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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 272, NWS Memphis, TN

July 28, 1995Yalobusha County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 28, 1995, 4:36 PM CDT for Yalobusha County, Mississippi. It was in force for 54 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 28, 1995, 4:36 PM CDT (21:36 UTC)
Expired
Jul 28, 1995, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Yalobusha County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 193 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 1995-07-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1948 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 1995-07-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 33 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
1948 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-94 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1202 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
111 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.2

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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 28, 12:52 PM CDT, 3 hours 44 minutes before
TNZ004-022>026-282055-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1252 PM CDT FRI JUL 28 1995

THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ARE REMOVED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
NUMBER 874

...HENRY..BENTON..HOUSTON..HUMPHREYS..DICKSON..AND CHEATHAM...

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO AFFECT THESE
COUNTIES..BUT THEY ARE NOT EXPECTED TO REACH SEVERE THRESHOLDS.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 874 DOES CONTINUE IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA
GENERALLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM PARIS..TO 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF
JACKSON..WAVERLY..AND ASHLAND CITY WHICH IS WEST OF NASHVILLE.
Special weather statement, Jul 28, 12:55 PM CDT, 3 hours 41 minutes before
TNZ004-022>026-282055-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1252 PM CDT FRI JUL 28 1995

THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ARE REMOVED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
NUMBER 874

...HENRY..BENTON..HOUSTON..HUMPHREYS..DICKSON..AND CHEATHAM...

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO AFFECT THESE
COUNTIES..BUT THEY ARE NOT EXPECTED TO REACH SEVERE THRESHOLDS.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 874 DOES CONTINUE IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA
GENERALLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM PARIS..TO 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF
JACKSON..WAVERLY..AND ASHLAND CITY WHICH IS WEST OF NASHVILLE.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 28, 3:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGUnion49 min
Jul 28, 10:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCrockett, Gibson47 min
Jul 28, 12:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGGibson46 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.