Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 239, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 1995, 8:01 PM CDT for Mississippi County, Arkansas. It was in force for 44 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 9, 1995, 8:01 PM CDT (01:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 1995, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Mississippi County, AR
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 104 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 3529 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1471 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 2.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMEM 100100 RRA SVRMEM ARC093-100145- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 801 PM CDT SUN JUL 9 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST ARKANSAS ...MISSISSIPPI COUNTY AT 758 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES WEST OF BLYTHEVILLE. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH AND WILL PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND AS IT MOVES TOWARD VICTORIA...OSCEOLA AND WILSON. 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.
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, Jul 9, 7:43 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
743 PM CDT SUN JUL 9 1995
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
330 PM TIPLERSVILLE MS WIND DAMAGE
7/9/95 TIPPAH POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN.
455 PM CEDAR HILL MS WIND DAMAGE
7/9/95 LEE TREE BLOWN DOWN NEAR CEDAR
HILL. REPORT FROM LEE COUNTY
CD.
517 PM PLANTERSVILLE MS 1.75 INCH HAIL
7/9/95 LEE GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED
BY LEE COUNTY CD.
524 PM 5 SW HERNANDO MS 0.75 INCH HAIL
7/9/95 DESOTO DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY
DESOTO COUNTY SHERIFF'S
OFFICE.
555 PM HAMILTON MS WIND DAMAGE
7/9/95 MONROE POWER LINE BLOWN DOWN NEAR
HAMILTON. REPORT FROM
MONROE COUNTY ELECTRIC.
630 PM HICKORY VALLEY TN 0.88 INCH HAIL
7/9/95 HARDEMAN DIME TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL
REPORTED NEAR HICKORY
VALLEY. REPORT FROM AMATEUR
RADIO SPOTTERS.
640 PM N OF COLUMBUS MS 1.00 INCH HAIL
7/9/95 LOWNDES QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED
JUST NORTH OF COLUMBUS.
REPORT FROM LOWNDES COUNTY
SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
700 PM COLUMBUS MS WIND DAMAGE
7/9/95 LOWNDES NUMEROUS REPORTS OF TREES
AND POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN.
SOME TREES UP TO TWO FEET
IN DIAMETER. WINDS ESTIMATED
AT 60 TO 65 MPH.
710 PM 5 E COLUMBUS MS 1.00 INCH HAIL
7/9/95 LOWNDES QUARTER SIZE HAIL 5 MILES
EAST OF COLUMBUS. REPORTED
BY TV METEOROLOGIST.
RDSLocal storm report, Jul 9, 8:01 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
743 PM CDT SUN JUL 9 1995
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
330 PM TIPLERSVILLE MS WIND DAMAGE
7/9/95 TIPPAH POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN.
455 PM CEDAR HILL MS WIND DAMAGE
7/9/95 LEE TREE BLOWN DOWN NEAR CEDAR
HILL. REPORT FROM LEE COUNTY
CD.
517 PM PLANTERSVILLE MS 1.75 INCH HAIL
7/9/95 LEE GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED
BY LEE COUNTY CD.
524 PM 5 SW HERNANDO MS 0.75 INCH HAIL
7/9/95 DESOTO DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY
DESOTO COUNTY SHERIFF'S
OFFICE.
555 PM HAMILTON MS WIND DAMAGE
7/9/95 MONROE POWER LINE BLOWN DOWN NEAR
HAMILTON. REPORT FROM
MONROE COUNTY ELECTRIC.
630 PM HICKORY VALLEY TN 0.88 INCH HAIL
7/9/95 HARDEMAN DIME TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL
REPORTED NEAR HICKORY
VALLEY. REPORT FROM AMATEUR
RADIO SPOTTERS.
640 PM N OF COLUMBUS MS 1.00 INCH HAIL
7/9/95 LOWNDES QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED
JUST NORTH OF COLUMBUS.
REPORT FROM LOWNDES COUNTY
SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
700 PM COLUMBUS MS WIND DAMAGE
7/9/95 LOWNDES NUMEROUS REPORTS OF TREES
AND POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN.
SOME TREES UP TO TWO FEET
IN DIAMETER. WINDS ESTIMATED
AT 60 TO 65 MPH.
710 PM 5 E COLUMBUS MS 1.00 INCH HAIL
7/9/95 LOWNDES QUARTER SIZE HAIL 5 MILES
EAST OF COLUMBUS. REPORTED
BY TV METEOROLOGIST.
RDSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Phillips | 44 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.