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Tornado Warning 39, NWS Memphis, TN

June 26, 1994Lee County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Jun 26, 1994, 10:26 PM CDT for Lee County, Mississippi. It was in force for 34 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 26, 1994, 10:26 PM CDT (03:26 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 1994, 11:00 PM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Lee County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 131 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 1994-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3309 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 1994-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 28 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
3309 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1426 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
86 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
4.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KTUP 270326
TORTUP
MSC081-270400-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS
1026 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUPELO HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...LEE COUNTY
 
AT 1020 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR RECIEVED CONFIRMED
REPORTS OF TORNADO SIGHTINGS JUST EAST OF THE BARNES CROSSING MALL AND
IN SKYLINE. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND
COULD POSSIBLY AFFECT THE CITY OF TUPELO BY 1030 PM CDT.
 
 
 
 
 
IF YOU SIGHTED A TORNADO OR EXPERIENCED DAMAGING WINDS OR HAIL,
NOTIFY YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY, LOCAL OFFICIAL OR THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
 
IF YOU LIVE IN A HOME OR APARTMENT...SEEK SHELTER IN THE
INNERMOST PORTION OF THE BUILDING ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  GET TO
A BASEMENT IF ONE IS AVAILABLE.  AVOID WINDOWS AND PROTECT YOUR
BODY FROM FLYING DEBRIS WITH CUSHIONS...BLANKETS...OR PILLOWS.
 
 
 
&
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 26, 8:14 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGBenton46 min
Jun 26, 8:24 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGTippah36 min
Jun 26, 8:34 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGAlcorn41 min
Jun 26, 9:03 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGPrentiss, Tippah42 min
Jun 26, 9:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMarshall51 min
Jun 26, 9:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGBenton47 min
Jun 26, 9:52 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGLee, Prentiss, Union38 min
Jun 26, 10:07 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGItawamba53 min
Jun 26, 10:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMarshall45 min
Jun 26, 10:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGBenton58 min
Jun 26, 10:38 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGUnion37 min
Jun 26, 11:01 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGItawamba, Monroe29 min
Jun 26, 11:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMarshall68 min
Jun 26, 11:43 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGChickasaw, Lafayette, Pontotoc32 min
Jun 27, 12:04 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGMonroe41 min
Jun 27, 12:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGChickasaw, Pontotoc41 min
Jun 27, 12:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLafayette41 min
Jun 27, 1:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGChickasaw, Clay, Lowndes, Monroe58 min
Jun 27, 1:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLafayette, Pontotoc58 min
Jun 27, 1:45 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGLowndes30 min
Jun 27, 2:14 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGClay31 min
Jun 27, 2:34 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGOktibbeha26 min
Jun 27, 4:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGOktibbeha65 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.