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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Memphis, TN

April 20, 1995Pontotoc County, Mississippi

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 1995-04-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 147 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, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 1995-04-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 248 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 20, 3:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGQuitman36 min
Apr 20, 10:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLee48 min
Apr 20, 5:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGClay36 min
Apr 20, 5:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMonroe63 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.