Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 18, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Jun 25, 1994, 4:48 PM CDT for Tippah County, Mississippi. It was in force for 27 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 25, 1994, 4:48 PM CDT (21:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 25, 1994, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Tippah County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 95 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
- 953 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -46 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1600 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTUP 252148 TORTUP MSC139-252215- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS 448 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUPELO HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI ...CENTRAL TIPPAH COUNTY AT 445 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN TUPELO INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...WITH A HISTORY OF PRODUCING GOLFBALL-SIZE HAIL AND FUNNEL CLOUDS...JUST EAST OF RIPLEY IN TIPPAH COUNTY. THE STORM IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU LIVE IN A HOME OR APARTMENT...SEEK SHELTER IN THE INNERMOST PORTION OF THE BUILDING ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. GET TOV A BASEMENT IF ONE IS AVAILABLE. AVOID WINDOWS AND PROTECT YOUR BODY FROM FLYING DEBRIS WITH CUSHIONS...BLANKETS...OR PILLOWS. NNNN
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, Jun 25, 2:01 PM CDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before
TNZ003-004-091-092-MSZ003-012-252000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 202 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ERUPT OVER NORTH MISSISSIPPI AND PARTS OF WEST TENNESSEE... INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS ... SOME PACKING STRONG WIND AND HAIL HAVE DEVELOPED IN AN ARC FROM THE PARIS AREA OF WEST TENNESSEE SOUTHWARD ALONG THE TENNESSEE RIVER AND INTO NORTH AND EAST PARTS OF MISSISSIPPI. MOVING SLOWLY TOWARD THE EAST ... THESE STORMS WILL BRING DEADLY LIGHTNING ... VERY HEAVY RAIN ... AND THE THREAT OF LARGE HAIL AND HIGH WIND AS THEY PASS OVER. BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR AS THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. MOTORISTS SHOULD DRIVE MORE SLOWLY WHEN RAIN OCCURS AND BE PREPARED FOR FLOODED ROADWAYS. SOME OF THE AFTERNOON STORMS ARE QUITE STRONG AND MAY BRING DAMAGING WIND AND LARGE HAIL.. YOU SHOULD MOVE TO A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AS THUNDERSTORMS MOVE PA<ST. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR WEATHER UPDATES.
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 2:02 PM CDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before
TNZ003-004-091-092-MSZ003-012-252000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 202 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ERUPT OVER NORTH MISSISSIPPI AND PARTS OF WEST TENNESSEE... INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS ... SOME PACKING STRONG WIND AND HAIL HAVE DEVELOPED IN AN ARC FROM THE PARIS AREA OF WEST TENNESSEE SOUTHWARD ALONG THE TENNESSEE RIVER AND INTO NORTH AND EAST PARTS OF MISSISSIPPI. MOVING SLOWLY TOWARD THE EAST ... THESE STORMS WILL BRING DEADLY LIGHTNING ... VERY HEAVY RAIN ... AND THE THREAT OF LARGE HAIL AND HIGH WIND AS THEY PASS OVER. BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR AS THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. MOTORISTS SHOULD DRIVE MORE SLOWLY WHEN RAIN OCCURS AND BE PREPARED FOR FLOODED ROADWAYS. SOME OF THE AFTERNOON STORMS ARE QUITE STRONG AND MAY BRING DAMAGING WIND AND LARGE HAIL.. YOU SHOULD MOVE TO A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AS THUNDERSTORMS MOVE PAST. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR WEATHER UPDATES.
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 3:41 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
TNZ091-092-252145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SMALL STREAM ADVISORY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 342 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS BRING HEAVY RAIN TO SOUTHERN MCNAIRY COUNTY... SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS PERSISTED OVER SOUTH PARTS OF MCNAIRY COUNTY TENNESSEE FOR MORE THAN TWO HOURS THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON. DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR IN MEMPHIS INDICATES MORE THAN TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ON A SMALL AREA FROM NEAR EASTVIEW SOUTHWARD ALONG HIGHWAY 45 TO THE MISSISSIPPI STATE LINE. RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER THAT PART OF MCNAIRY COUNTY UNTIL PAST 400 PM THIS AFTERNOON. LOCALIZED FLOODING OF ROADS AND POORLY DRAINED AREAS WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ALONG LITTLE MUDD Y .. CHAMBERS .. AND ROLAND CREEKS. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR LATER WEATHER BULLETINS.
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 3:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
TNZ091-092-252145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SMALL STREAM ADVISORY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 342 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS BRING HEAVY RAIN TO SOUTHERN MCNAIRY COUNTY... SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS PERSISTED OVER SOUTH PARTS OF MCNAIRY COUNTY TENNESSEE FOR MORE THAN TWO HOURS THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON. DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR IN MEMPHIS INDICATES MORE THAN TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ON A SMALL AREA FROM NEAR EASTVIEW SOUTHWARD ALONG HIGHWAY 45 TO THE MISSISSIPPI STATE LINE. RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER THAT PART OF MCNAIRY COUNTY UNTIL PAST 400 PM THIS AFTERNOON. LOCALIZED FLOODING OF ROADS AND POORLY DRAINED AREAS WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ALONG LITTLE MUDDY .. CHAMBERS .. AND ROLAND CREEKS. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR LATER WEATHER BULLETINS.
Local storm report, Jun 25, 4:05 PM CDT, 43 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS
405 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 1994
AT 134 PM CDT PUBLIC REPORTED GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL NEAR
RIPLEY MS. (TIPPAH COUNTY)
AT 230 PM CDT PONTOTOC S.O. REPORTED GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL
NEAR RANDOLF MS. (SOUTHWEST PONTOTOC COUNTY)
AT 236 PM CDT BRYAN OWING (TV-4 COLUMBUS MS.) REPORTED
GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL IN NORTHERN LOWNDES COUNTY
AT 254 PM CDT BURNSVILLE P.D. REPORTED GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL
IN BURNSVILLE MS. (NORTHEAST TISHOMINGO
COUNTY)Local storm report, Jun 25, 4:07 PM CDT, 41 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS
405 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 1994
AT 134 PM CDT PUBLIC REPORTED GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL NEAR
RIPLEY MS. (TIPPAH COUNTY)
AT 230 PM CDT PONTOTOC S.O. REPORTED GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL
NEAR RANDOLF MS. (SOUTHWEST PONTOTOC COUNTY)
AT 236 PM CDT BRYAN OWING (TV-4 COLUMBUS MS.) REPORTED
GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL IN NORTHERN LOWNDES COUNTY
AT 254 PM CDT BURNSVILLE P.D. REPORTED GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL
IN BURNSVILLE MS. (NORTHEAST TISHOMINGO
COUNTY)The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 11:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Clay | 43 min |
| Jun 25, 12:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lowndes | 55 min |
| Jun 25, 1:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lowndes | 28 min |
| Jun 25, 1:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tippah | 62 min |
| Jun 25, 1:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tippah | 59 min |
| Jun 25, 1:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Pontotoc | 62 min |
| Jun 25, 2:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lafayette | 48 min |
| Jun 25, 2:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lowndes | 65 min |
| Jun 25, 2:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tishomingo | 68 min |
| Jun 25, 3:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Alcorn | 67 min |
| Jun 25, 3:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Pontotoc | 52 min |
| Jun 25, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chickasaw | 26 min |
| Jun 25, 4:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tippah | 69 min |
| Jun 25, 4:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Tippah | 29 min |
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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.