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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS Memphis, TN

June 6, 1995Tipton County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 1995, 2:28 PM CDT for Tipton County, Tennessee. It was in force for 47 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 6, 1995, 2:28 PM CDT (19:28 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 1995, 3:15 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Tipton County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 76 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, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 1995-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 832 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, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 1995-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 168 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
832 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-115 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1185 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
168 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
175 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.4

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS1 KMEM 061928 RRA
SVRMEM
TNC167-062015-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
228 PM CDT TUE JUN 6 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  315 PM CDT
FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN WEST TENNESSEE
 
   ...TIPTON COUNTY
 
AT 227 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES WEST
OF MUNFORD. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL
MOVE OVER MUNFORD BY 250 PM...AND MOVE INTO COVINGTON BY 315 PM.
 
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 6, 1:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGFayette, Haywood41 min
Jun 6, 1:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGShelby45 min
Jun 6, 1:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGTipton29 min
Jun 6, 2:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCrockett, Haywood47 min
Jun 6, 2:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGGibson28 min
Jun 6, 2:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGObion, Weakley45 min
Jun 6, 2:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGGibson50 min
Jun 6, 2:49 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGGibson41 min
Jun 6, 3:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMadison27 min
Jun 6, 3:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGBenton, Carroll43 min
Jun 6, 4:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGChester, Henderson51 min
Jun 6, 4:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGDecatur51 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.