Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 47, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Jun 29, 1994, 7:51 AM CDT for Quitman County, Mississippi. It was in force for 31 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 29, 1994, 7:51 AM CDT (12:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 1994, 8:22 AM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Quitman County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 71 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
- 4907 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 611 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 1.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMEM 291251 TORMEM MSC119-291330- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 751 AM CDT WED JUN 29 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 AM CDT FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI ...SOUTHEASTERN QUITMAN COUNTY AT 750 AM CDT DOPPER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO BETWEEN MARKS AND CROWDER IN SOUTHERN QUITMAN COUNTY MISSISSIPPI. MOVMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.
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 29, 6:43 AM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
TNZ088-089-090-091-092-MSZ001-002-003-007-008-010-011-012-ARZ048- 049-058-291245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 644 AM CDT WED JUN 29 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS EAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... AT 635 AM..DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR IN MEMPHIS CONTINUED TO SHOW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EAST ARKANSAS AND INTO NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI. THE STRONGEST STORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR BYHALIA MISSISSIPPI THROUGH HERNANDO TO NEAR TUNICA..AND THEN INTO SOUTHERN LEE COUNTY ARKANSAS NEAR MARIANNA AND THEN WESTWARD TO NEAR CLARENDON. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAD DEVELOPED IN COAHOMA COUNTY MISSISSIPPI NEAR JONESTOWN. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. STRONG WINDS AND TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS. PERSONS IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI..EAST-CENTRAL ARKANSAS AND SOUTHERN WEST TENNESSEE SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE READY TO ACT QUICKLY SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER OCCUR OR IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR LATER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 6:44 AM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
TNZ088-089-090-091-092-MSZ001-002-003-007-008-010-011-012-ARZ048- 049-058-291245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 644 AM CDT WED JUN 29 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS EAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... AT 635 AM..DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR IN MEMPHIS CONTINUED TO SHOW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EAST ARKANSAS AND INTO NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI. THE STRONGEST STORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR BYHALIA MISSISSIPPI THROUGH HERNANDO TO NEAR TUNICA..AND THEN INTO SOUTHERN LEE COUNTY ARKANSAS NEAR MARIANNA AND THEN WESTWARD TO NEAR CLARENDON. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAD DEVELOPED IN COAHOMA COUNTY MISSISSIPPI NEAR JONESTOWN. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. STRONG WINDS AND TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS. PERSONS IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI..EAST-CENTRAL ARKANSAS AND SOUTHERN WEST TENNESSEE SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE READY TO ACT QUICKLY SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER OCCUR OR IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR LATER INFORMATION. WWUS08KMKC .af
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 7:00 AM CDT, 51 minutes before
TNZALL-291400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 700 AM CDT WED JUN 29 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 504 NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR TENNESSEE... THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE AFFECTING THE EXTREME SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF BOTH WEST AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE..HAVE MOVED SOUTH OF THE STATE. THEREFORE..TENNESSEE IS REMOVED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 504..BUT THE REMAINDER OF THE WATCH IS STILL IN EFFECT OVER NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI AND A LARGE PART OF NORTHERN ALABAMA UNTIL 11 A.M. CDT. BUT ANYONE AFFECTED BY THE VALID PORTIONS OF THE WATCH OR ANTICIPATING TRAVEL INTO THOSE AREAS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION..VIA NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL RADIO AND TELEVISION. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 7:06 AM CDT, 45 minutes before
TNZALL-291400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 700 AM CDT WED JUN 29 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 504 NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR TENNESSEE... THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE AFFECTING THE EXTREME SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF BOTH WEST AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE..HAVE MOVED SOUTH OF THE STATE. THEREFORE..TENNESSEE IS REMOVED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 504..BUT THE REMAINDER OF THE WATCH IS STILL IN EFFECT OVER NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI AND A LARGE PART OF NORTHERN ALABAMA UNTIL 11 A.M. CDT. BUT ANYONE AFFECTED BY THE VALID PORTIONS OF THE WATCH OR ANTICIPATING TRAVEL INTO THOSE AREAS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION..VIA NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL RADIO AND TELEVISION. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 7:10 AM CDT, 41 minutes before
MSZ005-006-009-017-016-002-003-004-013-014-015-023-024-030-031- 033-291315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS 710 AM CDT WED JUN 29 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 504 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTH MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 1100 AM CDT... AT 705 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN TUPELO INDICATED NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTH MISSISSIPPI...NORTH ALABAMA AND ADJACENT SOUTHERN TENNESSEE. THE STRONGEST OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN EXTREME NORTHEAST MARSHALL COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN NORTH MISSISSIPPI SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE READY TO ACT QUICKLY SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER OCCUR OR IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR LATER INFORMATION. NNNN
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 7:10 AM CDT, 41 minutes before
MSZ005-006-009-017-016-002-003-004-013-014-015-023-024-030-031- 033-291315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS 710 AM CDT WED JUN 29 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 504 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTH MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 1100 AM CDT... AT 705 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN TUPELO INDICATED NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTH MISSISSIPPI...NORTH ALABAMA AND ADJACENT SOUTHERN TENNESSEE. THE STRONGEST OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN EXTREME NORTHEAST MARSHALL COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN NORTH MISSISSIPPI SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE READY TO ACT QUICKLY SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER OCCUR OR IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR LATER INFORMATION. NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 7:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Pontotoc | 68 min |
| Jun 29, 7:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lafayette | 62 min |
| Jun 29, 7:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Quitman | 68 min |
| Jun 29, 7:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Pontotoc | 61 min |
| Jun 29, 8:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Alcorn | 58 min |
| Jun 29, 8:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tishomingo | 54 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.