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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 270, NWS Memphis, TN

July 28, 1995Gibson County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 28, 1995, 12:29 PM CDT for Gibson County, Tennessee. It was in force for 46 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 28, 1995, 12:29 PM CDT (17:29 UTC)
Expired
Jul 28, 1995, 1:15 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Gibson County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 210 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 1995-07-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 595 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 1995-07-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 119 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
595 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-135 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
911 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
119 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
180 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.9

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMEM 281731 RRA
SVRMEM
TNC053-281815-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1229 PM CDT FRI JUL 28 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  115 PM CDT
FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST TENNESSEE
 
   ...WESTERN GIBSON COUNTY
 
AT 1230 PM..DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST WEST OF
RUTHERFORD MOVING TO THE SOUTH AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM WILL PASS NEAR DYER
AND TRENTON BETWEEN 1245 AND 100 PM BRINGING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY TRAIN.
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 28, 10:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCrockett, Gibson47 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.