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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Memphis, TN

March 27, 1994Lowndes County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 27, 1994, 2:50 PM CST for Lowndes County, Mississippi. It was in force for 25 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 27, 1994, 2:50 PM CST (20:50 UTC)
Expired
Mar 27, 1994, 3:15 PM CST
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Lowndes County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Centreville/Bibb, AL (KCKL), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 132 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Centreville/Bibb, AL at 12:00Z on 1994-03-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1055 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Centreville/Bibb, AL at 12:00Z on 1994-03-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 365 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1055 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
564 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
365 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
399 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.6
Supercell composite
10.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTUP 272050
SVRTUP
MSC087-272115-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS
250 PM CST SUN MAR 27 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUPELO HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  315 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...SOUTHERN LOWNDES COUNTY
 
AT 246 PM CST...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN TUPELO INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ENTERING THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF LOWNDES COUNTY
MOVING TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.
 
PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD TAKE SHELTER SINCE IT HAS A
HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIND DAMAGE.
 
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFjECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
 
 
 
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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, Mar 27, 9:58 AM CST, 4 hours 52 minutes before
TNZ018-041-043-045>047-072-074-087-102-271800-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1055 AM EST SUN MAR 27 1994

...HIGH WIND WARNING FOR EAST TENNESSEE MOUNTAINS TERMINATED...

THE HIGH WIND WARNING THAT HAD BEEN ISSUED FOR THE EAST TENNESSEE MOUNTAINS
HAS BEEN TERMINATED.

AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE THAT HAD BEEN OVER WEST TENNESSEE LAST NIGHT
HAS MOVED INTO THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY CAUSING THE STRONG WINDS TO MOVE
INTO THE CAROLINAS AND VIRGINIA.

WIND SPEEDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE STILL POSSIBLE AT
ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3000 FEET IN EAST TENNESSEE THIS AFTERNOON.  PERSONS
DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD STILL EXERCISE CAUTION THIS
AFTERNOON WHILE TRAVELING THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS OF EAST TENNESSEE.
Special weather statement, Mar 27, 11:06 AM CST, 3 hours 44 minutes before
MSZ005-006-009-017-016-002-003-004-013-014-015-023-024-030-031-
033-271815-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS
1106 AM CST SUN MAR 27 1994

.....TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 41 IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF EAST-CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI TIL 4 PM CST.....

.....FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI THE REMAINDER
OF THIS AFTERNOON.....

AT 1100 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN TUPELO SHOWED A BAND
OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN ALABAMA FROM NEAR COLUMBUS
MISSISSIPPI TO NEAR HUNTSVILLE ALABAMA.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING
TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.

ELSEWHERE...A LARGE AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN COVERED NORTHERN
MISSISSIPPI...NORTHWEST ALABAMA AND WESTERN TENNESSEE AND WAS MOVING TO
THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

PERSONS IN NORTH MISSISSIPPI SHOULD STAY ALERT TO THE WEATHER SITUATION
THIS AFTERNOON AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS FOR
SEBVERE THUNDERSTORMS...TORNADOES OR FLOODING.

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Special weather statement, Mar 27, 12:18 PM CST, 2 hours 32 minutes before
MSZ005-006-009-017-016-002-003-004-013-014-015-023-024-030-031-
033-271915-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS
1218 PM CST SUN MAR 27 1994

.....TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 41 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST-CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 4 PM CST.....

.....TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 43 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST-CENTRAL
MISSISSIPI UNTIL 6 PM CST.....

.....A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI THE
REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON.....

AT 1206 PM CST...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN TUPELO CONTINUED
TO SHOW SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR KOSCIUSKO MISSISSIPPI
NORTHEAST TO JASPER ALABAMA MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.

ELSEWHERE...A LARGE AREA OF MOSTLY LIGHT RAIN CONTINUED ACROSS NORTHWEST
MISSISSIPPI AND WESTERN TENNESSEE.  THIS ACTIVITY HAD BEEN DECREASING IN
AREAL COVERAGE DURING THE PAST HOUR.

PERSONS IN NORTH MISSISSIPPI SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE WEATHER
COND*ITIONS THIS AFTERNOON FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS FOR SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS...TORNADOES OR FLOODING.

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Local storm report, Mar 27, 12:48 PM CST, 2 hours 2 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS
1245 PM CST SUN MAR 27 1994

AT 1244 PM CST            LOWNDES 911 REPORTED GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL IN
                          THE EAST PART OF COLUMBUS MS.  (LOWNDES
                          COUNTY)
Special weather statement, Mar 27, 2:06 PM CST, 44 minutes before
MSZ005-006-009-017-016-002-003-004-013-014-015-023-024-030-031-
033-272115-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS
206 PM CST SUN MAR 27 1994

.....TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 41 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST-CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 4 PM CST.....

.....TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 43 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST-CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 6 PM CST.....

.....A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI THE
REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON.....

AT 200 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN TUPELO SHOWED A LARGE
AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS OVER
NORTH-CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...NORTHERN ALABAMA AND WESTERN
TENNESSEE.  THIS ACTIVITY WAS MOVING TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES
AN HOUR.

DURING THE PAST HOUR...A DECREASE IN AREAL COVERAGE AND INTENSITIES HAD
BEEN TAKING PLACE OVER NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI.

PERSONS IN NORTH MISSISSIPPI SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER
CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 27, 12:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLowndes30 min
Mar 27, 2:35 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGOktibbeha25 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.