Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 9, NWS Memphis, TN
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 9:15 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Itawamba, MS | |
| Jun 18, 9:30 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Itawamba, 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.
- 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
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. 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, 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. NNNN
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. NNNN
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba | 31 min |
| Jun 18, 7:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Prentiss | 56 min |
| Jun 18, 8:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lee | 36 min |
| Jun 18, 8:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tishomingo | 63 min |
| Jun 18, 8:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Alcorn | 28 min |
| Jun 18, 9:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Union | 41 min |
| Jun 18, 10:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Pontotoc | 47 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.