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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Memphis, TN

March 20, 1995Lee County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Mar 20, 1995, 7:53 PM CST for Lee County, Mississippi. It was in force for 52 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 20, 1995, 7:53 PM CST (01:53 UTC)
Expired
Mar 20, 1995, 8:45 PM CST
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Lee County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 131 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 1995-03-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 7 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 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 1995-03-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 48 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
7 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2178 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
48 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-17 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTUP 210153
TORTUP
MSC081-210245-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS
753 PM CST MON MAR 20 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUPELO HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  845 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...NORTHERN LEE COUNTY
 
AT 750 PM CST...PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO WEST OF GUNTOWN MOVING EAST AT
35 MILES AN HOUR.
 
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION.  ACT QUICKLY.  IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF
AVAILABLE.  OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR POSSIBLE.  AVOID WINDOWS.  ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.
 
IF YOU LIVE IN A HOME OR APARTMENT...SEEK SHELTER IN THE
INNERMOST PORTION OF THE BUILDING ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  GET TO
A BASEMENT IF ONE IS AVAILABLE.  AVOID WINDOWS AND PROTECT YOUR
BODY FROM FLYING DEBRIS WITH CUSHIONS...BLANKETS...OR PILLOWS.
 
 
 
&
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 20, 6:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGDeSoto45 min
Mar 20, 6:03 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGBenton27 min
Mar 20, 6:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGTippah66 min
Mar 20, 6:19 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGAlcorn41 min
Mar 20, 6:21 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMarshall54 min
Mar 20, 6:35 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGBenton25 min
Mar 20, 6:43 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGAlcorn, Prentiss62 min
Mar 20, 7:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGUnion60 min
Mar 20, 7:26 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGTishomingo49 min
Mar 20, 8:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLee34 min
Mar 20, 8:21 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGItawamba54 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.