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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 232, NWS Memphis, TN

July 9, 1995Lee County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 1995, 4:34 PM CDT for Lee County, Mississippi. It was in force for 26 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 9, 1995, 4:34 PM CDT (21:34 UTC)
Expired
Jul 9, 1995, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Lee County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 131 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 1995-07-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1705 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 1995-07-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 79 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
1705 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-236 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1546 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
75 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMEM 092135 RRA
SVRMEM
MSC081-092200-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
434 PM CDT SUN JUL 9 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  500 PM CDT
FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...LEE COUNTY
 
AT 432 PM...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER EASTERN
UNION COUNTY NEAR GRAHAM. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN
HOUR AND WILL BRING DAMAGING WINDS TO NORTHERN LEE COUNTY BETWEEN 435
AND 515 PM.
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RJAIN.
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
Jul 9, 12:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGDeSoto39 min
Jul 9, 1:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMarshall40 min
Jul 9, 3:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGTippah37 min
Jul 9, 5:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGDeSoto, Marshall52 min
Jul 9, 5:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLee47 min
Jul 9, 5:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMonroe44 min
Jul 9, 6:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLowndes39 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.