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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 175, NWS Memphis, TN

June 26, 1994Marshall County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 1994, 10:15 PM CDT for Marshall County, Mississippi. It was in force for 45 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 26, 1994, 10:15 PM CDT (03:15 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 1994, 11:00 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Marshall County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 42 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, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 1994-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3309 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, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 1994-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 28 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
3309 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1426 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
86 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
4.2

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The text

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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, Jun 26, 6:13 PM CDT, 4 hours 2 minutes before
MSZ005-006-009-017-016-002-003-004-013-014-015-023-024-030-031-
033-270115-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS
613 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 1994

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 477 IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN
MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 1100 PM CDT...

AT 600 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF VERY
INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS WESTERN AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE. ALTHOUGH
THERE WAS CURRENTLY NO THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IN NORTH
MISSISSIPPI...THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 35 MILES AN
HOUR...WHICH WOULD PUT THEM IN EXTREME NORTH MISSISSIPPI BETWEEN 800 AND
830 PM CDT.

STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS ON THIS WEATHER
SITUATION.

NNNN
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 6:13 PM CDT, 4 hours 2 minutes before
MSZ005-006-009-017-016-002-003-004-013-014-015-023-024-030-031-
033-270115-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS
613 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 1994

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 477 IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN
MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 1100 PM CDT...

AT 600 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF VERY
INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS WESTERN AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE. ALTHOUGH
THERE WAS CURRENTLY NO THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IN NORTH
MISSISSIPPI...THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 35 MILES AN
HOUR...WHICH WOULD PUT THEM IN EXTREME NORTH MISSISSIPPI BETWEEN 800 AND
830 PM CDT.

STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS ON THIS WEATHER
SITUATION.

NNNN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 26, 8:14 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGBenton46 min
Jun 26, 8:24 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGTippah36 min
Jun 26, 8:34 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGAlcorn41 min
Jun 26, 9:03 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGPrentiss, Tippah42 min
Jun 26, 9:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMarshall51 min
Jun 26, 9:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGBenton47 min
Jun 26, 9:52 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGLee, Prentiss, Union38 min
Jun 26, 10:07 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGItawamba53 min
Jun 26, 10:26 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGLee34 min
Jun 26, 10:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGBenton58 min
Jun 26, 10:38 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGUnion37 min
Jun 26, 11:01 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGItawamba, Monroe29 min
Jun 26, 11:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMarshall68 min
Jun 26, 11:43 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGChickasaw, Lafayette, Pontotoc32 min
Jun 27, 12:04 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGMonroe41 min
Jun 27, 12:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGChickasaw, Pontotoc41 min
Jun 27, 12:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLafayette41 min
Jun 27, 1:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGChickasaw, Clay, Lowndes, Monroe58 min
Jun 27, 1:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLafayette, Pontotoc58 min
Jun 27, 1:45 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGLowndes30 min
Jun 27, 2:14 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGClay31 min
Jun 27, 2:34 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGOktibbeha26 min
Jun 27, 4:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGOktibbeha65 min
Jun 26, 7:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHardin58 min
Jun 26, 7:05 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGHaywood25 min
Jun 26, 7:13 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGDecatur32 min
Jun 26, 7:58 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGFayette, Hardeman47 min
Jun 26, 8:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGFayette44 min
Jun 26, 9:14 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGFayette31 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.