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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Memphis, TN

June 18, 1992Alcorn County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Jun 18, 1992, 5:52 PM CDT for Alcorn County, Mississippi. It was in force for 28 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 18, 1992, 5:52 PM CDT (22:52 UTC)
Expired
Jun 18, 1992, 6:20 PM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Alcorn County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 1992-06-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 957 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 1992-06-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 269 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
957 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-38 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
578 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
269 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
295 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.1
Supercell composite
7.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KTUP 182252
TORTUP
MSC003-182320-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS
552 PM CDT THU JUN 18 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUPELO HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  620 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...SOUTHERN ALCORN COUNTY
 
AT 549 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE
TORNADO 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF RIENZI. THE TORNADO IS MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
 
ALCORN 911 RECIEVED TWO REPORTS OF FUNNEL CLOUDS NEAR THE HINKLE
COMMUNITY AT 547 PM.
 
 
IF YOU SIGHTED A TORNADO OR EXPERIENCED DAMAGING WINDS OR HAIL,
NOTIFY YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY, LOCAL OFFICIAL OR THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
 
DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO.  CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS.  IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF
A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING.  IF NO
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.
 
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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 18, 1:46 PM CDT, 4 hours 6 minutes before
TNZ012>015-MSZ004-005-181930- (XXX = ZONE # OR ALL)

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  MEMPHIS TN
130 PM CDT THU JUN 18 1992

    ...HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS IN WEST TENNESSE AND NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...

AT 130 PM ISOLATED HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS WERE
LOCATED IN WEST TENNESSEE JUST SOUTH OF SELMER AND IN NORTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI JUST EAST OF CORINTH.  OTHER THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED
INTO MIDDLE TENNESSEE SOUTH AND EAST OF SAVANNAH.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 397 CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF
WEST AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE AND NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 7 PM THIS
THURSDAY EVENING.  HEAVY RAINS...STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL
ARE ALL POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.  BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER
WITH LITTLE OR NO NOTICE IF THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD INTENSIFY.
REMEMBER THAT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND DO PROD_UCE 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, 2:30 PM CDT, 3 hours 22 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, 3 hours 11 minutes before
TNZ012>015-MSZ004-005-182030-

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, 2 hours 18 minutes 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, 2 hours 15 minutes before
TNZ012>015-MSZ004-005-182130-

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, 1 hour 18 minutes 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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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 18, 4:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGAlcorn33 min
Jun 18, 4:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGTishomingo49 min
Jun 18, 5:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGAlcorn35 min
Jun 18, 6:07 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGPrentiss38 min
Jun 18, 6:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGItawamba31 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.