Alert archive / Tennessee / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 20, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Jun 26, 1994, 3:55 PM CDT for Obion County, Tennessee. It was in force for 35 min. 1 report 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
- Jun 26, 1994, 3:55 PM CDT (20:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 1994, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Obion County, TN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 4:15 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Mason Hall, TN | A small tornado briefly touched down near Mason Hall. Several large trees were knocked 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
Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 89 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
- 7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 830 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 381 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 340 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMEM 262056 TORMEM TNC131-262130- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 355 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN WEST TENNESSEE ...OBION COUNTY AT 354 PM CDT MEMPHIS DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO OVER EASTERN OBION COUNTY NEAR THE TOWN OF TROY. THIS STORM IS MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM NEED TO TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. ON ITS CURRENT TRACK THIS STORM WILL BE MOVING INTO WEAKLEY COUNTY TOWARDS THE TOWN OF SHARON. 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 CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. T 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, Jun 26, 1:04 PM CDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before
MSZ005-006-009-017-016-002-003-004-013-014-015-023-024-030-031- 033-261900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS 104 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 474 RE3MAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT FOR A LARGE PART OF NORTH MISSISSIPPI... AT 1255 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN TUPELO INDICATED PATCHY RAINSHOWERS 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF KOSCIUSKO...OVER NORTHERN KEMPER COUNTY IN MISSSISSIPPIAND OVER LIVINGSTON AND BIRMINGHAM IN CENTRAL ALABAMA. THE RAINSHOWERS ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND HAVE BEEN RAPIDLY DECREASING IN THE PAST HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND THE CHANGING OF THE STATUS OF WEATHER WATCH AREAS. NNNN
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 1:04 PM CDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before
MSZ005-006-009-017-016-002-003-004-013-014-015-023-024-030-031- 033-261900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS 104 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 474 RE3MAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT FOR A LARGE PART OF NORTH MISSISSIPPI... AT 1255 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN TUPELO INDICATED PATCHY RAINSHOWERS 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF KOSCIUSKO...OVER NORTHERN KEMPER COUNTY IN MISSSISSIPPIAND OVER LIVINGSTON AND BIRMINGHAM IN CENTRAL ALABAMA. THE RAINSHOWERS ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND HAVE BEEN RAPIDLY DECREASING IN THE PAST HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND THE CHANGING OF THE STATUS OF WEATHER WATCH AREAS. NNNN
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 1:12 PM CDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before
MSZ005-006-009-017-016-002-003-004-013-014-015-023-024-030-031- 033-261915- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS 112 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 474 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR ALL OF NORTH MISSISSIPPI... AT 1255 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN TUPELO INDICATED SOME PATCHY RAINSHOWERS 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF KOSCIUSKO AND OVER NORTHERN KEMPER COUNTY IN MISSISSIPPI. OTHER SHOWERS WERE ALSO NOTED OVER LIVINGSTON AND BIRMINGHAM IN ALABAMA. THE RAINSHOWERS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AND HAVE BEEN RAPIDLY DECREASING IN THE PAST HOUR. NNNN
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 1:12 PM CDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before
MSZ005-006-009-017-016-002-003-004-013-014-015-023-024-030-031- 033-261915- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS 112 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 474 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR ALL OF NORTH MISSISSIPPI... AT 1255 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN TUPELO INDICATED SOME PATCHY RAINSHOWERS 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF KOSCIUSKO AND OVER NORTHERN KEMPER COUNTY IN MISSISSIPPI. OTHER SHOWERS WERE ALSO NOTED OVER LIVINGSTON AND BIRMINGHAM IN ALABAMA. THE RAINSHOWERS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AND HAVE BEEN RAPIDLY DECREASING IN THE PAST HOUR. NNNN
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 3:32 PM CDT, 23 minutes before
TNZ001-002-003-004-019-020-021-022-048-049-050-052-088-262130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 332 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER NORTHWEST TENNESSEE... THUNDERSTORMS STARTED BUILDING OVER THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF TENNESSEE AGAIN AROUND 315 PM AND THREATEN TO BECOME BOTH WIDESPREAD AND INTENSE DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON. AT 325 PM DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR IN MEMPHIS WAS INDICATING THUNDERSTORMS GROWING RAPIDLY OVER THE AREA FROM NEAR PARIS TENNESSEE WESTWARD THROUGH THE DYERSBURG AREA TO NEAR TIPTONVILLE AND RIDGELY IN EXTREME NORTHWEST TENNESSEE. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL BRING STRONG WIND GUSTS TO NORTHWEST TENNESSEE AS THEY MOVE THROUGH. THE STRONGER STORMS MAY BRING HAIL AS WELL. VERY UNSTABLE AIR COVERS WEST TENNESSEE AND EAST ARKASAS THIS AFTERNOON. AND, WINDS THROUGH A DEEP LAYER OF THE ATMOSPHERE ARE FAVORABLE FOR EXPLOSIVE THUNDERSTORM GROWTH. THE STRONGER STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING MAY BECOME ESPECIALLY SEVERE WITH DESTRUCTIVE WIND AND LARGE DAMAGING HAIL. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR UPDATES ON THE DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS.
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 3:34 PM CDT, 21 minutes before
TNZ001-002-003-004-019-020-021-022-048-049-050-052-088-262130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 332 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER NORTHWEST TENNESSEE... THUNDERSTORMS STARTED BUILDING OVER THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF TENNESSEE AGAIN AROUND 315 PM AND THREATEN TO BECOME BOTH WIDESPREAD AND INTENSE DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON. AT 325 PM DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR IN MEMPHIS WAS INDICATING THUNDERSTORMS GROWING RAPIDLY OVER THE AREA FROM NEAR PARIS TENNESSEE WESTWARD THROUGH THE DYERSBURG AREA TO NEAR TIPTONVILLE AND RIDGELY IN EXTREME NORTHWEST TENNESSEE. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL BRING STRONG WIND GUSTS TO NORTHWEST TENNESSEE AS THEY MOVE THROUGH. THE STRONGER STORMS MAY BRING HAIL AS WELL. VERY UNSTABLE AIR COVERS WEST TENNESSEE AND EAST ARKASAS THIS AFTERNOON. AND, WINDS THROUGH A DEEP LAYER OF THE ATMOSPHERE ARE FAVORABLE FOR E'XPLOSIVE THUNDERSTORM GROWTH. THE STRONGER STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING MAY BECOME ESPECIALLY SEVERE WITH DESTRUCTIVE WIND AND LARGE DAMAGING HAIL. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR UPDATES ON THE DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 7:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tipton | 51 min |
| Jun 26, 8:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Shelby | 44 min |
| Jun 26, 9:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette | 42 min |
| Jun 26, 3:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Obion, Weakley | 50 min |
| Jun 26, 3:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Weakley | 25 min |
| Jun 26, 4:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Gibson | 27 min |
| Jun 26, 4:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Gibson, Obion | 32 min |
| Jun 26, 4:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Gibson | 35 min |
| Jun 26, 5:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Gibson | 66 min |
| Jun 26, 5:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lauderdale | 38 min |
| Jun 26, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll | 44 min |
| Jun 26, 5:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Haywood | 52 min |
| Jun 26, 6:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Haywood, Tipton | 28 min |
| Jun 26, 6:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Haywood | 32 min |
| Jun 26, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Madison | 41 min |
| Jun 26, 6:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Henderson | 50 min |
| Jun 26, 6:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Fayette, Hardeman | 68 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.