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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Memphis, TN

June 27, 1993Quitman County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 1993, 8:33 PM CDT for Quitman County, Mississippi. It was in force for 57 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 27, 1993, 8:33 PM CDT (01:33 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 1993, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Quitman 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, Jun 27, 2:52 PM CDT, 5 hours 41 minutes before
TNZ013-015-ARZ013-MSZ001-005-271945- (XXX = ZONE # OR ALL)

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  MEMPHIS TN
245 PM CDT SUN JUN 27 1993

 AT 230 PM THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE PEA SIZE
HAIL WERE ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER NEAR TUNICA MISSISSIPPI AND OVER
SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE NEAR MILLINGTON. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE
ALSO OVER NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI NEAR CORINTH AND EXTENDED INTO
SOUTHWEST MIDDLE TENNESSEE BETWEEN SAVANNAH AND LAWERENCEBURG TENNESSEE.
THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY EASTWARD AROUND 15 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 2:53 PM CDT, 5 hours 40 minutes before
TNZ013-015-ARZ013-MSZ001-005-271945- (XXX = ZONE # OR ALL)

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  MEMPHIS TN
245 PM CDT SUN JUN 27 1993

 AT 230 PM THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE PEA SIZE
HAIL WERE ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER NEAR TUNICA MISSISSIPPI AND OVER
SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE NEAR MILLINGTON. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE
ALSO OVER NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI NEAR CORINTH AND EXTENDED INTO
SOUTHWESxT MIDDLE TENNESSEE BETWEEN SAVANNAH AND LAWERENCEBURG TENNESSEE.
THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY EASTWARD AROUND 15 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 4:22 PM CDT, 4 hours 11 minutes before
TNZ013-015-MSZ001-004-ARZ014-272330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
422 PM CDT SUN JUN 27 1993

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECT THE MID-SOUTH AREA...

AT 4 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED BUT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER
EASTERN ARKANSAS..SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE..AND NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI. THE
STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE JUST SOUTH OF WEST MEMPHIS ARKANSAS IN
CRITTENDEN COUNTY.  BETWEEN 315 AND 330 PM CDT..THERE WAS A REPORT OF A
MOBILE HOME BEING OVERTURNED AS WELL AS A TREE DOWN IN WEST MEMPHIS
ARKANSAS WHEN THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVED THROUGH.

IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE AFFECTING THE
COUNTIES OF DESOTO AND MARSHALL AND BETWEEN THE TOWNS OF HERNANDO AND
BYHALIA.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO LOCATED ALONG THE SOUTHWESTERN BORDER
OF TENNESSEE AND STRETCH FROM JUST EAST OF GRAND JUNCTION IN HARDEMAN
COUNTY TENNESSEE TO NEAR THE MEMPHIS METROPOLITAN AREA.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL..STRONG GUSTY
WINDS..AND LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS. SO DRIVERS SHOULD TAKE CAUTION IF
THEY ENCOUNTER SUCH ACTIVITY AS HEAVY RAIN CAN REDUCE VISIBILITY TO
NEAR ZERO.

THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AROUND 15 MPH.

STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR ANY ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION.

&
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 4:23 PM CDT, 4 hours 10 minutes before
TNZ013-015-MSZ001-004-ARZ014-272330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
422 PM CDT SUN JUN 27 1993

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECT THE MID-SOUTH AREA...

AT 4 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED BUT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER
EASTERN ARKANSAS..SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE..AND NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI. THE
STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE JUST SOUTH OF WEST MEMPHIS ARKANSAS IN
CRITTENDEN COUNTY.  BETWEEN 315 AND 330 PM CDT..THERE WAS A REPORT OF A
MOBILE HOME BEING OVERTURNED AS WELL AS A TREE DOWN IN WEST MEMPHIS
ARKANSAS WHEN THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVED THROUGH.

IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE AFFECTING THE
COUNTIES OF DESOTO AND MARSHALL AND BETWEEN THE TOWNS OF HERNANDO AND
BYHALIA.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO LOCATED ALONG THE SOUTHWESTERN BORDER
OF TENNESSEE AND STRETCH FROM JUST EAST OF GRAND JUNCTION IN HARDEMAN
COUNTY TENNESSEE TO NEAR THE MEMPHIS METROPOLITAN AREA.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL..STRONG GUSTY
WINDS..AND LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS. SO DRIVERS SHOULD TAKE CAUTION IF
THEY ENCOUNTER SUCH ACTIVITY AS HEAVY RAIN CAN REDUCE VISIBILITY TO
NEAR ZERO.

THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TOWARD THEF SOUTHEAST AROUND 15 MPH.

STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR ANY ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION.

&
Local storm report, Jun 27, 5:15 PM CDT, 3 hours 18 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 27, 5:16 PM CDT, 3 hours 17 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 28, 5:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLowndes25 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.