Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 16, 1995, 1:02 AM CST for Chickasaw County, Mississippi. It was in force for 43 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 16, 1995, 1:02 AM CST (07:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 16, 1995, 1:45 AM CST
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Chickasaw County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 137 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 505 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 221 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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, Feb 15, 8:23 PM CST, 4 hours 39 minutes before
MSZ005-006-009-017-016-002-003-004-013-014-015-023-024-030-031- 130330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS 823 PM CST SUN FEB 12 1995 AT 807 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN TUPELO INDICATED A LINE OF RAINSHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM GREENEVILLE MISSISSIPPI TO DECATUR ALABAMA MOVING VERY LITTLE. HOWEVER...INDIVIDUAL STORMS WITHIN THE LINE WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORM WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS LOCATED IN CALHOUN COUNTY. THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAINS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. ANYONE LIVING IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BECOME WEATHER ALERT AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH. MORE STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT. NNNN
Special weather statement, Feb 15, 10:20 PM CST, 2 hours 42 minutes before
MSZ005-006-009-017-016-002-003-004-013-014-015-023-024-030-031- 033-160515- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS 1020 PM CST WED FEB 15 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR ITAWAMBA COUNTY... AT 1010 PM CST...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A BROKEN LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM JUST NORTH GRENEDA TO 20 MILES SOUTH OF FLORENCE ALABAMA MOVING VERY LITTLE. HOWEVER...INDIVIDUAL STORM WITHIN THE LINE WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WERE LOCATED IN SOUTHWEST PONTOTOC AND CENTRAL CALHOUN COUNTIES. THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAINS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MILES AN HOUR AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. NNNN
Special weather statement, Feb 15, 10:54 PM CST, 2 hours 8 minutes before
MSZ005-006-009-017-016-002-003-004-013-014-015-023-024-030-031- 033-160600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS 1054 PM CST WED FEB 15 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 67 IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CST FOR MUCH OF NORTH MISSISSIPPI... AT 1043 PM CST...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN TUPELO INDICATED A BROKEN LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM GRENEDA TO JUST SOUTH FLORENCE ALABAMA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED IN NORTHEAST AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST CALHOUN COUNTY MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAINS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. ANYONE LIVING IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BECOME WEATHER ALERT AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND/OR COMMERCIAL TELEVISION FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND/OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. NNNN
Special weather statement, Feb 15, 11:51 PM CST, 1 hour 11 minutes before
MSZ005-006-009-017-016-002-003-004-013-014-015-023-024-030-031- 033-160700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS 1151 PM CST WED FEB 15 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 67 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CST FOR MUCH NORTH MISSISSIPPI... AT 1138 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN TUPELO INDICATED NUMEROUS RAINSHOWERS AND VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED OVER MISSISSIPPI DELTA AND NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WERE OCCURRING NORTHERN CHICKASAW...WESTERN GRENADA...AND NORTHEASTERN LEFLORE COUNTIES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WIND...AND MINOR LOCALIZED FLOODING DUE TO HEAVY DOWN POURS. ANYONE LIVING IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BECOME WEATHER ALERT AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND/OR COMMERCIAL RADIO/TELEVISION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. NNNN
Special weather statement, Feb 16, 12:48 AM CST, 14 minutes before
MSZ005-006-009-017-016-002-003-004-013-014-015-023-024-030-031- 033-160745- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS 1248 AM CST THU FEB 16 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 67 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CST FOR MUCH OF NORTH MISSISSIPPI... AT 1234 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN TUPELO INDICATED TWO VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING OVER NORTHWEST AND SOUTHWEST CALHOUN COUNTY MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MILES AN HOUR...AND LOWLAND AND STREET FLOODING DUE TO VERY HEAVY RAINS. ANYONE LIVING IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BECOME WEATHER ALERT AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND/OR COMMERCIAL RADIO/TELEVISION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OF POSSIBLE WARNINGS. NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15, 9:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba | 31 min |
| Feb 16, 1:25 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Pontotoc | 35 min |
| Feb 16, 2:02 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lee | 28 min |
| Feb 16, 2:20 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba | 25 min |
| Feb 16, 3:03 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Lee | 3 hr |
| Feb 16, 5:16 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Oktibbeha | 44 min |
| Feb 16, 5:58 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lowndes | 17 min |
| Feb 16, 7:24 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chickasaw, Monroe | 36 min |
| Feb 16, 7:58 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Monroe | 32 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995
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.