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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Memphis, TN

June 18, 1992Itawamba County, Lee County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Jun 18, 1992, 8:46 PM CDT for Itawamba County, Lee County, Mississippi. It was in force for 39 min. 2 reports 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, 8:46 PM CDT (01:46 UTC)
Expired
Jun 18, 1992, 9:25 PM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Itawamba County, MS, Lee County, MS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 18, 9:15 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 0Itawamba, MS
Jun 18, 9:30 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 0Itawamba, 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, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 197 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 1992-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1038 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 1992-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 37 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
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

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

000 
TTAA00 KTUP 190146
TORTUP
MSC057-081-190230-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS
846 PM CDT THU JUN 18 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUPELO HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  930 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...WESTERN ITAWAMBA COUNTY...EASTERN LEE COUNTY
 
AT 845 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE
TORNADO 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF TUPELO. MOVEMENT IS SOUTHEAST AT 27 MILES
AN HOUR.
 
 
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 MOVE 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 18, 3:34 PM CDT, 5 hours 12 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, 5 hours 9 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, 4 hours 12 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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Local storm report, Jun 18, 6:49 PM CDT, 1 hour 57 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 18, 7:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGItawamba31 min
Jun 18, 7:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGPrentiss56 min
Jun 18, 8:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLee36 min
Jun 18, 8:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGTishomingo63 min
Jun 18, 8:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGAlcorn28 min
Jun 18, 9:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGUnion41 min
Jun 18, 10:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGPontotoc47 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.