Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 20, 1995, 10:24 AM CDT for Pontotoc County, Mississippi. It was in force for 51 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 20, 1995, 10:24 AM CDT (15:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 20, 1995, 11:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pontotoc County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 107 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
- 147 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -158 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 638 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 248 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 273 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMEM 201528 SVRMEM MSC115-201615- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1024 AM CDT THU APR 20 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 AM CDT FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI ...PONTOTOC COUNTY DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTH PONTOTOC COUNTY ... NEAR TROY AND PONTOTOC ... AT 1025 AM. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE HAIL AND VERY STRONG GUSTS OF WIND AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST AT 30 MPM. THE STORM TRACK WILL TAKE THE MAIN PART OF THE STORM NEAR TROY AND PONTOTOC BETWEEN 1030 AM AND 1100 AM. 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 DRIDVE 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
Special weather statement, Apr 20, 7:01 AM CDT, 3 hours 23 minutes before
ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001>017- 020>024-030-031-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>054-088>092-201300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 658 AM CDT THU APR 20 1995 ...PARTS OF WEST TENNESSEE CLEARED FROM TORNADO WATCH... THE FOLLOWING WEST TENNESSEE COUNTIES HAVE BEEN CLEARED FROM TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 227... LAKE...OBION...DYER...LAUDERDALE...TIPTON...SHELBY. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHERH HAS ENDED IN THESE COUNTIES. THE TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT FOR THE REMAINDER OF WEST TENNESSEE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE SEVERE WEATHER.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 3:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Quitman | 36 min |
| Apr 20, 10:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lee | 48 min |
| Apr 20, 5:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Clay | 36 min |
| Apr 20, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Monroe | 63 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 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.