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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Memphis, TN

January 27, 1995Itawamba County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 27, 1995, 11:01 PM CST for Itawamba County, Mississippi. It was in force for 14 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 27, 1995, 11:01 PM CST (05:01 UTC)
Expired: Jan 27, 1995, 11:15 PM CST
In force: 14 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Whole counties

County Itawamba County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 5.0 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1322 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 70 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

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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, Jan 27, 8:49 PM CST, 2 hours 12 minutes before

MSZ005-006-009-017-016-002-003-004-013-014-015-023-024-030-031-
033-280345-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS
849 PM CST FRI JAN 27 1995

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 48 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF
NORTH MISSISSIPPI UNTIL MIDNIGHT THIS FRIDAY EVENING...

AT 845 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF VERY
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF MONROE COUNTY TO THE
NORTHEAST CORNER OF OKTIBBEHA COUNTY.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR.

PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MAY EXPERIENCE SMALL
HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER SOUTH
TENNESSEE...NORTH ALABAMA AND NORTH AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI.

PERSONS IN NORTH MISSISSIPPI SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND LISTEN FOR LATER
WEATHER UPDATES.

NNNN

Special weather statement, Jan 27, 9:15 PM CST, 1 hour 46 minutes before

ARZ009-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MSZ001>003-007-008-010>012-
TNZ001>004-019>022-048>055-088>092-280420-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
915 PM CST FRI JAN 27 1995

...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING AGAIN IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR ALL OF
NORTH MISSISSIPPI.

AT 910 PM..DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS
NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI. THE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR ARKABUTLA
THROUGH INDEPENDENCE TO NEAR POTTS CAMP. THE STORMS WERE MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.

THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL..STRONG WINDS AND TORRENTIAL RAINS
AS THEY MOVE THROUGH NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AND INTO SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE
LATER THIS EVENING.

ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS ARE SUCH THAT ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT MAY OCCUR LATER TONIGHT..AND IT IS EVEN POSSIBLE THAT
ADDITIONAL WATCHES MAY BE ISSUED LATER TONIGHT.

PERSONS IN EAST ARKANSAS..NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AND WEST TENNESSEE
SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO WEATHER CONDITIONS AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA
WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS..WATCHES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

Special weather statement, Jan 27, 9:18 PM CST, 1 hour 43 minutes before

ARZ009-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MSZ001>003-007-008-010>012-
TNZ001>004-019>022-048>055-088>092-280420-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
915 PM CST FRI JAN 27 1995

...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING AGAIN IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR ALL OF
NORTH MISSISSIPPI.

AT 910 PM..DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS
NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI. THE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR ARKABUTLA
THROUGH INDEPENDENCE TO NEAR POTTS CAMP. THE STORMS WERE MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.

THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL..STRONG WINDS AND TORRENTIAL RAINS
AS THEY MOVE THROUGH NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AND INTO SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE
LATER THIS EVENING.

ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS ARE SUCH THAT ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT MAY OCCUR LATER TONIGHT..AND IT IS EVEN POSSIBLE THAT
ADDITIONAL WATCHES MAY BE ISSUED LATER TONIGHT.

PERSONS IN EAST ARKANSAS..NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AND WEST TENNESSEE
SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO WEATHER CONDITIONS AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA
WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS..WATCHES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

Special weather statement, Jan 27, 10:24 PM CST, 37 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 27, 6:49 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chickasaw	26 min
Jan 27, 7:17 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Clay	28 min
Jan 27, 7:33 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chickasaw	27 min
Jan 27, 9:50 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chickasaw	25 min
Jan 28, 3:08 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Carroll	37 min
Jan 28, 3:29 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Benton	46 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 1995 Every 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.