Alert archive / Tennessee / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 1993, 7:04 PM CDT for Gibson County, Tennessee. It was in force for 26 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 4, 1993, 7:04 PM CDT (00:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 1993, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Gibson County, TN
The nearest sounding before it
Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 121 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
- 2404 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 966 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 218 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 220 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.7
- Supercell composite
- 9.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMEM 050003 TORMEM TNC053-050030- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 704 PM CDT FRI JUN 4 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN WEST TENNESSEE ...GIBSON COUNTY AT 701 PM...RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 6 MILES WEST OF DYER MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN DYER AND IDLEWILD ARE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM AND SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INJTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.
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 4, 4:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before
ARZ012-013-MOZ022-023-TNZ-014-042230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 430 PM CDT FRI JUN 4 1993 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM THIS EVENING FOR PORTIONS OF WEST TENNESSEE..EASTERN ARKANSAS..AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL. AT 425 PM...AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN..25 MILES WIDE..WAS LOCATED BETWEEN HARVIELL IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI SOUTHWEST TO NEAR BATESVILLE IN NORTHEAST ARKANSAS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THE MID-SOUTH SHOULD MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS DURING THE EVENING AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IF SEVERE WEATHER IS SIGHTED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 4:40 PM CDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before
ARZ012-013-MOZ022-023-TNZ-014-042230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 430 PM CDT FRI JUN 4 1993 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM THIS EVENING FOR PORTIONS OF WEST TENNESSEE..EASTERN ARKANSAS..AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL. AT 425 PM...AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN..25 MILES WIDE..WAS LOCATED BETWEEN HARVIELL IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI SOUTHWEST TO NEAR BATESVILLE IN NORTHEAST ARKANSA4S. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THE MID-SOUTH SHOULD MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS DURING THE EVENING AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IF SEVERE WEATHER IS SIGHTED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 5:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
ARZ012-013-MOZ022-023-TNZ-014-042345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 545 PM CDT FRI JUN 4 1993 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM THIS EVENING FOR PORTIONS OF WEST TENNESSEE..EASTERN ARKANSAS..AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL. AT 525 PM AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SOME HAIL EXTENDED FROM SOUTHEAST MISSOURI NEAR MOREHOUSE SOUTHWEST TO HEBER SPRINGS IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. A BRIEF TOUCHDOWN OF A TORNADO WAS REPORTED BY THE ARKANSAS STATE POLICE AT 515 PM EAST OF MC DOUGAL ARKANSAS AS THE SYSTEM MOVED THROUGH THAT AREA. PERSONS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA ARE URGED TO MONITOR RADIO AND TELEVISION FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND/OR WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IF WARNINGS ARE ISSUED OR SEVERE WEATHER IS SIGHTED.
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 5:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
ARZ012-013-MOZ022-023-TNZ-014-042345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 545 PM CDT FRI JUN 4 1993 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM THIS EVENING FOR PORTIONS OF WEST TENNESSEE..EASTERN ARKANSAS..AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL. AT 525 PM AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SOME HAIL EXTENDED FROM SOUTHEAST MISSOURI NEAR MOREHOUSE SOUTHWEST TO HEBER SPRINGS IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. A BRIEF TOUCHDOWN OF A TORNADO WAS REPORTED BY THE ARKANSAS STATE POLICE AT 515 PM EAST OF MC DOUGAL ARKANSAS AS THE SYSTEM MOVED THROUGH THAT AREA. PERSONS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA ARE URGED TO MONITOR RADIO AND TELEVISION FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND/OR WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IF WARNINGS ARE ISSUED OR SEVERE WEATHER IS SIGHTED.
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 6:45 PM CDT, 19 minutes before
ARZ012-013-MOZ022-023-TNZ-014-012-050045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 645 PM CDT FRI JUN 4 1993 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM THIS EVENING FOR PORTIONS OF WEST TENNESSEE..EASTERN ARKANSAS..AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL. AT 630 PM A 20 MILE WIDE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SOME HAIL...EXTENDED FROM UNION CITY TENNESSEE SOUTHWEST TO NEAR PANGBURN ARKANSAS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. A BRIEF TOUCHDOWN OF A TORNADO WAS REPORTED WITHIN THE PAST HOUR NEAR HAYWARD IN PEMISCOT COUNTY OF THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL. PERSONS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA ARE URGED TO MONITOR RADIO AND TELEVISION FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND/OR WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IF WARNINGS ARE ISSUED OR SEVERE WEATHER IS SIGHTED.
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 6:49 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
ARZ012-013-MOZ022-023-TNZ-014-012-050045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 645 PM CDT FRI JUN 4 1993 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM THIS EVENING FOR PORTIONS OF WEST TENNESSEE..EASTERN ARKANSAS..AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL. AT 630 PM A 20 MILE WIDE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SOME HAIL...EXTENDED FROM UNION CITY TENNESSEE SOUTHWEST TO NEAR PANGBURN ARKANSAS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. A BRIEF TOUCHDOWN OF A TORNADO WAS REPORTED WITHIN THE PAST HOUR NEAR HAYWARD IN PEMISCOT COUNTY OF THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL. PERSONS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA ARE URGED TO MONITOR RADIO AND TEL EVISION FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND/OR WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IF WARNINGS ARE ISSUED OR SEVERE WEATHER IS SIGHTED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 7:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Dyer | 43 min |
| Jun 4, 7:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Gibson | 54 min |
| Jun 4, 8:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, Carroll | 65 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.