Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 200, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 1994, 2:29 PM CDT for Alcorn County, Tishomingo County, Mississippi. It was in force for 46 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 30, 1994, 2:29 PM CDT (19:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 30, 1994, 3:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Alcorn County, MS, Tishomingo County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 141 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
- 2510 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -96 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1507 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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 30, 11:26 AM CDT, 3 hours 3 minutes before
MSZ024-301730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS 1126 AM CDT THU JUN 30 1994 ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED RAPIDLY OVER NORTHERN MONROE COUNTY... AT 1123 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED TWO VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING FROM 5 MILES EAST OF AMORY EAST TO THE MISSISSIPPI-ALABAMA BORDER. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS...WIND GUSTS OF UP TO 35 MILES AN HOUR AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES. NNNN
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 11:26 AM CDT, 3 hours 3 minutes before
MSZ024-301730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS 1126 AM CDT THU JUN 30 1994 ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED RAPIDLY OVER NORTHERN MONROE COUNTY... AT 1123 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED TWO VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING FROM 5 MILES EAST OF AMORY EAST TO THE MISSISSIPPI-ALABAMA BORDER. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS...WIND GUSTS OF UP TO 35 MILES AN HOUR AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES. NNNN
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 12:15 PM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before
TNZ088-089-MSZ001-002-007-ARZ036-048-049-058-301815- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1215 PM CDT THU JUN 30 1994 ...HEAVY STORMS PUSH INTO THE MID SOUTH... AT 12 NOON SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EASTWARD THROUGH EAST ARKANSAS...WEST TENNESSEE AND NORTH MISSISSIPPI. STRONGEST STORMS WERE PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAINS OVER DESOTO COUNTY MISSISSIPPI NEAR WALLS AND EUDORA...MOVING TOWARD INGRAMS MILL. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE OVER SHELBY COUNTY TENNESSEE AROUND THE CITY OF MEMPHIS. A FEW OF THE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED OVER AN INCH OF RAIN IN THE PAST HOUR. PERSONS IN WEST TENNESSEE...NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AND EAST ARKANSAS SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR HEAVY RAINS...LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AND TAKE SHELTER WHEN THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. &
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 12:17 PM CDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before
TNZ088-089-MSZ001-002-007-ARZ036-048-049-058-301815- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1215 PM CDT THU JUN 30 1994 ...HEAVY STORMS PUSH INTO THE MID SOUTH... AT 12 NOON SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EASTWARD THROUGH EAST ARKANSAS...WEST TENNESSEE AND NORTH MISSISSIPPI. STRONGEST STORMS WERE PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAINS OVER DESOTO COUNTY MISSISSIPPI NEAR WALLS AND EUDORA...MOVING TOWARD INGRAMS MILL. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE OVER SHELBY COUNTY TENNESSEE AROUND THE CITY OF MEMPHIS. A FEW OF THE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED OVER AN INCH OF RAIN IN THE PAST HOUR. PERSONS IN WEST TENNESSEE...NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AND EAST ARKANSAS SHOULD RSTAY ALERT FOR HEAVY RAINS...LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AND TAKE SHELTER WHEN THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. &
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 12:46 PM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
MSZ016-014-301845- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS 1246 PM CDT THU JUN 30 1994 ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER NORTH MISSISSIPPI... AT 1242 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN LEE COUNTY AND CENTRAL UNTION COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. DURING THE PAST FEW MINUTES...MARBLE SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN MOOREVILLE IN EAST LEE COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS...SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS OF 45 MILES AN HOUR AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES. & NNNN
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 12:46 PM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
MSZ016-014-301845- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS 1246 PM CDT THU JUN 30 1994 ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER NORTH MISSISSIPPI... AT 1242 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN LEE COUNTY AND CENTRAL UNTION COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. DURING THE PAST FEW MINUTES...MARBLE SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN MOOREVILLE IN EAST LEE COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS...SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS OF 45 MILES AN HOUR AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES. & NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 12:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tate | 38 min |
| Jun 30, 12:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Union | 64 min |
| Jun 30, 1:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lee | 56 min |
| Jun 30, 1:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba | 62 min |
| Jun 30, 1:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lee | 51 min |
| Jun 30, 2:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Monroe | 28 min |
| Jun 30, 3:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lowndes | 28 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.