Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 10, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Apr 27, 1994, 7:42 PM CDT for Tate County, Mississippi. It was in force for 33 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 27, 1994, 7:42 PM CDT (00:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 27, 1994, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Tate County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 20 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
- 2572 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1145 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 6.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMEM 280042 RRA TORMEM MSC137-280115- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 742 PM CDT WED APR 27 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI ...NORTHERN TATE COUNTY AT 740 PM CDT DOPPLER RADAR WAS INDICATING A POSSIBLE TORNADO ABOUT 4 MILES WEST OF COLDWATER MOVING NORHTEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT THE TOWNS OF COLWATER AND INDEPENDENCE OVER THE NEXT HALF HOUR. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM AND PERSONS IN NORTHERN TATE COUNTY SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IMMEADIATELY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIO NS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, 3 hours 30 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, 2 hours 29 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
Special weather statement, Apr 27, 6:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
MSZ005-006-009-017-016-002-003-004-013-014-015-023-030-033-280015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS 615 PM CDT WED APR 27 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 157 IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 1000 PM CDT... AT 600 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN TUPELO INDICATED WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTH MISSISSIPPI. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED IN WESTERN ALCORN COUNTY AND WESTERN DESOTO COUNTY. THOSE TWO STORMS MAY BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 35 MILES AN HOUR AND HAIL...AS WELL AS DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN. MORE EXTENSIVE STRONG THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY CURRENTLY FURTHER NORTH ACROSS MUCH OF WEST TENNESSEE. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING VERY SLOWLY NORTHEAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH...CREATING LOCALLY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WHERE THUNDERSTORMS DO OCCUR. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIhBLE WARNINGS. NNNN
Special weather statement, Apr 27, 7:06 PM CDT, 36 minutes before
MSZ005-006-009-017-016-002-003-004-013-014-015-023-030-031-033- 280115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS 706 PM CDT WED APR 27 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 157 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 1000 PM CDT... AT 655 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN TUPELO INDICATED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN EXTREME PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE. THE ONLY OTHER ACTIVITY IN NORTH MISSISSIPPI WAS AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM LOCATED IN SOUTHWEST WEBSTER COUNTY IN NORTHCENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ACROSS WEST TENNESSEE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING VERY SLOWLY TO THE NORTHEAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH. 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 27, 7:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Tate | 40 min |
| Apr 27, 8:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tate | 68 min |
| Apr 27, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Prentiss | 61 min |
| Apr 27, 9:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Alcorn | 67 min |
| Apr 27, 9:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tate | 68 min |
| Apr 27, 10:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto | 31 min |
| Apr 27, 10:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Prentiss | 26 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.