Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 26, 1994, 7:18 PM CDT for Marshall County, Mississippi. It was in force for 42 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 26, 1994, 7:18 PM CDT (00:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 26, 1994, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Marshall County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 7:25 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Red Banks, MS | A tornado briefly touched down near Red Banks. A few trees were knocked down. |
| Apr 26, 7:50 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Victoria, MS | A few trees were blown down. |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 42 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
- 2705 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1210 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 124 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.2
- Supercell composite
- 7.2
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, Apr 26, 3:30 PM CDT, 3 hours 48 minutes before
TNZ049-088-089-MSZ001-002-003-007-008-262130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 329 PM CDT TUE APR 26 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN DESOTO AND TUNICA COUNTIES EXPIRED AT 330 PM... AT 325 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ARKABUTLA RESERVOIR IN TATE COUNTY. THIS STORM WILL MOVE NEAR HERNANDO BEFORE 4 PM. THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED MARBLE SIZE HAIL NEAR PRICHARD MISSISSIPPI AROUND 255 PM...WHILE MARBLE SIZE HAIL FELL NEAR EUDORA IN DESOTO COUNTY AROUND 315 PM. PERSONS IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO ERUPT IN THE AFTERNOON HEAT. THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON MAY PRODUCE HAIL...STRONG WINDS AND TORRENTIAL RAINS. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. &
Special weather statement, Apr 26, 3:32 PM CDT, 3 hours 46 minutes before
TNZ049-088-089-MSZ001-002-003-007-008-262130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 329 PM CDT TUE APR 26 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN DESOTO AND TUNICA COUNTIES EXPIRED AT 330 PM... AT 325 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ARKABUTLA RESERVOIR IN TATE COUNTY. THIS STORM WILL MOVE NEAR HERNANDO BEFORE 4 PM. THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED MARBLE SIZE HAIL NEAR PRICHARD MISSISSIPPI AROUND 255 PM...WHILE MARBLE SIZE HAIL FELL NEAR EUDORA IN DESOTO COUNTY AROUND 315 PM. PERSONS IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO ERUPT IN THE AFTERNOON HEAT. THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON MAY PRODUCE HAIL...STRONG WINDS AND TORRENTIAL RAINS. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. &
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 7:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | DeSoto | 45 min |
| Apr 26, 7:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Tate | 54 min |
| Apr 26, 7:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Marshall | 45 min |
| Apr 27, 1:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Lee | 50 min |
| Apr 27, 5:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tunica | 36 min |
| Apr 27, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Tate | 49 min |
| Apr 27, 5:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lake | 25 min |
| Apr 27, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Gibson | 34 min |
| Apr 27, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Henderson | 43 min |
| Apr 27, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Obion | 45 min |
| Apr 27, 6:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Weakley | 42 min |
| Apr 27, 6:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 43 min |
| Apr 27, 2:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Clay | 56 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.