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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 97, NWS Memphis, TN

December 27, 1988DeSoto County, Tate County, Mississippi

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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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 27, 6:07 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGDeSoto68 min
Dec 27, 6:36 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGFayette, Shelby69 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.