Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 15, 1994, 2:38 PM CDT for Chickasaw County, Monroe County, Mississippi. It was in force for 37 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 15, 1994, 2:38 PM CDT (19:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 15, 1994, 3:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Chickasaw County, MS, Monroe County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 153 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
- 1448 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -187 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 614 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 256 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 229 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.3
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, Apr 15, 8:59 AM CDT, 5 hours 39 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Apr 15, 10:06 AM CDT, 4 hours 32 minutes before
MSZ005-006-009-017-016-002-003-004-013-014-015-023-024-030-031- 033-151615- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS 1006 AM CDT FRI APR 15 1994 .....TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 91 IN EFFECT UNTIL 3PM CDT FOR PARTS OF NORTHEAST AND EASTCENTRAL MISSISSIPPI..... AT 955 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT TUPELO CONTINUED TO SHOW SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN ALABAMA AND EASTCENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS IN EASTCENTRAL MISSISSIPPI WERE LOCATED IN NOXUBEE AND KEMPER COUNTIES. DURING THE PAST HOUR...SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE STARTING TO DEVELOP OVER NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI..WESTERN TENNESSEE AND NORTHEAST ARKANSAS. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTH MISSISSIPPI WERE LOCATED OVER CALHOUN..CHICKASAW AND WEBSTER COUNTIES. ALL THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. RESIDENTS OVER NORTH MISSISSIPPI SHOULD KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY A0ND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. THE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO WORSEN AS THE DAY GOES ON. NNNN
Special weather statement, Apr 15, 11:03 AM CDT, 3 hours 35 minutes before
MSZ005-006-009-017-016-002-003-004-013-014-015-023-024-030-031- 033-151700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS 1103 AM CDT FRI APR 15 1994 .....TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 91 REMAINS IN EFFECT TIL 3 PM CDT FOR PARTS OF NORTHEAST AND EASTCENTRAL MISSISSIPPI..... AT 1055 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN TUPELO SHOWED SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR..WHILE THE AREA WAS SLIDING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER DESOTO..MARSHALL..LAFAYETTE..MONROE AND ITAWAMBA COUNTIES. RESIDENTS OF NORTH MISSISSIPPI CAN EXPECT GUSTY SURFACE WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTENING WITH THE PASSAGE OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS. CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA IS EXPECTED TO WORSEN AS THE DAY GOES ON WITH THE APPROACHING COLD FRONT FROM THE WEST. NNNN
Special weather statement, Apr 15, 12:04 PM CDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before
MSZ005-006-009-017-016-002-003-004-013-014-015-023-024-030-031- 033-151800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS 1204 PM CDT FRI APR 15 1994 .....TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 91 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CDT FOR PARTS OF EASTERN MISSISSIPPI..... .....SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH NUMBER 94 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT FOR MOST OF NORTH AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI..... AT 1155 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN TUPELO SHOWED SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN ALABAMA..WESTERN TENNESSEE AND NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI. THE INDIVIDUAL STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR WHILE THE SYSTEM WAS SLIDING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. IN NORTH MISSISSIPPI THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM CORINTH TO OXFORD TO CLARKSDALE. RESIDENTS OF NORTH MISSISSIPPI SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE SKY AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. NNNN
Special weather statement, Apr 15, 1:04 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
MSZ005-006-009-017-016-002-003-004-013-014-015-023-024-030-031- 033-151900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS 104 PM CDT FRI APR 15 1994 .....TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 91 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 M CDT FOR PARTS OF EASTERN MISSISSIPPI..... .....SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 94 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT FOR MOST OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI..... AT 1255 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN TUPELO CONTINUED TO SHOW SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN TENNESSEE...NORTHERN ALABAMA AND NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN PRENTISS..TIPPAH..UNION.. MARSHALL..0PANOLA AND SUNFLOWER COUNTIES. RESIDENTS OF NORTH MISSISSIPPI SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND TAKE NECESSARY ACTIONS IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR LOCATION. NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 7:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Clay, Lowndes | 38 min |
| Apr 15, 11:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto | 35 min |
| Apr 15, 3:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Clay, Oktibbeha | 28 min |
| Apr 15, 3:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lowndes | 36 min |
| Apr 15, 9:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Obion, Weakley | 52 min |
| Apr 15, 10:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Haywood | 45 min |
| Apr 15, 11:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | McNairy | 51 min |
| Apr 15, 12:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Decatur | 30 min |
| Apr 15, 1:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 33 min |
| Apr 15, 9:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Greene | 47 min |
| Apr 15, 1:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | St. Francis | 22 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.