Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1988
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 97, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 27, 1988, 8:27 PM CST for DeSoto County, Tate County, Mississippi. It was in force for 48 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 27, 1988, 8:27 PM CST (02:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 27, 1988, 9:15 PM CST
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties DeSoto County, MS, Tate County, MS
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, Dec 27, 3:23 PM CST, 5 hours 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 320 PM CST TUE DEC 27 1988 AT MID AFTERNOON RAIN AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE INCREASING OVER NORTHEASTERN ARKANSAS. ONE AREA EXTENDS FROM NEAR JONESBORO SOUTHWESTWARD TOWARD LITTLE ROCK. THE SECOND AREA OF RAIN EXTENDS FROM NEAR WILSON ARKANSAS SOUTHWESTWARD TO NEAR FORREST CITY ARKANSAS. THE RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING IN ADVANCE OF A FRONTAL SYSTEM THAT HAS REACHED CENTRAL ARKANSAS. THE RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH SOME THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLY BECOMING SEVERE IN THE MID SOUTH. PEOPLE IN THE MID SOUTH SHOULD LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS FROM THE WEATHER SERVICE. IF SEVERE WEATHER SHHOULD THREATEN YOU MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE IMMEDIATELY.
Special weather statement, Dec 27, 5:02 PM CST, 3 hours 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
500 PM CST TUE DEC 27 1988
...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 518 IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND
NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 10 PM TONIGHT...
AT 430 ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SCATTERED
PATCHES OF LIGHT RAIN COVERED NORTHEAST AND EAST ARKANSAS...THE
MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...EXTREME NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AND WEST TENNESSEE.
THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS LOCATED BETWEEN DES ARC AND MARKED TREE IN
EAST ARKANSAS.
THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 60 MILES AN HOUR.
HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS.
DRIVERS ACROSS THE MID-SOUTH SHOULD USE CAUTION AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME
FOR TRAVEL...SINCE THE HEAVY RAIN MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY.
THE POSSIBLITY FOR HIGH WINDS...HEAVY RAINFALL...HAIL...AND POSSIBLE
TORNADOES WILL EXIST THROUGH THE MID-SOUTH UNTIL THE ASSOCIATED
FRONTAL SYSTEM MOVES RTHROUGH THE AREA.
YOU SHOULD STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ANY FURTHER WEATHER
UPDATES OR WARNINGS FOR OUR AREA.Special weather statement, Dec 27, 8:08 PM CST, 19 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 27, 6:07 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | DeSoto | 68 min |
| Dec 27, 6:36 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Fayette, Shelby | 69 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.