Tornado Warning 3, NWS Memphis, TN

Issued

Mar 9, 1992, 5:00 PM CST (23:00 UTC)

Expired

Mar 9, 1992, 5:30 PM CST

In force

30 min

Issued by

NWS Memphis, TN

Area

Whole counties

County Itawamba County, 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.

000 
TTAA00 KTUP 092300
TORTUP
MSC057-092330-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS
500 PM CST MON MAR 9 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUPELO HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  530 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...EASTERN ITAWAMBA COUNTY
 
AT 457 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN TUPELO SHOWED A
POSSIBLE TORNADO 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FULTON MISSISSIPPI MOVING TO THE
EAST-NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
 
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.
 
NNNN

In the hours before

TNZALL-100430-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
435 PM CST MON MAR 9 1992

            ... FREEZING WEATHER TO RETURN ...

ALTHOUGH THE WEATHER TODAY WAS WARM...A COLD FRONT WILL BE ENTERING
WEST TENNESSEE AROUND SUNRISE TUESDAY.  THE FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS
MUCH OF THE STATE DURING THE DAY ENDING THE RAINS IN WEST AND
MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

BEHIND THE FRONT...ARCTIC AIR WILL INVADE TENNESSEE CAUSING
TEMPERATURES TO FALL DURING THE DAY INTO THE 40S OVER THE WESTERN HALF
OF THE STATE.  THE FRONT SHOULD REACH THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU BY
TUESDAY EVENING.  SKIES SHOULD REMAIN CLOUDY DURING THE DAY OVER WEST
AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE ON TUESDAY PREVENTING THE SUN FROM PROVIDING MUCH
WARMTH.

ADDITIONALLY...WINDS FROM THE NORTHWEST FOLLOWING THE FRONT WILL BE
STRONG...ABOUT 15 OR 20 MILES AN HOUR.

THE WINDS WILL BE DECREASING TUESDAY NIGHT...AND BY WEDNESDAY MORNING
TEMPERATURES WILL BE FREEZING OR BELOW ACROSS ALL BUT THE EAST
TENNESSEE VALLEY.

WITH THE WARM TEMPERATURES OVER THE PAST WEEK OR SO...MANY TREES AND
PLANTS HAVE BLOOMED.  THE COLD TEMPERATURES COULD PROVIDE SOME DAMAGE
TO THE NEW VEGETATION...SO PRECAUTIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN TO MINIMIZE
POTENTIAL DAMAGE.

Tornado Warnings in Mississippi, 1992Every tornado warning in 1992Tornadoes in 1992

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.