Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 44, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Jun 27, 1994, 1:45 AM CDT for Lowndes County, Mississippi. It was in force for 30 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 27, 1994, 1:45 AM CDT (06:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 1994, 2:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lowndes County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Centreville/Bibb, AL (KCKL), launched 00:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 132 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 270645 TORTUP MSC087-270715- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS 145 AM CDT MON JUN 27 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUPELO HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 215 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ...LOWNDES COUNTY AT 135 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS INDICATING A POSSIBLE TORNADO JUST 5 MILES WEST OF COLUMBUS MISSISSIPPI. THIS STORM HAS ALREADY HAD REPORTS OF TOUCH-DOWNS WEST OF COLUMBUS MISSISSIPPI AND WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. ACT QUICKLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER RBELOW GROUND IF AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID WINDOWS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT. 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 27, 12:37 AM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
MSC009-033-093-TNC047-069-157-270645- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1237 AM CDT MON JUN 27 1994 AT 1225 AM A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER NORTH MISSISSIPPI FROM HERNANDO THROUGH ABBEVILLE TO ABERDEEN. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE NEAR SARDIS RESERVOIR AND ABERDEEN. ANOTHER STORM WITH HEAVY RAIN WAS NEAR THE TOWN OF SARDIS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS WERE DROPPING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL. THE STORMS WERE SLOWLY DIMINISHING IN STRENGTH DURING THE PAST HOUR..BUT ARE STILL STRONG.
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 12:39 AM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
MSC009-033-093-TNC047-069-157-270645- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1237 AM CDT MON JUN 27 1994 AT 1225 AM A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER NORTH MISSISSIPPI FROM HERNANDO THROUGH ABBEVILLE TO ABERDEEN. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE NEAR SARDIS RESERVOIR AND ABERDEEN. ANOTHER STORM WITH HEAVY RAIN WAS NEAR THE TOWN OF SARDIS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS WERE DROPPING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL. THE STORMS WERE SLOWLY DIMINISHING IN STRENGTH DURING THE PAST HOUR..BUT ARE STILL STRONG.
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 1:36 AM CDT, 9 minutes before
MSC033-093-107-137-TNC157-270745- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 136 AM CDT MON JUN 27 1994 AT 125 AM MEMPHIS RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTH MISSISSIPPI. THE STORMS STRETCHED FROM SENATOBIA THROUGH OXFORD TO ABERDEEN. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS LOCATED NEAR SENATOBIA AND BETWEEN CALHOUN CITY AND ABERDEEN. THESE STORMS CONTINUE TO DROP LARGE AMOUNTS OF RAIN AND ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLOODING AS WELL AS POSSIBLE TORNADOES.
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 1:36 AM CDT, 9 minutes before
MSC033-093-107-137-TNC157-270745- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 136 AM CDT MON JUN 27 1994 AT 125 AM MEMPHIS RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTH MISSISSIPPI. THE STORMS STRETCHED FROM SENATOBIA THROUGH OXFORD TO ABERDEEN. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS LOCATED NEAR SENATOBIA AND BETWEEN CALHOUN CITY AND ABERDEEN. THESE STORMS CONTINUE TO DROP LARGE AMOUNTS OF RAIN AND ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLOODING AS WELL AS POSSIBLE TORNADOES.
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, 12:04 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Monroe | 41 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, 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.