Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 27, 1994, 6:03 PM CDT for Weakley County, Tennessee. It was in force for 42 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 27, 1994, 6:03 PM CDT (23:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 27, 1994, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Weakley County, TN
The nearest sounding before it
Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 86 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
- 1797 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 618 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.8
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 27, 4:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
MSZ005-006-009-017-016-003-004-014-015-023-024-030-031-272215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS 412 PM CDT WED APR 27 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 157 HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A PORTION OF NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 1000 PM CDT... AT 400 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN TUPELO INDICATED SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHERN TENNESSEE AND NORTHWEST ALABAMA. HOWEVER...NO THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS INDICATED IN NORTH MISSISSIPPI...ALTHOUGH THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO DEVELOP IN NORTH MISSISSIPPI LATER IN THE DAY. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. NNNN
Special weather statement, Apr 27, 5:13 PM CDT, 50 minutes before
MSZ005-006-009-017-016-002-003-004-013-014-015-023-024-030-031- 033-272315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS 513 PM CDT WED APR 27 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 157 IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 1000 PM CDT... AT 500 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN TUPELO INDICATED AN ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN CENTRAL CLAY COUNTY. THIS STORM APPEARS TO BE WEAKENING...BUT MAY STILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. WEAKER THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAD BEGUN TO FORM ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER IN EXTREME NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI. ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PERSISTED IN SOUTHERN TENNESSEE AND NORTHWEST ALABAMA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING VERY SLOWLY TO THE NORTHEAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH...THEREFORE AREAS THAT ARE AFFECTED BY THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING COULD PRODUCE EXTENDED PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. NNNN
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, 7:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Marshall | 42 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, 6:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 43 min |
| Apr 27, 2:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Clay | 56 min |
Nearby
Severe 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.