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Tornado Warning 25, NWS Memphis, TN

June 6, 1995Gibson County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Jun 6, 1995, 2:49 PM CDT for Gibson County, Tennessee. It was in force for 41 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 6, 1995, 2:49 PM CDT (19:49 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 1995, 3:30 PM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Gibson County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 159 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 1995-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 832 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 1995-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 168 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
832 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-115 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1185 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
168 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
175 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMEM 061949
TORMEM
TNC053-062030-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
249 PM CDT TUE JUN 6 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  330 PM CDT
FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN WEST TENNESSEE
 
   ...GIBSON COUNTY
 
AT 245 PM...SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR GIBSON WELLS 7 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF TRENTON. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES
AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE NEAR TRENTON BY 330 PM.
 
GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND WIND DAMAGE HAS OCCURRED WITH THIS STORM
 
DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO.  CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS.  IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OTF
A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING.  IF NO
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.
 
 
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 6, 1:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGFayette, Haywood41 min
Jun 6, 1:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGShelby45 min
Jun 6, 1:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGTipton29 min
Jun 6, 2:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCrockett, Haywood47 min
Jun 6, 2:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGGibson28 min
Jun 6, 2:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGTipton47 min
Jun 6, 2:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGObion, Weakley45 min
Jun 6, 2:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGGibson50 min
Jun 6, 3:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMadison27 min
Jun 6, 3:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGBenton, Carroll43 min
Jun 6, 4:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGChester, Henderson51 min
Jun 6, 4:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGDecatur51 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.