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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS Memphis, TN

November 19, 1988Itawamba County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 19, 1988, 11:47 PM CST for Itawamba County, Mississippi. It was in force for 43 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Nov 19, 1988, 11:47 PM CST (05:47 UTC)
Expired
Nov 20, 1988, 12:30 AM CST
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Itawamba County, MS

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Nov 20, 12:25 AM CSTThunderstorm Wind 0Itawamba, MS

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 158 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 1988-11-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1988-11-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 119 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3614 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
79 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
119 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
313 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Nov 19, 8:08 PM CST, 3 hours 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS
810 PM CST SAT NOV 19 1988

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 492 IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR ALL OF
NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 493 IN EFFECT FOR A PART OF NORTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI UNTIL MIDNIGHT...

AT 805 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS UNION AND LAFAYETTE COUNTIES. THIS
ACTIVITY HAS SHOWN AN INCREASE IN INTENSITY DURING THE PAST 30
MINUTES.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS ARE LOCATED JUST WEST OF NEW ALBANY
AND SOUTHCENTRAL LAFAYETTE COUNTY. THE ACTIVITY IS MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.

STAY TUNE FOR FURTHER UPDATES MAND MAKE PLANS TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER
IF AND WHEN A WARNING IS ISSUED OR THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.
Special weather statement, Nov 19, 9:14 PM CST, 2 hours 33 minutes before
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Local storm report, Nov 19, 10:26 PM CST, 1 hour 21 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Nov 19, 11:03 PM CST, 44 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 19, 6:02 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGCoahoma58 min
Nov 19, 6:22 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGQuitman38 min
Nov 19, 7:09 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGCoahoma, Quitman, Tunica66 min
Nov 19, 7:13 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGPanola32 min
Nov 19, 7:24 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGTate36 min
Nov 19, 7:44 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMarshall61 min
Nov 19, 8:30 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGUnion15 min
Nov 19, 9:37 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLafayette33 min
Nov 19, 10:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGPontotoc, Union60 min
Nov 19, 6:50 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLauderdale, Tipton55 min
Nov 19, 6:50 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGShelby55 min
Nov 19, 8:07 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGFayette, Shelby53 min
Nov 19, 6:39 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCrittenden, Mississippi66 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 1988Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1988

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.