Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 293, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 27, 1995, 12:05 AM CDT for Weakley County, Tennessee. It was in force for 40 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 27, 1995, 12:05 AM CDT (05:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 27, 1995, 12:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Weakley County, TN
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 191 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1849 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 357 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 434 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMEM 270507 RRA SVRMEM TNC183-270545- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1205 AM CDT FRI OCT 27 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 AM CDT FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST TENNESSEE ...SOUTHERN WEAKLEY COUNTY AT 1205 AM ... DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL MOVING NORTHEAST INTO SOUTHERN WEAKELY COUNTY. LOCATED JUST EAST OF GREENFIELD AT 1205 AM ... AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH ... THE STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE GLEASON AREA BY 1225 AM. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER VSEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
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, Oct 26, 8:20 PM CDT, 3 hours 45 minutes before
TNZ001>003-019-020-048>052-088>090-270715- TENNESSEE SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 820 PM CDT THU OCT 26 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE OVER WEST TENNESSEE LATE TONIGHT... THERE IS A CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF WEST TENNESSEE LATE TONIGHT AND INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. THE GREATEST THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE OVER EXTREME WESTERN TENNESSEE...INCLUDING MEMPHIS...RIPLEY...DYERSBURG...UNION CITY AND BROWNSVILLE. A VERY UNSTABLE AIR MASS COVERS THE AREA THIS EVENING IN ADVANCE OF A STRONG STORM SYSTEM MOVING OUT OF THE PLAINS STATES. AS THE FRONT APPROACHES LATER TONIGHT...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE AREA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER PARTS OF MISSOURI AND ARKANSAS THIS EVENING...AND THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST TOWARD WEST TENNESSEE. GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF UNSTABLE AIR PRESENT OVER THE AREA...AND STRONG WINDS AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT OVER THE REGION...SOME OF THE STORMS WILL LIKELY BE SEVERE. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE WITH TONIGHT'S STORMS. IN ADDITION...THERE IS A THREAT OF TORNADOES. AT ITS PRESENT MOVEMENT THE MAIN AREA OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL APPROACH THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AROUND MIDNIGHT. HOWEVER...THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP RAPIDLY IN ADVANCE OF THE MAIN AREA AND AFFECT WEST TENNESSEE. PERSONS IN WEST TENNESSEE SHOULD REVIEW TORNADO AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM SAFETY RULES AND BE READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN. THERE MAY NOT BE TIME FOR A WARNING TO BE ISSUED...SO PLAN NOW WHAT YOU WILL DO AND WHERE YOU WILL GO IF SEVERE WEATHER STRIKES. MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO AND TELEVISION FOR MORE INFORMATION ON TONIGHT'S DANGEROUS WEATHER. RDS
Special weather statement, Oct 26, 8:35 PM CDT, 3 hours 30 minutes before
TNZ001>003-019-020-048>052-088>090-270715- TENNESSEE SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 820 PM CDT THU OCT 26 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE OVER WEST TENNESSEE LATE TONIGHT... THERE IS A CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF WEST TENNESSEE LATE TONIGHT AND INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. THE GREATEST THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE OVER EXTREME WESTERN TENNESSEE...INCLUDING MEMPHIS...RIPLEY...DYERSBURG...UNION CITY AND BROWNSVILLE. A VERY UNSTABLE AIR MASS COVERS THE AREA THIS EVENING IN ADVANCE OF A STRONG STORM SYSTEM MOVING OUT OF THE PLAINS STATES. AS THE FRONT APPROACHES LATER TONIGHT...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE AREA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER PARTS OF MISSOURI AND ARKANSAS THIS EVENING...AND THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST TOWARD WEST TENNESSEE. GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF UNSTABLE AIR PRESENT OVER THE AREA...AND STRONG WINDS AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT OVER THE REGION...SOME OF THE STORMS WILL LIKELY BE SEVERE. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE WITH TONIGHT'S STORMS. IN ADDITION...THERE IS A THREAT OF TORNADOES. AT ITS PRESENT MOVEMENT THE MAIN AREA OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL APPROACH THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AROUND MIDNIGHT. HOWEVER...THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP RAPIDLY IN ADVANCE OF THE MAIN AREA AND AFFECT WEST TENNESSEE. PERSONS IN WEST TENNESSEE SHOULD REVIEW TORNADO AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM SAFETY RULES AND BE READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN. THERE MAY NOT BE TIME FOR A WARNING TO BE ISSUED...SO PLAN NOW WHAT YOU WILL DO AND WHERE YOU WILL GO IF SEVERE WEATHER STRIKES. MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO.>..COMMERCIAL RADIO AND TELEVISION FOR MORE INFORMATION ON TONIGHT'S DANGEROUS WEATHER. RDS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 26, 10:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 46 min |
| Oct 26, 11:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tipton | 44 min |
| Oct 26, 11:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 51 min |
| Oct 26, 11:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Gibson | 50 min |
| Oct 26, 11:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette | 47 min |
| Oct 27, 12:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Henry | 43 min |
| Oct 27, 1:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardeman | 42 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee, 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.