Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 232, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 27, 1994, 3:03 PM CST for DeSoto County, Mississippi; Shelby County, Tennessee. It was in force for 42 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 27, 1994, 3:03 PM CST (21:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 27, 1994, 3:45 PM CST
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties DeSoto County, MS, Shelby County, TN
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 22 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
- 1303 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -59 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 487 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 398 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 468 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.6
- Supercell composite
- 13.7
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, Nov 27, 1:37 PM CST, 1 hour 26 minutes before
TNZ001-002-003-004-019-020-021-022-048-049-050-051-052-053-054- 055-088-089-090-091-092-MSZ001-002-003-007-008-010-011-012-ARZ009- 018-026-027-028-035-036-048-049-058-272045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 138 PM CST SUN NOV 27 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM FOR ALL OF EAST ARKANSAS... ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM FOR EXTREME EAST ARKANSAS.. WEST TENNESSEE AND NORTH MISSISSIPPI... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS PARTS OF THE MID-SOUTH THIS AFTERNOON. AT 130 PM..DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM JUST SOUTH OF BLYTHEVILLE ARKANSAS TO NEAR TURRELL..EARLE AND HUGHES. THE STORMS THEN EXTENDED FURTHER SOUTHWEST TO NEAR DEWITT. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR. AT THEIR PRESENT MOVMENT..THE STORMS WILL CROSS THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER INTO THE MEMPHIS METROPOLITAN AREA BETWEEN 230 AND 330 PM. THE POTENTIAL REMAINS HIGH FOR THIS AFTERNOON'S THUNDERSTORMS TO BECOME SEVERE. LARGE HAIL..DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE AND ALL MID-SOUTH RESIDENTS SHOULD REMAIN WEATHER-ALERT THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON. KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON LOCAL WEATHER CONDITIONS AND MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE IMMEDIATELY IF SEVERE WEATHER THREATENS OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Nov 27, 1:38 PM CST, 1 hour 25 minutes before
TNZ001-002-003-004-019-020-021-022-048-049-050-051-052-053-054- 055-088-089-090-091-092-MSZ001-002-003-007-008-010-011-012-ARZ009- 018-026-027-028-035-036-048-049-058-272045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 138 PM CST SUN NOV 27 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM FOR ALL OF EAST ARKANSAS... ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM FOR EXTREME EAST ARKANSAS.. WEST TENNESSEE AND NORTH MISSISSIPPI... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS PARTS OF THE MID-SOUTH THIS AFTERNOON. AT 130 PM..DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM JUST SOUTH OF BLYTHEVILLE ARKANSAS TO NEAR TURRELL..EARLE AND HUGHES. THE STORMS THEN EXTENDED FURTHER SOUTHWEST TO NEAR DEWITT. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR. AT THEIR PRESENT MOVMENT..THE STORMS WILL CROSS THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER INTO THE MEMPHIS METROPOLITAN AREA BETWEEN 230 AND 330 PM. THE POTENTIAL REMAINS HIGH FOR THIS AFTERNOON'S THUNDERSTORMS TO BECOME SEVERE. LARGE HAIL..DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE AND ALL MID-SOUTH RESIDENTS SHOULD REMAIN WEATHER-ALERT THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON. KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON LOCAL WEATHER CONDITIONS AND MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE IMMEDIATELY IF SEVERE WEATHER THREATENS OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Nov 27, 2:30 PM CST, 33 minutes before
ARZ009-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MSZ001>003-007-008-010>012- TNZ001>004-019>022-048>055-088>092-272135- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 231 PM CST SUN NOV 27 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM FOR EAST ARKANSAS..WEST TENNESSEE AND NORTH MISSISSIPPI... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO RUMBLE ACROSS EAST ARKANSAS..AND AT 225 PM HAD BEGUN TO MOVE INTO WEST TENNESSEE. DOPPLER RADAR AT THAT TIME SHOWED INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM JUST NORTH OF DYERSBURG TENNESSEE THROUGH RIPLEY AND THEN INTO EAST ARKANSAS NEAR HUGHES. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR. STRONG WINDS..HAIL AND TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE THROUGH EAST ARKANSAS AND WEST TENNESSEE. THE STORMS WILL ALSO AFFECT NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI DURING THE NEXT HOUR. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGSF CONCERNING THIS DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Nov 27, 2:31 PM CST, 32 minutes before
ARZ009-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MSZ001>003-007-008-010>012- TNZ001>004-019>022-048>055-088>092-272135- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 231 PM CST SUN NOV 27 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM FOR EAST ARKANSAS..WEST TENNESSEE AND NORTH MISSISSIPPI... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO RUMBLE ACROSS EAST ARKANSAS..AND AT 225 PM HAD BEGUN TO MOVE INTO WEST TENNESSEE. DOPPLER RADAR AT THAT TIME SHOWED INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM JUST NORTH OF DYERSBURG TENNESSEE THROUGH RIPLEY AND THEN INTO EAST ARKANSAS NEAR HUGHES. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR. STRONG WINDS..HAIL AND TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE THROUGH EAST ARKANSAS AND WEST TENNESSEE. THE STORMS WILL ALSO AFFECT NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI DURING THE NEXT HOUR. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Nov 27, 2:52 PM CST, 11 minutes before
MSZ005-006-009-017-016-002-003-004-013-014-015-023-024-030-031- 033-272200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS 252 PM CST SUN NOV 27 1994 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 907 CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 7PM THIS EVENING FOR A LARGE PART OF NORTH NISSISSIPPI... AT 240 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS INDICATING A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTH OF RIPLEY TENNESSEE IN EXTREME WEST CENTRAL TENNESSEE. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. RADAR WAS ALSO INDICATING SCTTERED THUNDERSTORMS AND RAINSHOWERS OVER A LARGE PART OF NORTH MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM OXFORD MISSISSIPPI AND EXTENDED TO THE NORTHEAST TO NORTHERN BENTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. THESE THUNDERSTORMS AND OTHER SHOWER ACTIVITY WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. ANYONE LIVING IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS SHOULD REMAIN WEATHER ALERT AND TAKE PRECAUTIONS SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH. MORE STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT. NNNN : C.o:FF?Nvz=W~zmb2&QG
Special weather statement, Nov 27, 2:52 PM CST, 11 minutes before
MSZ005-006-009-017-016-002-003-004-013-014-015-023-024-030-031- 033-272200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS 252 PM CST SUN NOV 27 1994 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 907 CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 7PM THIS EVENING FOR A LARGE PART OF NORTH NISSISSIPPI... AT 240 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS INDICATING A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTH OF RIPLEY TENNESSEE IN EXTREME WEST CENTRAL TENNESSEE. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. RADAR WAS ALSO INDICATING SCTTERED THUNDERSTORMS AND RAINSHOWERS OVER A LARGE PART OF NORTH MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM OXFORD MISSISSIPPI AND EXTENDED TO THE NORTHEAST TO NORTHERN BENTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. THESE THUNDERSTORMS AND OTHER SHOWER ACTIVITY WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. ANYONE LIVING IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS SHOULD REMAIN WEATHER ALERT AND TAKE PRECAUTIONS SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH. MORE STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT. NNNN : C.o:FF?Nvz=W~zmb2&QG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 27, 3:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tunica | 45 min |
| Nov 27, 5:37 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lowndes | 38 min |
| Nov 27, 5:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton | 43 min |
| Nov 27, 2:48 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Crockett, Dyer, Gibson | 27 min |
| Nov 27, 2:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Obion, Weakley | 40 min |
| Nov 27, 3:24 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Fayette, Shelby | 36 min |
| Nov 27, 3:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Henry, Weakley | 44 min |
| Nov 27, 3:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Gibson | 44 min |
| Nov 27, 3:58 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Fayette, Hardeman, Haywood | 47 min |
| Nov 27, 4:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Hardeman | 40 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 1994Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee, 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.