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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Memphis, TN

May 15, 1995Benton County, Marshall County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at May 15, 1995, 10:47 AM CDT for Benton County, Marshall County, Mississippi. It was in force for 28 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 15, 1995, 10:47 AM CDT (15:47 UTC)
Expired
May 15, 1995, 11:15 AM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Benton County, MS, Marshall County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 55 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 151547
TORMEM
MSC009-093-151615-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1047 AM CDT MON MAY 15 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 AM CDT
FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...BENTON COUNTY
 
IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...MARSHALL COUNTY
 
AT 1042 AM...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO ABOUT
THREE MILES EAST OF HOLLY SPRINGS. MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 30
MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHERN BENTON COUNTY AND PASS
JUST NORTH OF HICKORY FLAT BY 1115 AM.
 
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.^

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 15, 9:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGDeSoto64 min
May 15, 9:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGTunica46 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.