Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Memphis, TN
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.
- 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
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. NNNN
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. NNNN
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. NNNN
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. NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 12:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lowndes | 30 min |
| Mar 27, 2:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Oktibbeha | 25 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 1994Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1994
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.