Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 14, 1993, 6:39 PM CDT for Coahoma County, Mississippi. It was in force for 36 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 14, 1993, 6:39 PM CDT (23:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 14, 1993, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Coahoma County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 90 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2134 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 219 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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, Apr 14, 3:53 PM CDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before
TNZALL-151000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 400 PM CDT WED APR 14 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE IN WEST TENNESSEE TONIGHT... LATE THIS AFTERNOON...A STORM SYSTEM WAS DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS. THIS AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK NORTHEAST AND REACH THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL BY THURSDAY MORNING. AHEAD OF THIS STORM SYSTEM...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS SOUTHERN ARKANSAS AND LOUISIANA. AS THIS STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO WEST TENNESSEE. ALTHOUGH THE BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI AND NORTHERN LOUISIANA...SOME OF THUNDERSTORMS IN WEST TENNESSEE MAY BECOME SEVERE. THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY LARGE HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES. IN ADDITION...SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. THIS MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING IN SOME AREAS OF WEST TENNESSEE LATE TONIGHT. PERSONS IN WEST TENNESSEE SHOULD KEEP AWARE OF CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER WHEN THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA. AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES NORTHEAST ALONG THE OHIO VALLEY ON THURSDAY...THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAINFALL COULD CONTINUE AS WELL AND INCLUDE MOST OF TENNESSEE. PERSONS IN MIDDLE AND EAST TENNESSEE SHOULD MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS ON THURSDAY AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF A WATCH IS ISSZUED FOR YOUR AREA.
Special weather statement, Apr 14, 4:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before
TNZALL-151000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 400 PM CDT WED APR 14 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE IN WEST TENNESSEE TONIGHT... LATE THIS AFTERNOON...A STORM SYSTEM WAS DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS. THIS AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK NORTHEAST AND REACH THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL BY THURSDAY MORNING. AHEAD OF THIS STORM SYSTEM...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS SOUTHERN ARKANSAS AND LOUISIANA. AS THIS STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO WEST TENNESSEE. ALTHOUGH THE BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI AND NORTHERN LOUISIANA...SOME OF THUNDERSTORMS IN WEST TENNESSEE MAY BECOME SEVERE. THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY LARGE HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES. IN ADDITION...SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. THIS MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING IN SOME AREAS OF WEST TENNESSEE LATE TONIGHT. PERSONS IN WEST TENNESSEE SHOULD KEEP AWARE OF CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER WHEN THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA. AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES NORTHEAST ALONG THE OHIO VALLEY ON THURSDAY...THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAINFALL COULD CONTINUE AS WELL AND INCLUDE MOST OF TENNESSEE. PERSONS IN MIDDLE AND EAST TENNESSEE SHOULD MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS ON THURSDAY AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF A WATCH IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA.
Special weather statement, Apr 14, 5:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
MSZ004-005-007-142330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS 530 PM CDT WED APR 14 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 122 IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 1000 PM CDT THIS EVENING... AT 522 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER EAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING JUST SOUTH OF SENATOBIA...AND FROM 10 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF MARKS TO 5 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF MARKS. PERSONS IN NORTH MISSISSIPPI NEED TO KEEP ABREAST ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION THROUGH TONIGHT AND TAKE QUICK ACTION IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. LISTEN TO YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS. NNNN
Special weather statement, Apr 14, 5:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
MSZ004-005-007-142330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS 530 PM CDT WED APR 14 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 122 IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 1000 PM CDT THIS EVENING... AT 522 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER EAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING JUST SOUTH OF SENATOBIA...AND FROM 10 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF MARKS TO 5 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF MARKS. PERSONS IN NORTH MISSISSIPPI NEED TO KEEP ABREAST ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION THROUGH TONIGHT AND TAKE QUICK ACTION IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. LISTEN TO YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS. NNNN
Special weather statement, Apr 14, 6:15 PM CDT, 24 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 6:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tunica | 49 min |
| Apr 14, 5:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Tipton | 34 min |
| Apr 14, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lauderdale | 30 min |
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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 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.