Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 236, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 27, 1994, 6:35 PM CST for Decatur County, Tennessee. It was in force for 25 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 27, 1994, 6:35 PM CST (00:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 27, 1994, 7:00 PM CST
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Decatur County, TN
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 148 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
- 51 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -120 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 534 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 692 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 795 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
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, 2:30 PM CST, 4 hours 5 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, 4 hours 4 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, 3 hours 43 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, 3 hours 43 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, 3:51 PM CST, 2 hours 44 minutes before
MSZ005-006-009-017-016-002-003-004-013-014-015-023-024-030-031- 033-272300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS 351 PM CST SUN NOV 27 1994 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 907 CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 7PM THIS EVENING FOR A LARGE PART OF NORTH MISSISSIPPI... AT 340 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS INDICATING RATHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM HELENA ARKANSAS AND EXTENDED TO THE NORTHEAST TO COVINGTON TENNESSEE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR AND HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS...DANGEROUS FREQUENT LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL. OTHER THUNDERSHOWER ACTIVITY WAS INDICATED FROM GRENADA RESEVOIR AND EXTENDED TO THE NORTHEAST TO CORINTH MISSISSIPPI...AND ALSO FROM BARNETT RESEVOIR AND EXTENDED TO THE NORTHEAST TO HOUSTON MISSISSIPPI. THESE THUNDERSHOWERS HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS. THESE THUNDERSHOWERS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. ANYONE LIVING IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTROMS AND THUNDERSHOWERS SHOULD REMAIN WEATHER ALERT AND TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS SHOULD THREATHENING WEATHER APPROACH. MORE STATEMENTS WILL ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT. NNNN
Special weather statement, Nov 27, 4:47 PM CST, 1 hour 48 minutes before
MSZ005-006-009-017-016-002-003-004-013-014-015-023-024-030-031- 033-272345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS 447 PM CST SUN NOV 27 1994 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 907 CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 7PM THIS EVENING FOR A LARGE PART OF NORTH MISSISSIPPI... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR MARSHALL COUNTY AND EASTERN TATE COUNTY UNTIL 530 PM THIS AFTERNOON... AT 440 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS INDICATING A RATHER LARGE AREA OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 10 MILES WEST OF CLEVELAND MISSISSIPPI AND EXTENDED TO THE NORTHEAST TO JACKSON TENNESSEE AND WAS MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL. OTHER THUNDERSHOWER ACTIVITY WAS LOCATED FROM ROSS BARNETT RESEVOIR AND EXTENDED TO THE NORTHEAST TO RUSSELLVILLE ALABAMA. THESE THUNDERSHOWERS HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...OCCASIONAL DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. THESE THUNDERSHOWERS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. ANYONE LIVING IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTROMS AND THUNDERSHOWERS SHOULD BECOME WEATHER ALERT AND TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH. NNNN
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.