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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 201, NWS Memphis, TN

June 30, 1994Monroe County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 1994, 2:47 PM CDT for Monroe County, Mississippi. It was in force for 28 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 30, 1994, 2:47 PM CDT (19:47 UTC)
Expired
Jun 30, 1994, 3:15 PM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Monroe County, MS

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 21 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.

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Special weather statement, Jun 30, 11:26 AM CDT, 3 hours 21 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 30, 12:15 PM CDT, 2 hours 32 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.

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Special weather statement, Jun 30, 12:17 PM CDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 30, 12:46 PM CDT, 2 hours 1 minute 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.

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Special weather statement, Jun 30, 12:46 PM CDT, 2 hours 1 minute 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.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 30, 12:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGTate38 min
Jun 30, 12:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGUnion64 min
Jun 30, 1:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLee56 min
Jun 30, 1:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGItawamba62 min
Jun 30, 1:54 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGLee51 min
Jun 30, 2:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGAlcorn, Tishomingo46 min
Jun 30, 3:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLowndes28 min

Nearby

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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.