Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 112, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 7, 1989, 8:25 PM CST for Fayette County, Shelby County, Tennessee. It was in force for 65 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 7, 1989, 8:25 PM CST (02:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 7, 1989, 9:30 PM CST
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Fayette County, TN, Shelby County, TN
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 7, 8:35 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Shelby, TN |
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, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 48 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3582 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 7, 7:13 PM CST, 1 hour 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
710 PM CST TUE NOV 7 1989
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...
AT 705 PM CST...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR TURRELL
ARKANSAS IN NORTHERN CRITTENDEN COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING
EAST AT 35 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE MOVING THROUGH NORTHERN
SHELBY COUNTY TENNESSEE DURING THE NEXT HOUR AND MAY BRUSH THE
SOUTHERN PART OF TIPTON COUNTY TENNESSEE. THE PRESENT MOVEMENT OF
THE STORM WILL BRING IT NEAR THE CITY OF MILLINGTON.
STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAIN CAN
BE EXPECTED WITH THE PASSAGE OF THIS STORM. THOSE IN THE PATH OF
THIS STORM SHOULD MOMVE IMMEDIATELY TO A SAFE PLACE.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...OR TELEVISION
FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.Special weather statement, Nov 7, 7:40 PM CST, 45 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 735 PM CST TUE NOV 7 1989 .........STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN WEST TENNESSEE...... AT 725PM SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER INTO WEST TENNESSEE. THE AREA WAS LOCATED FROM NEAR PARKIN ARKANSAS TO MILLINGTON TENNESSEE... AND NORTH TO THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL. THE HEAVIEST STORM WAS IN NORTH SHELBY COUNTY TENNESSEE WHERE PEA SIZE HAIL WAS BEING REPORTED. SOME GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH MORE SMALL HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM AS IT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 8, 3:55 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lafayette | 35 min |
| Nov 7, 9:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardeman | 66 min |
| Nov 8, 1:15 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 60 min |
| Nov 7, 6:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden | 41 min |
| Nov 8, 12:47 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden | 43 min |
| Nov 8, 3:02 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | St. Francis | 28 min |
| Nov 8, 3:32 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden | 28 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.