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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Memphis, TN

May 15, 1995Tippah County, Union County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at May 15, 1995, 11:12 AM CDT for Tippah County, Union County, Mississippi. It was in force for 48 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 15, 1995, 11:12 AM CDT (16:12 UTC)
Expired
May 15, 1995, 12:00 PM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Tippah County, MS, Union County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 93 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 151613
TORMEM
MSC139-145-151700-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1112 AM CDT MON MAY 15 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL NOON CDT
FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S...
 
IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...TIPPAH COUNTY...UNION COUNTY
 
AT 1106 AM DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT
PROMPTED A TORNADO WARNING FOR BENTON AND MARSHALL COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST
MISSISSIPPI WAS NEARING THE TIPPAH COUNTY LINE. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY
OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND WEATHER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE LARGE
HAIL AND A POSSIBLE TORNADO AS THE STORM MOVED SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
THIS TORM WILL MOVE PARALLEL TO HIGHWAY 78 AND MOVE NEAR BLUE MOUNTAIN
AND NEW ALBANY BETWEEN 1115 AM AND 1130 AM.  THE PUBLIC REPORTED A
TORNADO NEAR HICKORY FLAT IN SOUTHERN BENTON COUNTY JUST AFTER 1105 AM.
 
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.
 
 
 
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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, 10:47 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGBenton, Marshall28 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

Nearby

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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.