Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 103, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 24, 1993, 4:46 PM CDT for Coahoma County, Mississippi; Phillips County, Arkansas. It was in force for 44 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 24, 1993, 4:46 PM CDT (21:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 24, 1993, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Phillips County, AR, Coahoma County, MS
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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, Sep 24, 4:10 PM CDT, 36 minutes before
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
Special weather statement, Sep 24, 4:11 PM CDT, 35 minutes before
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
Special weather statement, Sep 24, 4:39 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
MSZ001-004-ARZ012-013-014-242245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 440 PM CDT FRI SEP 24 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT FOR EAST ARKANSAS... AT 425 PM CDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS EAST ARKANSAS. RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED IN THE EXTREME WESTERN PART OF PHILLIPS COUNTY ARKANSAS. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY IN LEE COUNTY ARKANSAS...AND ANOTHER STORM CONTINUED IN NORTHERN CRAIGHEAD COUNTY ARKANSAS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN PHILLIPS COUNTY ARKANSAS AND COAHOMA COUNTY MISSISSIPPI SHOULD KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE READY TO SEEK SHELTER QUICKLY SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Sep 24, 4:40 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
MSZ001-004-ARZ012-013-014-242245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 440 PM CDT FRI SEP 24 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT FOR EAST ARKANSAS... AT 425 PM CDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS EAST ARKANSAS. RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED IN THE EXTREME WESTERN PART OF PHILLIPS COUNTY ARKANSAS. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY IN LEE COUNTY ARKANSAS...AND ANOTHER STORM CONTINUED IN NORTHERN CRAIGHEAD COUNTY ARKANSAS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN PHILLIPS COUNTY ARKANSAS AND COAHOMA COUNTY MISSISSIPPI SHOULD KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE READY TO SEEK SHELTER QUICKLY SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH. 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 24, 5:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tunica | 68 min |
| Sep 24, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lee | 60 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 1993Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arkansas, 1993Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1993
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.