.....TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 67 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CST TUESDAY
MORNING FOR MOST OF NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI.....

AT 717 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN TUPELO SHOWED A
LARGE AREA OF RAINSHOWERS WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN
MISSISSIPPI...WESTERN TENNESSEE AND NORTHWEST ALABAMA MOVING TO THE
NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED BETWEEN BATESVILLE AND
GREENVILLE MISSISSIPPI.

NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED TO THIS OFFICE DURING THE PAST
HOUR...HOWEVER CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR POTENTIAL SEVERE
WEATHER TO OxCCURR THIS EVENING OVER NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI.

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Special weather statement, Mar 9, 8:33 PM CST, 3 hours 23 minutes before
MSZ004-005-007-100330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS
833 PM CST MON MAR 9 1992

.....TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 67 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CST TUESDAY
MORNING FOR MOST OF NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI.....

AT 827 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN TUPELO SHOWED A LINE
OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.  THIS
LINE EXTENDED FROM NEAR CORNITH SOUTHWEST ACROSS NEW ALBANY TO THE
WEST OF PONTOTOC.  MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN
HOUR.

ELSEWHERE...A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS CONTINUED OVER NORTHERN
MISSISSIPPI AND WESTERN TENNESSEE.

CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF
SEVERE WEATHER THIS EVENING SO STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND
THE LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES.

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Special weather statement, Mar 9, 9:28 PM CST, 2 hours 28 minutes before
MSZ004-005-100430-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS
928 PM CST MON MAR 9 1992

.....TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 67 CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CST FOR
MUCH OF NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI.....

AT 925 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS INDICATING WIDELY
SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER EXTREME EASTERN LAFAYETTE COUNTY
AND OVER EXTREME NORTHWESTERN ITAWAMBA COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS
WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF PRODUCING FREQUENT
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG WINDS AND SMALL
HAIL.

ELSEWHERE A RATHER LARGE AREA OF RAINSHOWER ACTIVITY WAS INDICATED
OVER NORTH MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE AND WESTERN ALABAMA.

PEOPLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY
CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD
THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH.

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Special weather statement, Mar 9, 10:27 PM CST, 1 hour 29 minutes before
MSZ004-005-007-100530-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS
1027 PM CST MON MAR 9 1992

.....TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 67 CINTINUES IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTH
MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 1 AM CST TUESDAY MORNING.....

AT 1025 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS INDICATING STRONG
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OVER THE PONTOTOC AND CHICKASAW COUNTY LINES.
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO INDICATED OVER NORTHERN SECTIONS OF
ITAWAMBA COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT
45 MILES AN HOUR.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING FREQUENT DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN....STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL.

ELSEWHERE THUNDERSHOWERS AND RAINSHOWERS WERE LOCATED OVER MUCH OF
NORTH MISSISSIPPI...NORTHWEST ALABAMA AND SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE.

PEOPLE LIVING IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA NEED TO REMAIN ALERT FOR
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD
THREATENhING WEATHER APPROACH.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 9, 7:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLafayette31 min
Mar 9, 11:24 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGChickasaw, Lee36 min
Mar 10, 12:40 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningMEGLee, Monroe4 hr
Mar 10, 7:51 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningMEGLee, Monroe4 hr

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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.