Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 9, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Sep 23, 1993, 4:09 PM CDT for Alcorn County, Mississippi. It was in force for 36 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 23, 1993, 4:09 PM CDT (21:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 23, 1993, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Alcorn County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 125 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
- 2025 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -92 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1075 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTUP 232109 TORTUP MSC003-232145- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS 409 PM CDT THU SEP 23 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUPELO HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI ...ALCORN COUNTY AT 405 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUPELO RECIEVED A REPORT FROM ALCORN COUNTY 911 OF A FUNNEL CLOUD SIGHTED IN THE CITY OF CORINTH. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU SIGHTED A TORNADO OR EXPERIENCED DAMAGING WINDS OR HAIL, NOTIFY YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY, LOCAL OFFICIAL OR THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. & NNNN
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, Sep 23, 2:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
TNZ012-013-014-015-MSZ001-004-ARZ012-013-014-232045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 246 PM CDT THU SEP 23 1993 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF WEST TENNESSEE... EAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 7 PM THIS EVENING. AT 225 PM...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL... EXTENDED ACROSS WEST TENNESSEE AND EAST ARKANSAS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM NEAR PARSONS ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO NEAR SEARCY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR WHILE THE LINE WAS MOVING SLOWLY SOUTH. PERSONS IN THE MID-SOUTH SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR TO THE WEATHER CONDITIONS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. BE PREPARED TO GO INDOORS IF THUNDERSTORMS MOVE INTO YOUR AREA. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Sep 23, 2:46 PM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
TNZ012-013-014-015-MSZ001-004-ARZ012-013-014-232045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 246 PM CDT THU SEP 23 1993 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF WEST TENNESSEE... EAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 7 PM THIS EVENING. AT 225 PM...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL... EXTENDED ACROSS WEST TENNESSEE AND EAST ARKANSAS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM NEAR PARSONS ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO NEAR SEARCY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR WHILE THE LINE WAS MOVING SLOWLY SOUTH. PERSONS IN THE MID-SOUTH SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR TO THE WEATHER CONDITIONS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. BE PREPARED TO GO INDOORS IF THUNDERSTORMS MOVE INTO YOUR AREA. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Sep 23, 3:12 PM CDT, 57 minutes before
TNZ015-232115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 312 PM CDT THU SEP 23 1993 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH EASTERN SHELBY COUNTY. AT 305 PM...RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS IN THE EAST PART OF MEMPHIS. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THE EASTERN PART OF THE MEMPHIS METROPOLITAN AREA MAY EXPERIENCE VERY GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL DURING THE NEXT 30 MINUTES. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Sep 23, 3:12 PM CDT, 57 minutes before
TNZ015-232115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 312 PM CDT THU SEP 23 1993 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH EASTERN SHELBY COUNTY. AT 305 PM...RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS IN THE EAST PART OF MEMPHIS. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THE EASTERN PART OF THE MEMPHIS METROPOLITAN AREA MAY EXPERIENCE VERY GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL DURING THE NEXT 30 MINUTES. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Sep 23, 3:47 PM CDT, 22 minutes before
TNZ012-013-014-015-MSZ001-004-ARZ012-013-014-232145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 348 PM CDT THU SEP 23 1993 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF WEST TENNESSEE ...EAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 7 PM THIS EVENING. AT 325 PM...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE INTO EAST ARKANSAS. THE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR HOHENWALD WEST TO NEAR CABOT ARKANSAS. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALLL WAS IN SOUTHERN WOODRUFF COUNTY ARKANSAS. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN EXTREME NORTH MISSISSIPPI. MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS ENDED IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE. THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ARE NO LONGER IN THE WATCH...LAKE...OBION...WEAKLEY ...HENRY...DYER...GIBSON...CARROLL AND BENTON. ELSEWHERE...PERSONS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE INTO A STURDY SHELTER WHEN THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATIONx FOR LATER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Sep 23, 3:48 PM CDT, 21 minutes before
TNZ012-013-014-015-MSZ001-004-ARZ012-013-014-232145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 348 PM CDT THU SEP 23 1993 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF WEST TENNESSEE ...EAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 7 PM THIS EVENING. AT 325 PM...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE INTO EAST ARKANSAS. THE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR HOHENWALD WEST TO NEAR CABOT ARKANSAS. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALLL WAS IN SOUTHERN WOODRUFF COUNTY ARKANSAS. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN EXTREME NORTH MISSISSIPPI. MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS ENDED IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE. THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ARE NO LONGER IN THE WATCH...LAKE...OBION...WEAKLEY ...HENRY...DYER...GIBSON...CARROLL AND BENTON. ELSEWHERE...PERSONS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE INTO A STURDY SHELTER WHEN THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 23, 4:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Tishomingo | 27 min |
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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.