Alert archive / Tennessee / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 30, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Jun 26, 1994, 7:13 PM CDT for Decatur County, Tennessee. It was in force for 32 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 26, 1994, 7:13 PM CDT (00:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 1994, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Decatur County, TN
The nearest sounding before it
Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 171 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
- 849 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 652 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMEM 270013 TORMEM TNC039-270045- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 713 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN WEST TENNESSEE ...DECATUR COUNTY AT 710 PM CDT THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND IN DECATUR COUNTY JUST NORTH OF GRAVES CHAPEL. THIS STORM IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. IF IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. 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 SHEGLTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS 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, Jun 26, 3:32 PM CDT, 3 hours 41 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, 3 hours 39 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.
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 6:13 PM CDT, 1 hour before
MSZ005-006-009-017-016-002-003-004-013-014-015-023-024-030-031- 033-270115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS 613 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 477 IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 1100 PM CDT... AT 600 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF VERY INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS WESTERN AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE. ALTHOUGH THERE WAS CURRENTLY NO THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IN NORTH MISSISSIPPI...THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 35 MILES AN HOUR...WHICH WOULD PUT THEM IN EXTREME NORTH MISSISSIPPI BETWEEN 800 AND 830 PM CDT. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. NNNN
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 6:13 PM CDT, 1 hour before
MSZ005-006-009-017-016-002-003-004-013-014-015-023-024-030-031- 033-270115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS 613 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 477 IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 1100 PM CDT... AT 600 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF VERY INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS WESTERN AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE. ALTHOUGH THERE WAS CURRENTLY NO THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IN NORTH MISSISSIPPI...THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 35 MILES AN HOUR...WHICH WOULD PUT THEM IN EXTREME NORTH MISSISSIPPI BETWEEN 800 AND 830 PM CDT. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 7:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardin | 58 min |
| Jun 26, 7:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Haywood | 25 min |
| Jun 26, 7:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Fayette, Hardeman | 47 min |
| Jun 26, 8:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette | 44 min |
| Jun 26, 9:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Fayette | 31 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.