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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 182, NWS Memphis, TN

June 7, 1995Pemiscot County, Missouri

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 1995, 6:03 PM CDT for Pemiscot County, Missouri. It was in force for 42 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 7, 1995, 6:03 PM CDT (23:03 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 1995, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Pemiscot County, MO

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 154 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 1995-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1513 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 1995-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 110 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
1513 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-264 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
877 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
110 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
116 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMEM 072304 RRA
SVRMEM
MOC155-TNC095-131-072345-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
603 PM CDT WED JUN 7 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  645 PM CDT
FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S...
 
IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
 
   ...PEMISCOT COUNTY
 
 
IN WEST TENNESSEE
 
   ...LAKE COUNTY...OBION COUNTY
 
AT 602 PM...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM
NEAR PORTAGEVILLE MISSOURI TO NEAR FULTON KENTUCKY. THESE STORMS WILL BE
MOVING INTO THE WARNED AREA BY 615 PM. WINDS OF 60 MPH HAVE BEEN
REPORTED WITH THIS STORM NEAR FULTON KENTUCKY. LARGE HAIL IS ALSO
POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. THE STORMS ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES
AN HOUR.
 
 
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.
 
 
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 6:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGDunklin, Pemiscot57 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.