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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 177, NWS Memphis, TN

June 6, 1995Decatur County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 1995, 4:09 PM CDT for Decatur County, Tennessee. It was in force for 51 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 6, 1995, 4:09 PM CDT (21:09 UTC)
Expired: Jun 6, 1995, 5:00 PM CDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Whole counties

County Decatur County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 148 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1269 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 729 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -34 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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

Local storm report, Jun 6, 3:06 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
306 PM CDT TUE JUN 6 1995

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

127 PM     MEMPHIS                   TN   0.75 inch hail
6/6/95     SHELBY

124 PM     MASON                     TN   0.75 inch hail
6/6/95     TIPTON

130 PM     EXIT 42 ON I-40           TN   0.75 inch hail
6/6/95     FAYETTE

132 PM     SARDIS POST OFFICE        MS   0.75 inch hail
6/6/95     PANOLA                         DIME TO NICKEL SIZE

137 PM     RALIEGH-LAGRANGE ROAD     TN   0.75 inch hail
6/6/95     SHELBY

140 PM     ALONG I-40                TN   60 MPH TSTM GUST
6/6/95     FAYETTE                        DIME SIZE HAIL ALSO

149 PM     BARTLETT                  TN   0.75 inch hail
6/6/95     SHELBY

212 PM     NORTHHAVEN                TN   1.00 inch hail
6/6/95     SHELBY

213 PM     BRADEN & GALLOWAY         TN   60-70 MPH TSTM GUST
6/6/95     FAYETTE

223 PM     NUTBUSH                   TN   0.75 inch hail
6/6/95     HAYWOOD

1138 AM    HELENA                    AR   1.00 inch hail
6/6/95     PHILLIPS

1146 AM    HELENA                    AR   1.75 inch hail
6/6/95     PHILLIPS

1240 PM    LEPANTO                   AR   1.00 inch hail
6/6/95     POINSETT

1245 PM    CARUTHERSVILLE            MO   0.75 inch hail
6/6/95     PEMISCOT

1210 PM    3 WEST OF DUNDEE          MS   1.00 inch hail
6/6/95     TUNICA

117 PM     BLYTHEVILLE               AR   1.00 inch hail
6/6/95     MISSISSIPPI

242 PM     GIBSON WELLS              TN   1.75 inch hail
6/6/95     GIBSON

303 PM     HUGHES                    AR   .88
6/6/95     ST. FRANCIS

245 PM     BRICKEYS                  AR   0.75 inch hail
6/6/95     LEE

Local storm report, Jun 6, 3:21 PM CDT, 48 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
306 PM CDT TUE JUN 6 1995

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

127 PM     MEMPHIS                   TN   0.75 inch hail
6/6/95     SHELBY

124 PM     MASON                     TN   0.75 inch hail
6/6/95     TIPTON

130 PM     EXIT 42 ON I-40           TN   0.75 inch hail
6/6/95     FAYETTE

132 PM     SARDIS POST OFFICE        MS   0.75 inch hail
6/6/95     PANOLA                         DIME TO NICKEL SIZE

137 PM     RALIEGH-LAGRANGE ROAD     TN   0.75 inch hail
6/6/95     SHELBY

140 PM     ALONG I-40                TN   60 MPH TSTM GUST
6/6/95     FAYETTE                        DIME SIZE HAIL ALSO

149 PM     BARTLETT                  TN   0.75 inch hail
6/6/95     SHELBY

212 PM     NORTHHAVEN                TN   1.00 inch hail
6/6/95     SHELBY

213 PM     BRADEN & GALLOWAY         TN   60-70 MPH TSTM GUST
6/6/95     FAYETTE

223 PM     NUTBUSH                   TN   0.75 inch hail
6/6/95     HAYWOOD

1138 AM    HELENA                    AR   1.00 inch hail
6/6/95     PHILLIPS

1146 AM    HELENA                    AR   1.75 inch hail
6/6/95     PHILLIPS

1240 PM    LEPANTO                   AR   1.00 inch hail
6/6/95     POINSETT

1245 PM    CARUTHERSVILLE            MO   0.75 inch hail
6/6/95     PEMISCOT

1210 PM    3 WEST OF DUNDEE          MS   1.00 inch haiHl
6/6/95     TUNICA

117 PM     BLYTHEVILLE               AR   1.00 inch hail
6/6/95     MISSISSIPPI

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 6, 11:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Tunica	47 min
Jun 6, 12:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Panola, Quitman	49 min
Jun 6, 1:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	DeSoto	34 min
Jun 6, 1:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Panola	49 min
Jun 6, 2:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Clay	33 min
Jun 6, 3:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Tunica	43 min
Jun 6, 3:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Itawamba, Prentiss, Tishomingo	43 min
Jun 6, 4:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Monroe	32 min
Jun 6, 1:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Fayette, Haywood	41 min
Jun 6, 1:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Shelby	45 min
Jun 6, 1:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Tipton	29 min
Jun 6, 2:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Crockett, Haywood	47 min
Jun 6, 2:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Gibson	28 min
Jun 6, 2:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Tipton	47 min
Jun 6, 2:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Obion, Weakley	45 min
Jun 6, 2:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Gibson	50 min
Jun 6, 2:49 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Gibson	41 min
Jun 6, 3:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Madison	27 min
Jun 6, 3:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Benton, Carroll	43 min
Jun 6, 4:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chester, Henderson	51 min
Jun 6, 12:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Mississippi, Poinsett	54 min
Jun 6, 1:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Crittenden	44 min
Jun 6, 1:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	St. Francis	29 min
Jun 6, 1:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Mississippi	32 min
Jun 6, 2:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Crittenden, Lee, St. Francis	41 min
Jun 6, 3:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Poinsett	46 min
Jun 6, 4:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Crittenden, Cross, St. Francis	47 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.