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Tornado Warning 46, NWS Memphis, TN

June 27, 1994Oktibbeha County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Jun 27, 1994, 2:34 AM CDT for Oktibbeha County, Mississippi. It was in force for 26 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 27, 1994, 2:34 AM CDT (07:34 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 1994, 3:00 AM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Oktibbeha County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 166 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, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 1994-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3721 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, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 1994-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 98 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
3721 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
991 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
98 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
178 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.3
Supercell composite
10.7

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The text

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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 27, 12:37 AM CDT, 1 hour 57 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 55 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, 58 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, 58 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.

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, 12:04 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, 4:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGOktibbeha65 min

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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.