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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Memphis, TN

June 3, 1992Union County, Mississippi

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 1992-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1992-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 20 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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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.
 
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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, 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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.