Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 8, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Jun 18, 1992, 6:07 PM CDT for Prentiss County, Mississippi. It was in force for 38 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 18, 1992, 6:07 PM CDT (23:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 1992, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Prentiss County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Centreville/Bibb, AL (KCKL), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 797 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -56 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 700 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTUP 182307 TORTUP MSC117-182345- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS 607 PM CDT THU JUN 18 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUPELO HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI ...EASTERN PRENTISS COUNTY AT 605 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF BOONEVILLE. THE THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE TORNADO WARNING FOR ALCORN COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS ALSO OCCURRING 10 MILES EAST OF BOONEVELLE. A WARNING MAY BE REQUIRED FOR TISHOMINGO COUNTY SHORTLY. IF YOU SIGHTED A TORNADO OR EXPERIENCED DAMAGING WINDS OR HAIL, NOTIFY YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY, LOCAL OFFICIAL OR THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. IF YOU LIVE IN A HOME OR APARTMENT...SEEK SHELTER IN THE INNERMOST PORTION OF THE BUILDING LON THE LOWEST FLOOR. GET TO A BASEMENT IF ONE IS AVAILABLE. AVOID WINDOWS AND PROTECT YOUR BODY FROM FLYING DEBRIS WITH CUSHIONS...BLANKETS...OR PILLOWS. NNNN
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 21 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 37 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. NNNN
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 2:41 PM CDT, 3 hours 26 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 33 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. NNNN
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 3:37 PM CDT, 2 hours 30 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 33 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. NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 4:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Alcorn | 33 min |
| Jun 18, 4:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tishomingo | 49 min |
| Jun 18, 5:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Alcorn | 35 min |
| Jun 18, 5:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Alcorn | 28 min |
| Jun 18, 6:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba | 31 min |
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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.