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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 72, NWS Memphis, TN

April 30, 1995Lee County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 30, 1995, 11:34 PM CDT for Lee County, Mississippi. It was in force for 26 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 30, 1995, 11:34 PM CDT (04:34 UTC)
Expired
May 1, 1995, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Lee County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 131 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 00:00Z on 1995-05-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1995-05-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 74 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
678 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
74 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
360 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
7.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KMEM 010435
SVRMEM
MSC081-010500-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1134 PM CDT SUN APR 30 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...SOUTHERN LEE COUNTY
 
AT 1130 PM LEE COUNTY CIVIL DEFENSE REPORTED GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL IN
SHANNON. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING.  PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
P REFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
 
 
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 30, 8:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGPanola35 min
Apr 30, 8:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGPanola35 min
Apr 30, 8:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLafayette37 min
Apr 30, 9:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGPontotoc34 min
Apr 30, 9:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGChickasaw48 min
Apr 30, 10:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGPontotoc48 min
Apr 30, 10:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLee46 min
Apr 30, 10:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMonroe46 min
Apr 30, 11:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGItawamba, Monroe32 min

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.