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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 140, NWS Memphis, TN

May 28, 1995Calhoun County, Lafayette County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 1995, 7:41 PM CDT for Calhoun County, Lafayette County, Mississippi. It was in force for 49 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 28, 1995, 7:41 PM CDT (00:41 UTC)
Expired
May 28, 1995, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Calhoun County, MS, Lafayette County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 266 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, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 1995-05-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 19 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, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 1995-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 44 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
19 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-456 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1284 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
88 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 28, 10:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGObion28 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.