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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 210, NWS Memphis, TN

July 4, 1995Pontotoc County, Union County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 1995, 4:04 PM CDT for Pontotoc County, Union County, Mississippi. It was in force for 26 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 4, 1995, 4:04 PM CDT (21:04 UTC)
Expired
Jul 4, 1995, 4:30 PM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Pontotoc County, MS, Union County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 245 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 12:00Z on 1995-07-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1785 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 12:00Z on 1995-07-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 70 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1785 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
522 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
116 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
2.1

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The text

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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, Jul 4, 10:47 AM CDT, 5 hours 17 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 4, 4:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGFayette, Shelby, Tipton26 min
Jul 4, 5:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMcNairy25 min
Jul 4, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHenry, Weakley31 min
Jul 4, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGObion31 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.