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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Memphis, TN

June 10, 1992Union County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 1992, 3:46 PM CDT for Union County, Mississippi. It was in force for 44 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 10, 1992, 3:46 PM CDT (20:46 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 1992, 4:30 PM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Union County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Centreville/Bibb, AL (KCKL), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 243 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 1992-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 836 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 1992-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 2 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
836 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-39 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
749 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-6 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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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 10, 10:39 AM CDT, 5 hours 7 minutes before
TNZ010-011-012-013-014-015-ARZ012-013-101530-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1030 AM CDT WED JUN 10 1992

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING WEST TENNESSEE...

AT 1025 AM RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN NORTHEAST
ARKANSAS AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.
RAINFALL WAS HEAVIEST WITH THUNDERSTORMS IN A 5 MILE WIDE BAND FROM TERRELL
ARKANSAS TO PORTAGEVILLE MISSOURI.

THESE STORMS ARE APPRAOCHING THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND WILL BEGIN TO CROSS
INTO THE WEST TENNESSEE COUNTIES OF LAKE..DYER..LAUDERDALE..AND TIPTON
BY 1100 AM.

PERSONS IN THOSE COUNTIES..AS WELL AS MISSISSIPPI AND CRITTENDEN COUNTIES
OF EAST ARKANSAS..SHOULD EXPECT PERIODS OF BRIEF BUT VERY HEAVY RAINFALL
ALONG WITH SOME STRONG GUSTY WINDS WITH THE PASSAGE OF THESE STORMS.
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 11:56 AM CDT, 3 hours 50 minutes before
TNZ012-013-014-015-MSZ001-004-ARZ012-013-014-101900-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1155 AM CDT WED JUN 10 1992

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS RUMBLING INTO WEST TENNESSEE...

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING THROUGH WEST TENNESSEE EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON AS WARM HUMID UNSTABLE AIR CONTINUES COVERING THE REGION.
THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER AND AROUND THE CITIES OF
MEMPHIS...COVINGTON AND DYERSBURG TENN
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 1:46 PM CDT, 2 hours before
MSZ004-005-007-101945-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS
146 PM CDT WED JUN 10 1992

...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HEADING INTO NORTHCENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

AT 1230 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN TUPELO INDICATE AN
AREA OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR HOLLY SPRINGS IN
EXTREME NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI TO NEAR HUNTINGDON IN NORTHWEST
TENNESSEE. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL
RAIN...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 50 MILES AN HOUR...AND POSSIBLY LARGE HAIL.

THESE STORMS ARE MOVING SLOWLY TO THE EAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR.

PERSONS IN THESE AREAS...ESPECIALLY MARSHAL...BENTON...AND TIPPAH
COUNTIES...SHOULD KEEP A CLOSE WATCH FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER
CONDITIONS AND STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

ELSEWHERE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ARE MOVING
EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

NNNN
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 3:02 PM CDT, 44 minutes before
TNZ012-013-014-015-MSZ001-004-ARZ012-013-014-102100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
302 PM CDT WED JUN 10 1992

THUNDERSTORMS WERE STILL ACTIVE AND STRONG AT 300 PM ... AND WERE
ALONG A LINE THAT STRETCHED FROM BETWEEN HUNTINGDON AND PARSONS
TOWARD THE SOUTH AND WEST TO THE SELMER AREA OF WEST TENNESSEE
... AND ACROSS NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI ... FROM NEAR WALNUT TO JUST
SOUTH OF HOLLY SPRINGS.

THE THUNDERSTORMS OVER WEST TENNESSEE WERE MOVNG TOWARD THE EAST AT 20
MPH ... THOSE OVER MISSISSIPPI WERE MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 15
MPH.

THE THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED OUT OF MOST OF WEST TENNESSEE BY 300 PM...
AND THE RAIN HAD ENDED OVER NEARLY ALL OF FAYETTE COUNTY TENNESSEE.
BUT A FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL CONTINUE FOR FAYETTE COUNTY UNTIL 345
PM AS WATER CONTINUES TO DRAIN FROM THE TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS THAT
OCCURRED EARLIER.

MORE THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER NORTHERN ARKANSAS THIS
AFTERNOON.  THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE WORKING THEIR WAY EAST THIS
EVENING AND WILL POSE A THREAT OF RENEWED THUNDERSTORMS FOR EAST
ARKANSAS ... WEST TENNESSEE ... AND NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI LATER
TONIGHT.

STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR LATER BULLETINS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 2:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGAlcorn, Tippah63 min
Jun 10, 3:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGTishomingo44 min
Jun 10, 5:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMonroe99 min
Jun 10, 6:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCoahoma69 min
Jun 10, 6:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGDeSoto, Tate42 min
Jun 10, 1:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGFayette30 min
Jun 10, 1:48 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGFayette117 min
Jun 10, 2:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCarroll29 min
Jun 10, 12:29 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGCrittenden31 min
Jun 10, 4:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCraighead, Poinsett61 min
Jun 10, 4:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGGreene55 min

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.