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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Memphis, TN

May 14, 1995Dyer County, Gibson County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 1995, 7:02 PM CDT for Dyer County, Gibson County, Tennessee. It was in force for 43 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 14, 1995, 7:02 PM CDT (00:02 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 1995, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Dyer County, TN, Gibson County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 151 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 1995-05-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3293 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, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 1995-05-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 10 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
3293 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-71 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1194 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
108 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
2.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMEM 150005
SVRMEM
TNC045-053-150045-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
702 PM CDT SUN MAY 14 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  745 PM CDT
FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S...
 
IN WEST TENNESSEE
 
   ...EASTERN DYER COUNTY...WESTERN GIBSON COUNTY
 
AT 702 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER EASTERN
DYER COUNTY NEAR ROELLEN. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR
AND WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN GIBSON COUNTY AND PASS SOUTH OF RUTHERFORD BY
725 PM.
 
LARGE HAIL IS LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

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, May 14, 2:29 PM CDT, 4 hours 33 minutes before
TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-083>087-099>102-142030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
227 PM CDT (327 PM EDT) SUN MAY 14 1995

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CANCELLED FOR TENNESSEE...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 383...WHICH HAD BEEN IN EFFECT FOR
PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE...HAS BEEN CANCELLED AND IS NO LONGER
IN EFFECT.

THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED FOR NOW AS THUNDERSTORMS HAVE
MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP LATER THIS
EVENING.

STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 14, 10:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLake50 min
May 14, 10:21 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGLake54 min
May 14, 10:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGWeakley30 min
May 14, 11:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHenry, Weakley42 min
May 15, 12:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGBenton41 min
May 15, 1:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLauderdale28 min
May 15, 9:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGShelby51 min
May 15, 9:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGShelby17 min
May 15, 10:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGShelby39 min
May 15, 10:43 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGShelby32 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.