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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 97, NWS Memphis, TN

May 15, 1995DeSoto County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 1995, 9:26 AM CDT for DeSoto County, Mississippi. It was in force for 64 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 15, 1995, 9:26 AM CDT (14:26 UTC)
Expired
May 15, 1995, 10:30 AM CDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

County DeSoto County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 6 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 12:00Z on 1995-05-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 818 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 12:00Z on 1995-05-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 66 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
818 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-147 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
912 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
93 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
4.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMEM 151427
SVRMEM
MSC033-151530-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
926 AM CDT MON MAY 15 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 AM CDT
FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...DESOTO COUNTY
 
AT 926 AM...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING
INTO NORTHWEST DESOTO COUNTY WEST OF SOUTHHAVEN. STORMS WERE MOVING EAST
AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORMS WILL REACH SOUTHHAVEN AND WALLS
BETWEEN 945 AND 1000 AM. LARGE HAIL IS LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS.
 
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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 15, 9:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGTunica46 min
May 15, 10:47 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGBenton, Marshall28 min
May 15, 11:12 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGTippah, Union48 min
May 15, 11:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLee, Prentiss49 min
May 15, 11:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGItawamba66 min
May 15, 1:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLowndes30 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.