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Tornado Warning 43, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Jun 27, 1994, 12:04 AM CDT for Monroe County, Mississippi. It was in force for 41 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 27, 1994, 12:04 AM CDT (05:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 1994, 12:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Monroe County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Centreville/Bibb, AL (KCKL), launched 00:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 2789 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 966 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 171 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 361 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 4.3
- Supercell composite
- 19.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTUP 270504 TORTUP MSC095-270545- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS 1204 AM CDT MON JUN 27 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUPELO HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI ...MONROE COUNTY AT 1200 MIDNIGHT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN TUPELO INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADIC STORM IN NORTHWEST MONROE COUNTY NEAR AMORY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 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 TO 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 26, 6:13 PM CDT, 5 hours 51 minutes 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, 5 hours 51 minutes 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, 8:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Benton | 46 min |
| Jun 26, 8:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Tippah | 36 min |
| Jun 26, 8:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Alcorn | 41 min |
| Jun 26, 9:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Prentiss, Tippah | 42 min |
| Jun 26, 9:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Marshall | 51 min |
| Jun 26, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton | 47 min |
| Jun 26, 9:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lee, Prentiss, Union | 38 min |
| Jun 26, 10:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Itawamba | 53 min |
| Jun 26, 10:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Marshall | 45 min |
| Jun 26, 10:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lee | 34 min |
| Jun 26, 10:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton | 58 min |
| Jun 26, 10:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Union | 37 min |
| Jun 26, 11:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Monroe | 29 min |
| Jun 26, 11:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Marshall | 68 min |
| Jun 26, 11:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Chickasaw, Lafayette, Pontotoc | 32 min |
| Jun 27, 12:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chickasaw, Pontotoc | 41 min |
| Jun 27, 12:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lafayette | 41 min |
| Jun 27, 1:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chickasaw, Clay, Lowndes, Monroe | 58 min |
| Jun 27, 1:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lafayette, Pontotoc | 58 min |
| Jun 27, 1:45 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lowndes | 30 min |
| Jun 27, 2:14 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Clay | 31 min |
| Jun 27, 2:34 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Oktibbeha | 26 min |
| Jun 27, 4:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Oktibbeha | 65 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.