Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Apr 26, 1994, 5:39 PM CDT for DeSoto County, Mississippi; Shelby County, Tennessee. It was in force for 36 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 26, 1994, 5:39 PM CDT (22:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 26, 1994, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties DeSoto County, MS, Shelby County, TN
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 22 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
- 1489 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -78 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 806 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 181 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 204 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMEM 262238 TORMEM MSC033-TNC157-262315- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 539 PM CDT TUE APR 26 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S... IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI ...NORTHERN DESOTO COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE ...SOUTHERN SHELBY COUNTY AT 535 PM..DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO JUST SOUTH OF SOUTHAVEN..MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE STORM WILL MOVE BETWEEN CAPLEVILLE AND OLIVE BRANCH..AND WILL AFFECT THE GERMANTOWN-COLLIERVILLE AREA. 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, Apr 26, 3:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
TNZ049-088-089-MSZ001-002-003-007-008-262130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 329 PM CDT TUE APR 26 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN DESOTO AND TUNICA COUNTIES EXPIRED AT 330 PM... AT 325 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ARKABUTLA RESERVOIR IN TATE COUNTY. THIS STORM WILL MOVE NEAR HERNANDO BEFORE 4 PM. THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED MARBLE SIZE HAIL NEAR PRICHARD MISSISSIPPI AROUND 255 PM...WHILE MARBLE SIZE HAIL FELL NEAR EUDORA IN DESOTO COUNTY AROUND 315 PM. PERSONS IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO ERUPT IN THE AFTERNOON HEAT. THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON MAY PRODUCE HAIL...STRONG WINDS AND TORRENTIAL RAINS. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. &
Special weather statement, Apr 26, 3:32 PM CDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before
TNZ049-088-089-MSZ001-002-003-007-008-262130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 329 PM CDT TUE APR 26 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN DESOTO AND TUNICA COUNTIES EXPIRED AT 330 PM... AT 325 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ARKABUTLA RESERVOIR IN TATE COUNTY. THIS STORM WILL MOVE NEAR HERNANDO BEFORE 4 PM. THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED MARBLE SIZE HAIL NEAR PRICHARD MISSISSIPPI AROUND 255 PM...WHILE MARBLE SIZE HAIL FELL NEAR EUDORA IN DESOTO COUNTY AROUND 315 PM. PERSONS IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO ERUPT IN THE AFTERNOON HEAT. THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON MAY PRODUCE HAIL...STRONG WINDS AND TORRENTIAL RAINS. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. &
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 3:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto | 40 min |
| Apr 26, 3:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | DeSoto | 25 min |
| Apr 26, 4:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Marshall | 41 min |
| Apr 26, 6:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | DeSoto | 43 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.