Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 1993

Tornado Warning 7, NWS Memphis, TN

August 5, 1993DeSoto County, Mississippi; Shelby County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Aug 5, 1993, 5:02 PM CDT for DeSoto County, Mississippi; Shelby County, Tennessee. It was in force for 43 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Aug 5, 1993, 5:02 PM CDT (22:02 UTC)
Expired: Aug 5, 1993, 5:45 PM CDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Whole counties

Counties DeSoto County, MS, Shelby County, TN

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Aug 5, 5:30 PM CDT	Tornado F0	Nesbit, MS	Numerous trees were knocked down.

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 22 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 44 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -158 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 918 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 69 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 133 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KMEM 052201
TORMEM
MSC033-TNC157-052245-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
502 PM CDT THU AUG 5 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  545 PM CDT
FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S...
 
IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...NORTHERN DESOTO COUNTY
 
 
IN WEST TENNESSEE
 
   ...SOUTHERN SHELBY COUNTY
 
AT 455 PM RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO IN THE EXTREME SOUTHWEST
PART OF SHELBY COUNTY TENNESSEE. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES
AN HOUR AND WILL AFFECT THE SOUTHERN PART OF SHELBY COUNTY TENNESSEE AND
THE NORTHERN PART OF DESOTO COUNTY MISSISSIPPI BETWEEN 500 AND 530 PM.
 
 
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 INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 5, 6:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Fayette, Shelby	41 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Mississippi, 1993 Tornado Warnings in Tennessee, 1993 Every tornado warning in 1993 Tornadoes 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.