Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 1992, 7:47 PM CDT for Union County, Mississippi. It was in force for 58 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 3, 1992, 7:47 PM CDT (00:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 1992, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Union County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 94 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3571 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 2 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTUP 040047 SVRTUP MSC145-040145- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS 747 PM CDT WED JUN 3 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUPELO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI ...UNION COUNTY AT 746PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NEW ALBANY. THE THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 TO 10 MILES AN 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
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, Jun 3, 2:00 PM CDT, 5 hours 47 minutes before
MSZ004-005-007-032000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS 200 PM CDT WED JUN 3 1992 .....TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 281 IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT FOR A LARGE PART OF MISSISSIPPI..... AT 153 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN TUPELO SHOWED SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI MOVING TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. STRONGEST OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED BETWEEN COLUMBUS AND MERI/DIAN...ALSO NEAR LEXINGTON. RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND TAKE NECESSARY ACTIONS IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. NNNN
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 4:04 PM CDT, 3 hours 43 minutes before
MSZ004-005-032200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS 404 PM CDT WED JUN 3 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 284 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR A LARGE PART OF MISSISSIPPI... AT 350 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN TUPELO SHOWED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AND WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. ANOTHER AREA OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM WERE DEVELOPING ACROSS NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AND EASTERN ARKANSAS AND ARE NEARLY STATIONARY. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS ARE LOCATED NEAR MERIDIAN IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIOeNS AND TAKE NECESSARY ACTIONS IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. NNNN
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 5:11 PM CDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before
MSZ004-005-007-032315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS 511 PM CDT WED JUN 3 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 284 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR A LARGE PART OF MISSISSIPPI... AT 400 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN TUPELO INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AND WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM ARE CONTINUING TO DEVELOP ACROSS WESTERN MISSISSIPPI...WESTERN TENNESSEE...AND EASTERN ARKANSAS. SOME OF THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS AND ARE INCREASING IN INTENSITY. THE STRONGEST STORM IS LOCATED NEAR GREENWOOD IN LEFLORE COUNTY. THESE STORMS ARE NOVING SLOWLY TO THE NORTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND TAKE NECESSARY ACTIONS IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. 2NNNN
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 6:11 PM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
MSZ004-005-007-040015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS 611 PM CDT WED JUN 3 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 284 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR A LARGE PART OF MISSISSIPPI... AT 455 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN TUPELO INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HEAVY RAIN IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AND WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA. THE STRONGEST STORMS ARE LOCATED BETWEEN THE CITIES OF COLUMBUS AND MERIDIAN. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST- NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. ELSWHERE...SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE CONTINUING WESTERN MISSISSIPPI...WESTERN TENNESSEE...AND EASTERN ARKANSAS. SOME OF THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS AND ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND TAKE NECESSARY ACTIONS IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. NNNN
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 6:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
TNZ015-ARZ012-013-014-MSZ001-040200-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
620 PM CDT WED JUN 3 1992
...SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS...
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED MAINLY OVER EASTERN ARKANSAS AND
NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI PORTIONS OF THE MID SOUTH AREA. AN ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN WESTERN TIPTON COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE.
A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED IN NORTHEAST ARKANSAS EXTENDING
FROM NEAR BLYTHEVILLE TO HARRISBURG AND NORTHWARD TO WESTERN CLAY AND
GREEN COUNTIES.
ANOTHER CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS COVERED PART OF NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
EXTENDING FROM SENETOBIA TO TUNICA THEN SOUTWARD TO SOUTHERN QUITMAN
COUNTY. THIS AREA EXTENDED WESTWARD ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER INTO
ARKANSAS ACROSS NORTHERN PHILLIPS COUNTY TO NEAR PINE BLUFF AND FURTHER
WEST TOWARD LITTLE ROCK.
THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN WERE LOCATED JUST WEST OF
COVINGTON IN TIPTON COUNTY OF WEST TENNESSEE NEAR LAKE CITY IN EASTERN
GREEN COUNTY ARKANSAS AND NEAR HARRISBURG IN POINSETT COUNTY ARKANSAS.
VERY HEAVY RAINS WERE ALSO INDICATED NEAR MARKS MISSISSIPPI IN
QUITMAN COUNTY AND IN EASTERN TUNICA COUNTY.
MOVEMENT OF THE ACTIVITY WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH.
DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINS THAT COULD CAUSE LOCAL FLOODING.
LOCAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 3 INCHES OR MORE COULD OCCUR IN A TIME
SPAN OF ONLY A FEW HOURS OR LESS.
ALSO STRONG GUSTY WINDS WERE ASSOCIATED WITH SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS.
TREES WERE REPOTED DOWN NEAR CLARKSDALE IN COAHOMA COUNTY MISSISSIPPI.
ANYONE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAYS IN EASTERN ARKANSAS AND NORTHWEST
MAISSISSIPPI PORTIONS OF THE MID SOUTH AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED TO
ENCOUNTER SUDDEN HEAVY RAINS IN THE VICINITY OF THUNDERSTORMS AND PULL
OFF THE ROAD IF NECESSARY.
DO NOT DRIVE WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.Special weather statement, Jun 3, 7:04 PM CDT, 43 minutes before
MSZ004-005-007-040100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS 704 PM CDT WED JUN 3 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 284 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR A LARGE PART OF MISSISSIPPI... AT 655 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN TUPELO INDICATED SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ACROSS NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...WESTERN TENNESSEE...AND EASTERN ARKANSAS. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OVER CARROLL AND GRENADA COUNTIES IN MISSISSIPPI. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS PREVOUSLY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI HAVE MOVED INTO WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND ARE MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND TAKE NECESSARY ACTIONS IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. NNNN
Nearby
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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.