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Tornado Warning 43, NWS Memphis, TN

June 27, 1994Monroe County, Mississippi

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Centreville/Bibb, AL at 00:00Z on 1994-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2789 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, Centreville/Bibb, AL at 00:00Z on 1994-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 171 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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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.
 
 
 
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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.

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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.

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, 10:26 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGLee34 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, 12:19 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.