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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 74, NWS Memphis, TN

May 9, 1995Itawamba County, Monroe County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 1995, 6:18 AM CDT for Itawamba County, Monroe County, Mississippi. It was in force for 27 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 9, 1995, 6:18 AM CDT (11:18 UTC)
Expired
May 9, 1995, 6:45 AM CDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Itawamba County, MS, Monroe County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 250 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, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 1995-05-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 37 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, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 1995-05-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 297 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
37 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-176 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1059 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
297 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
301 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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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.