Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 24, 1993, 9:18 PM CDT for Hardeman County, Tennessee. It was in force for 42 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 24, 1993, 9:18 PM CDT (02:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 24, 1993, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hardeman County, TN
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 97 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
- 1954 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 745 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 222 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.7
- Supercell composite
- 13.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMEM 250217 SVRMEM TNC069-250300- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 918 PM CDT FRI SEP 24 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN WEST TENNESSEE ...HARDEMAN COUNTY AT 915 PM...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING OUT OF FAYETTE COUNTY INTO HARDEMAN COUNTY NORTH OF GRAND JUNCTION. THE STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN HARDEMAN COUNTY BETWEEN 915 AND 945 PM CDT. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
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, 5 hours 8 minutes before
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
Special weather statement, Sep 24, 4:11 PM CDT, 5 hours 7 minutes before
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
Special weather statement, Sep 24, 4:39 PM CDT, 4 hours 39 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, 4 hours 38 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, 7:16 PM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
MSZ004-005-007-250115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS 716 PM CDT FRI SEP 24 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 885 IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF NORTH MISSISSIPPI AND WEST TENNESSEE UNTIL 1100 PM CDT... AT 705 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN TUPELO A THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPING IN SOUTHERN LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN NORTHCENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. OTHER STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS IN EASTERN ARKANSAS AND WEST TENNESSEE ARE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL LIKELY AFFECT EXTREME NORTH MISSISSIPPI WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. THEREFORE...RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS CAN ANTICIPATE HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLY STRONG WINDS AND HAIL LATER THIS @EVENING. NNNN
Special weather statement, Sep 24, 7:16 PM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
MSZ004-005-007-250115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS 716 PM CDT FRI SEP 24 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 885 IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF NORTH MISSISSIPPI AND WEST TENNESSEE UNTIL 1100 PM CDT... AT 705 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN TUPELO A THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPING IN SOUTHERN LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN NORTHCENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. OTHER STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS IN EASTERN ARKANSAS AND WEST TENNESSEE ARE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL LIKELY AFFECT EXTREME NORTH MISSISSIPPI WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. THEREFORE...RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS CAN ANTICIPATE HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLY STRONG WINDS AND HAIL LATER THIS @EVENING. NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 24, 7:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 51 min |
| Sep 24, 8:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette | 43 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.