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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Memphis, TN

January 28, 1995Benton County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 28, 1995, 3:29 PM CST for Benton County, Tennessee. It was in force for 46 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 28, 1995, 3:29 PM CST (21:29 UTC)
Expired
Jan 28, 1995, 4:15 PM CST
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Benton County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 125 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, Paducah/Barkley, KY at 12:00Z on 1995-01-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 28 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, Paducah/Barkley, KY at 12:00Z on 1995-01-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 59 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
28 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-64 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
502 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
109 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMEM 282132 RRA
SVRMEM
TNC005-282215-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
329 PM CST SAT JAN 28 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  415 PM CST
FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN WEST TENNESSEE
 
   ...BENTON COUNTY
 
AT 325 PM CST DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ENTERING
BENTON COUNTY ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CAMDEN AND IS MOVING TOWARD
THE EAST ABOUT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL PASS SOUTH OF CAMDEN BY 4 PM
AND AT THAT POINT WILL CROSS THE TENNESSEE RIVER INTO MIDDLE TENNESSEE.
 
THIS STORM HAS HAD A HISTORY OF HAIL WHILE IT WAS MOVING THROUGH CARROLL
COUNTY.
 
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

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

Local storm report, Jan 28, 9:30 AM CST, 5 hours 59 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS
930 AM CST SAT JAN 28 1995

...DELAYED STORM REPORT FOR FRIDAY JANUARY 27 1995...

 TIME                             EVENT

725 PM CST        CLAY COUNTY E.O.C. REPORTED WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH
                  AT MONTPELIER, MS.  (NORTHWEST CLAY COUNTY)

900 PM CST        MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIV. CLIMAT LAB REPORTED
                  MARBLE SIZE HAIL NORTHWEST OF CHESTER, MS.
                  (CENTRAL CHOCTAW COUNTY)

1000 PM CST       CHICKASAW COUNTY S.O. REPORTED PEA SIZE HAIL AT
                  HOUSTON, MS.  (CHICKASAW COUNTY)

1048 PM CST       LEE COUNTY C.D. REPORTED 1/2 INCH HAIL IN SHANNON
                  AND NETTLETON, MS.  (SOUTHERN LEE COUNTY)

1110 PM CST       ITAWAMBA S.O. REPORTED PEA SIZE HAIL 4 MILES
                  SOUTH OF TREMONT, MS.  (EASTERN ITAWAMBA COUNTY)
Local storm report, Jan 28, 9:36 AM CST, 5 hours 53 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS
930 AM CST SAT JAN 28 1995

...DELAYED STORM REPORT FOR FRIDAY JANUARY 27 1995...

 TIME                             EVENT

725 PM CST        CLAY COUNTY E.O.C. REPORTED WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH
                  AT MONTPELIER, MS.  (NORTHWEST CLAY COUNTY)

900 PM CST        MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIV. CLIMAT LAB REPORTED
                  MARBLE SIZE HAIL NORTHWEST OF CHESTER, MS.
                  (CENTRAL CHOCTAW COUNTY)

1000 PM CST       CHICKASAW COUNTY S.O. REPORTED PEA SIZE HAIL AT
                  HOUSTON, MS.  (CHICKASAW COUNTY)

1048 PM CST       LEE COUNTY C.D. REPORTED 1/2 INCH HAIL IN SHANNON
                  AND NETTLETON, MS.  (SOUTHERN LEE COUNTY)

1110 PM CST       ITAWAMBA S.O. REPORTED PEA SIZE HAIL 4 MILES
                  SOUTH OF TREMONT, MS.  (EASTERN ITAWAMBA COUNTY)

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 28, 3:08 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCarroll37 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee, 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.