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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Memphis, TN

June 18, 1992Prentiss County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 1992, 7:34 PM CDT for Prentiss County, Mississippi. It was in force for 56 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jun 18, 1992, 7:34 PM CDT (00:34 UTC)
Expired: Jun 18, 1992, 8:30 PM CDT
In force: 56 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Whole counties

County Prentiss County, MS

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 18, 8:20 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 0	Prentiss, MS

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Centreville/Bibb, AL (KCKL), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 227 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1038 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1468 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 94 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 1.3

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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 18, 2:30 PM CDT, 5 hours 4 minutes before

MSZ004-005-007-182030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS
230 PM CDT THU JUN 18 1992

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 397 IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT FOR MOST OF
NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...

AT 225 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS TO
BE SCATTERED ACROSS WEST TENNESSEE...EXTREME NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND
NORTHWEST ALABAMA. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED ON THE MISSISSIPPI
AND ALABAMA BORDER 20 MILES WEST OF FLORENCE ALABAMA. THESE STORMS
WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED ACROSS NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI THIS
AFTERNOON...HOWEVER CONTITION ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. YOU ARE URGED TO STAY ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO
SEEK A SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES OR A WARNING IS
ISSUED. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH AND HAIL
THREE QUARTER INCH OR LARGER.

STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

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Special weather statement, Jun 18, 2:41 PM CDT, 4 hours 53 minutes before

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  MEMPHIS TN
235 PM CDT THU JUN 18 1992

AT 225 PM WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE
DEVELOPING IN WEST TENNESSEE FROM BROWNSVILLE AND JACKSON SOUTHEAST
TO NEAR SELMER.

THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF ALABAMA FROM CHEROKEE
TO MUSCLE SHOALS TO PHIL CAMPBELL.

A FEW OF THUESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AS THEY
MOVED TO THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF WEST AND
TENNESSEE AND NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 7 PM THIS EVENING. HEAVY RAINS
...STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE AND FUTURE
STORMS. BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED OR A
WARNING IS ISSUED.

REMEMBER THAT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO NOTICE.  IF IN DOUBT...TAKE COVER.  STAY ALERT
TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND STAY TUNED TO THIS
STATION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.

Special weather statement, Jun 18, 3:34 PM CDT, 4 hours before

MSZ004-005-007-182130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS
334 PM CDT THU JUN 18 1992

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 397 IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...

AT 325 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS TO
BE SCATTERED ACROSS WEST TENNESSEE AND NORTHWEST ALABAMA. THE
STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HENDERSON
TENNESSEE AND 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DECATUR ALABAMA. THESE STORMS WERE
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH.

NO SEVERE HAS BEEN REPORTED OVER NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI THIS
AFTERNOON...HOWEVER CONDITION ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPEMENT OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. YOU ARE URGE TO STAY ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO
SEEK A SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES OR A WARNING IS
ISSUED. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE WIND GUSTS OF 55 MPH OR
GREATER...LARGE HAIL...THREE QUATER INCH OR LARGER AND CAN AND
OCCASIONAL DO PRODUCE TORNADOS WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.

STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

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Special weather statement, Jun 18, 3:37 PM CDT, 3 hours 57 minutes before

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
335 PM CDT THU JUN 18 1992

AT 325 PM NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS...MOST WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFAL

Special weather statement, Jun 18, 4:34 PM CDT, 3 hours before

MSZ004-005-007-182230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS
434 PM CDT THU JUN 18 1992

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 397 IN EFFECT UNTIL 7PM CDT FOR NORTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI...

AT 428 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED NO
PRECIPITATION IN NORTH MISSISSIPPI.

HOWEVER...A CLUSTER OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING OVER
MCNAIRY AND HARDIN COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE. THE STRONGEST
THUNDERSTORM IN THIS CLUSTER IS LOCATED NEAR MICHIE...TENNESSEE OR
ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF CORINTH.

THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

THIS CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS COULD REACH THE NORTHERN PART OF
TISHOMINGO COUNTY WITHIN 30 MINUTES.

STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR FURTHER WEATHER INFORMATION.

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Local storm report, Jun 18, 6:49 PM CDT, 45 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
650 PM CDT THU JUN 18 1992

    PRELIMINARY STORM REPORT FOR THU AFTN JUN 18

320 PM   SEVERAL TREES WERE KNOCKED DOWN IN THE SHADY HILL AREA OF
         SOUTH HENDERSON COUNTY TN. THE DOWNED TREES KNOCKED DOWN SOME
         POWER LINES...BLOCKED A COUPLE OF ROADS AND DID SOME DAMAGE TO
         A FEW HOUSES.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 18, 7:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Itawamba	31 min
Jun 18, 8:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lee	36 min
Jun 18, 8:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Itawamba, Lee	39 min
Jun 18, 8:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Tishomingo	63 min
Jun 18, 8:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Alcorn	28 min
Jun 18, 9:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Union	41 min
Jun 18, 10:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Pontotoc	47 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 1992 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1992

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.