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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Memphis, TN

May 10, 1995Lowndes County, Monroe County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at May 10, 1995, 2:45 PM CDT for Lowndes County, Monroe County, Mississippi. It was in force for 30 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 10, 1995, 2:45 PM CDT (19:45 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 1995, 3:15 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Lowndes County, MS, Monroe County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 166 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, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 1995-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 197 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, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 1995-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 190 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
197 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-104 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
824 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
190 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.8

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMEM 101946
TORMEM
MSC087-095-102015-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
245 PM CDT WED MAY 10 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  315 PM CDT
FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S...
 
IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...NORTHEASTERN LOWNDES COUNTY...SOUTHEASTERN MONROE COUNTY
 
AT 245 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE
TORNADO NEAR COLUMBUS AIR FORCE BASE ALONG THE LOWNDES-MONROE COUNTY
LINE. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THIS TORNADO
WILL AFFECT THE TOWNS OF CALEDONIA.
 
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.

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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.