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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Memphis, TN

May 18, 1995Lee County, Pontotoc County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at May 18, 1995, 5:28 PM CDT for Lee County, Pontotoc County, Mississippi. It was in force for 32 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 18, 1995, 5:28 PM CDT (22:28 UTC)
Expired
May 18, 1995, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Lee County, MS, Pontotoc County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 119 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 1995-05-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2951 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 1995-05-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 90 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
2951 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
552 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
70 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
90 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
205 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.0
Supercell composite
7.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMEM 182226
TORMEM
MSC081-115-182300-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
528 PM CDT THU MAY 18 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  600 PM CDT
FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S...
 
IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...LEE COUNTY...EASTERN PONTOTOC COUNTY
 
AT 525 PM DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR
PONTOTOC MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM WILL MOVE INTO LEE COUNTY
NEAR TUPELO BY 545 PM.
 
 
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 18, 2:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLafayette53 min
May 18, 2:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGUnion25 min
May 18, 3:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGTippah48 min
May 18, 3:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGPrentiss52 min
May 18, 4:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGYalobusha38 min
May 18, 4:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLafayette34 min
May 18, 5:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGPontotoc30 min
May 18, 5:55 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGItawamba35 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.