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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Memphis, TN

November 26, 1988Shelby County, Tipton County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 26, 1988, 9:47 AM CST for Shelby County, Tipton County, Tennessee. It was in force for 58 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 26, 1988, 9:47 AM CST (15:47 UTC)
Expired
Nov 26, 1988, 10:45 AM CST
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Shelby County, TN, Tipton County, TN

The radar

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

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 26, 4:20 AM CST, 5 hours 27 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Nov 26, 5:01 AM CST, 4 hours 46 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS
458 AM CST SAT NOV 26 1988

...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH MISSISSIPPI...

AT 453 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAINS AND GUSTY WINDS OVER
NORTH MISSISSIPPI WITH MOST OF THE STRONGER ACTIVITY WEST OF A
RIPLEY TO SOUTH CENTRAL LAFAYETTE COUNTY LINE.

THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING 10 MILES NORTHEAST AND 5
MILES EAST OF OXFORD.

THE AREA IS MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR WHILE THE THUNDERSTORMS
WITHIN THE AREA ARE MOVING RAPIDLY NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.

SINCE THE ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO BECOlME MORE ACTIVE AS THE DAY
PROGRESSES...ALL PERSONS IN NORTH MISSISSIPPI SHOULD REMAIN WEATHER
CONSCIOUS AND KEEP ABREAST OF THE WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Nov 26, 5:58 AM CST, 3 hours 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS
557 AM CST SAT NOV 26 1988

...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH MISSISSIPPI...

AT 555 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF
VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RIPLEY TO NEAR
BUCKHORN IN SOUTHWEST PONTOTOC COUNTY.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS ARE LOCATED NEAR BUCKHORN AND 5 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF THE TOWN OF PONTOTOC. THESE THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY
CONTAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO 45 TO 50 MILES AN HOUR AND VERY HEAVY
RAINS.

THE LINE IS MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR WHILE THE THUNDERSTORMS
WITHIN THE AREA ARE MOVING RAPIDLY NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.

SINCE THE ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE ACTIVE AS THE DAY
PROGRESSES...ALL PERSONS IN NORTH MISSISSIPPI SHOULD REMAIN WEATHER
CONSCIOUS AND KEEP ABREAST OF THE WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Nov 26, 7:01 AM CST, 2 hours 46 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS
657 AM CST SAT NOV 26 1988

...THUNDERSTORMS WEAKENING OVER NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...

AT 655 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM EASTERN PRENTISS COUNTY SOUTHWEST INTO
PONTOTOC COUNTY. THE ACTIVITY HAS SHOWN A DECREASE IN INTENSITY
DURING THE PAST HOUR.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM IS LOCATED NEAR THE TOWN OF PONTOTOC.
THE AREA IS MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR WHILE THE THUNDERSTORMS
WITHIN THE AREA ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

THE THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY CONTAIN BRIEF BUT HEAVY RAINS AND GUSTY
WINDS.

SINCE THE ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE ACTIVE AS THE DAY
PROGRESSES...ESPECIALLY FROM MIDDAY ON...PERSONS IN NORTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI SHOULD REMAIN WEATHER CONSCIOUS THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
Special weather statement, Nov 26, 8:02 AM CST, 1 hour 45 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS
800 AM CST SAT NOV 26 1988

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 508 IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM FOR A PART OF
NORTH MISSISSIPPI...

AT 755 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WEST OF A LINE FROM NEAR IUKA TO 5 MILES WEST
OF HOUSTON MISSISSIPPI. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT
40 MILES AN HOUR.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS ARE LOCATED NEAR THE TOWN OF PONTOTOC
AND 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF HOUSTON.

THE THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY CONTAIN BRIEF BUT HEAVY RAINS AND GUSTY
WINDS.

THIS IS A POTENTIALLY VERY DANGEROUS WEATHER SYSTEM...THEREFORE...ALL
PEOPLE IN NORTH MISSISSIPPI SHOULD REMAIN HIGHLY ALERT AND LISTEN FOR
FURTHER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Nov 26, 8:58 AM CST, 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS
858 AM CST SAT NOV 26 1988

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 508 IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM FOR A PART OF
NORTH MISSISSIPPI...

AT 853 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF
WIDELY SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
WHILE ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.

OVER NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS ARE
OCCURRING NEAR BOONEVILLE AND NORTHEAST UNION COUNTY.

THE THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY CONTAIN BRIEF BUT HEAVY RAINS AND GUSTY
WINDS.

THIS IS A POTENTIALLY VERY DDANGEROUS WEATHER SYSTEM...THEREFORE...ALL
PEOPLE IN NORTH MISSISSIPPI SHOULD REMAIN HIGHLY ALERT AND LISTEN FOR
FURTHER STATEMENTS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 26, 10:08 AM CSTTornado WarningMEGPanola, Quitman37 min
Nov 26, 10:38 AM CSTTornado WarningMEGLafayette, Pontotoc, Union52 min
Nov 26, 11:31 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGTippah, Union19 min
Nov 26, 11:50 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGPrentiss, Union30 min
Nov 26, 12:27 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGPrentiss18 min
Nov 26, 12:46 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGAlcorn, Prentiss29 min
Nov 26, 1:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGPrentiss, Tishomingo30 min
Nov 26, 2:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGOktibbeha29 min
Nov 26, 2:38 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGItawamba, Monroe42 min
Nov 26, 11:19 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHardeman31 min
Nov 26, 11:31 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMcNairy59 min

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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.