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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Memphis, TN

June 6, 1992Lee County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Jun 6, 1992, 9:57 PM CDT for Lee County, Mississippi. It was in force for 28 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 6, 1992, 9:57 PM CDT (02:57 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 1992, 10:25 PM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Lee County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Centreville/Bibb, AL (KCKL), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 207 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 00:00Z on 1992-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 624 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Centreville/Bibb, AL at 00:00Z on 1992-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 28 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
624 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-45 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1519 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
66 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 070257
TORTUP
MSC081-070345-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS
957 PM CDT SAT JUN 6 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUPELO HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...LEE COUNTY
 
AT 955 PM CDT...LEE COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED AN AMBULANCE ON
THE LEE-PONTOTOC COUNTY ON HIGHWAY 6 REPORTED A TORNADO.
 
IF YOU SIGHTED A TORNADO OR EXPERIENCED DAMAGING WINDS OR HAIL,
NOTIFY YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY, LOCAL OFFICIAL OR THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION.  ACT QUICKLY.  IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MyOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF
AVAILABLE.  OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR POSSIBLE.  AVOID WINDOWS.  ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.
 
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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado 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 6, 7:38 PM CDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before
TNZ012-013-014-015-MSZ001-004-ARZ012-013-014-070145-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
738 PM CDT SAT JUN 6 1992

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH WEST TENNESSEE AND NORTHWEST
MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 9 PM CDT...

AT 730 PM CDT A BROKEN LINE THUNDERSTORMS WAS FROM 15 MILES EAST OF
JACKSON TENNESSEE TO 15 MILES SOUTH OF SENATOBIA MISSISSIPPI.  THE
STRONGEST STORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE IN AN AREA 10 MILE WIDE
AREA FROM 20 MILES EAST OF MEMPHIS TO 15 SOUTHEAST OF BAYHALIA
MISSISSIPPI.

AS THESE STORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST VERY HEAVY RAIN CAN
BE EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT HOUR FROM ROSSVILLE TO SOMMERVILLE TO
LA GRANGE IN FAYETTE COUNTY TENNESSEE.  HEAVY RAIN HAS ALREADY OCCURED
IN THIS AREA AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND STREETS WILL CONTINUE
TO BE A PROBLEM OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.

THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR PRODUCING VERY HEAVY
RAIN...DAMAGING WIND|...HAIL AND TORNADOES. IF THREATENING WEATHER
APPROACHES MOVE TO SAFETY IMMEADIATELY.  STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION
FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 7:44 PM CDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before
TNZ012-013-014-015-MSZ001-004-ARZ012-013-014-070145-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
738 PM CDT SAT JUN 6 1992

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH WEST TENNESSEE AND NORTHWEST
MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 9 PM CDT...

AT 730 PM CDT A BROKEN LINE THUNDERSTORMS WAS FROM 15 MILES EAST OF
JACKSON TENNESSEE TO 15 MILES SOUTH OF SENATOBIA MISSISSIPPI.  THE
STRONGEST STORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE IN AN AREA 10 MILES WIDE
AREA FROM 20 MILES EAST OF MEMPHIS TO 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BAYHALIA
MISSISSIPPI.

AS THESE STORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST VERY HEAVY RAIN CAN
BE EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT HOUR FROM ROSSVILLE TO SOMMERVILLE TO
LA GRANGE IN FAYETTE COUNTY TENNESSEE.  HEAVY RAIN HAS ALREADY OCCURED
IN THIS AREA AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND STREETS WILL CONTINUE
TO BE A PROBLEM OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.
THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR PRODUCING VERY HEAVY
RAIN...DAMAGING WIND...HAIL AND TORNADOES. IF THREATENING WEATHER
APPROACHES MOVE TO SAFETY IMMEADIATELY.  STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION
FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 8:10 PM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
MSZ004-070215-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS
810 PM CDT SAT JUN 6 1992

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT FOR WESTERN
MISSISSIPPI...

AT 805 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN TUPELO SHOWED
SCATTERED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF NORTH AND WESTERN
MISSISSIPPI. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN
HOUR.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING 7 MILES EAST OF OXFORD...10
MILES EAST OF BATESVILLE AND 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF CHARLESTON.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY
WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAINS
AND POSSIBLE HAIL.

PERSONS IN WEST AND NORTH MISSISSIPPI SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND TAKE THE
NECESSARY ACTIONS IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES OR A WARNING IS
ISSUED.

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Special weather statement, Jun 6, 8:26 PM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
TNZ013-MSZ004-005-070200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMERY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  MEMPHIS TN
825 PM CDT SAT JUN  6 1992

   ...A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF WEST TENNESSEE
      AND NORTH MISSISSIPPI...

A TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT TIL 9 PM CDT REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST
TENNESSEE AND NORTH MISSISSIPPI EAST OF A LINE FROM DRESDEN TENNESSEE IN
WEAKLY COUNTY TO MOSCOW TENNESSEE IN FAYETTE COUNTY TO MARKS MISSISSIPPI
IN QUITMAN COUNTY.

AN AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WITH NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED
FROM HUNTINGDON TENNESSEE TO CORINTH AND GREENWOOD IN MISSISSIPPI THEN
BACK NORTH TO NEAR JACKSON TENNESSEE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE
HEAVIEST RAINS WERE LOCATED NEAR HORNSBY TENNESSEE IN HARDEMAN COUNTY
JUST WEST OF CORINTH MISSISSIPPI AND IN A 20 MILE BAND EXTENDING
SOUTHWARD FROM BENTON AND MARSHAL COUNTY IN NORTH MISSISSIPPI
SOUTHWESTWARD TO NEAR GREENWOOD.

THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

FLOODING WAS REPORTED NEAR SOMERVILLE TENNESSEE IN FAYETTE COUNTY. UP TO
2 FEET OF WATER COVERED HIGHWAY 64 AND A PORTION OF THE ROAD WAS CLOSED.

THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE TORNADOES...STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL
VERY HEAVY {RAIN THAT COULD CAUSE RAPID FLOODING...AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES MOVE IMMEDIATELY TO SAFETY.
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 9:04 PM CDT, 53 minutes before
MSZ004-005-070300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS
904 PM CDT SAT JUN 6 1992

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 307 EXPIRED...

AT 900 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN TUPELO INDICATED A
LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR LEXINGTON
TENNESSEE SOUTH ACROSS UNION AND PONTOTOC COUNTIES TO NEAR EUPORA.
THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS ARE LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF RIPLEY...5 MILES
NORTH AND 5 MILES WEST OF NEW ALBANY AND IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF
PONTOTOC COUNTY.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MILES
AN HOUR...VERY HEAVY RAINS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND
POSSIBLE HAIL.

PERSONS IN NORTH MISSISSIPPI SHOULD CONTINUE TO STAY ALERT AND TAKE
THE NECESSARY ACTIONS IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES OR A WARNING
IS ISSUED.

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Special weather statement, Jun 6, 9:16 PM CDT, 41 minutes before
TNZ010-011-012-013-014-015-MSZ001-004-ARZ012-013-070315-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
915 PM CDT SAT JUN 6 1992

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHERN FAYETTE COUNTY UNTIL 1000PM...

    ... NO SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES ARE NOW IN EFFECT ...

AT 910PM THIS EVENING...THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN WERE
LOCATED FROM NORTHEAST OF JACKSON TENNESSEE TO NEAR SELMER.  NOW
THAT RAIN HAS ENDED IN FAYETTE COUNTY...FLOOD WATERS WILL BE RECEDING.

THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN
ONE-HALF AND ONE INCH AS THEY PROGRESSED ACROSS EASTERN ARKANSAS
WEST TENNESSEE AND NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.  A FEW LOCALLIZED AREAS
TOTALED AMOUNTS EXCEE
DING AN INCH.

THE LINE OF STORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH MIDDLE TENNESSEE OVERNIGHT WITH
HEAVY RAINS A POSSIBLITY THERE ALSO.

STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 6, 10:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGOktibbeha56 min
Jun 6, 10:25 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGItawamba39 min
Jun 6, 10:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLowndes27 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Mississippi, 1992Every tornado warning in 1992Tornadoes 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.