Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 20, 1995, 7:06 PM CDT for Lowndes County, Mississippi. It was in force for 54 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 20, 1995, 7:06 PM CDT (00:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 20, 1995, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lowndes County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 7:15 PM CDT | Tornado F2 | Crawford To, MS | The tornado first touched down near the town of Crawford in southwest Lowndes County and moved northeast and moved near the Alabama border. One house was completely destroyed. A second home had its living room destroyed. One home was pushed off its foundat |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 158 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
- 1059 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 943 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 175 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 177 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 4.9
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, 6:01 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
TNZ001>004-019>021-048>054-088>092-210000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 600 PM CDT THU APR 20 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR WEST TENNESSEE HAS BEEN CANCELLED... THUNDERSTORMS OVER WEST TENNESSEE HAVE DIMINISHED IN INTENSITY OVER THE PAST HOUR AND NO LONGER POSE A THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS OVER WEST TENNESSEE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. A COLD FRONT WHICH HAS TRIGGERED TODAYS STORMY WEATHER IS CURRENTLY OVER EASTERN ARKANSAS AND SHOULD CROSS INTO WEST TENNESSEE WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. A LINE OF BRIEF HEAVY RAIN WILL ACCOMPANY THIS FRONT AS IT MOVES EAST ACROSS WEST TENNESSEE.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 7:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lowndes | 18 min |
| Apr 20, 7:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lowndes | 34 min |
| Apr 20, 7:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Monroe | 40 min |
| Apr 20, 7:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Monroe | 52 min |
Nearby
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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.