Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Memphis, TN

Issued

Mar 30, 1989, 6:49 PM CST (00:49 UTC)

Expired

Mar 30, 1989, 7:30 PM CST

In force

41 min

Issued by

NWS Memphis, TN

Area

Whole counties

Counties DeSoto County, MS, Shelby County, TN

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

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.

000 
TTAA00 KMEM 310049
SVRMEM
MSC033-TNC157-310130-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
649 PM CST THU MAR 30 1989
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  730 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
          ...DESOTO
IN WEST TENNESSEE
          ...SHELBY
 
AT 645 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH HAD
TRACKED ACROSS EAST ARKANSAS WAS APPROACHING THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND
WILL MOVE INTO SHELBY COUNTY TENNESSEE AND DE SOTO COUNTY MISSISSIPPI
BEFORE 700 PM. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BOTH
DAMAGING HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE WIND AS IT TRACKS INTO THE GREATER
MEMPHIS AREA BETWEEN 655 PM AND 715 PM THIS EVENING.
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING.  PEOPLE OUTSI6DE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

In the hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  MEMPHIS TN
530 PM CST THU MAR 30 1989

 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 70 CONTINUES IN EFFECT ACROSS
MUCH OF ARKANSAS ALONG WITH EXTREME WEST TENNESSEE AND EXTREME NORTH
WEST MISSISSSIPPI...

AT 525 PM WEATHER RADAR CONTINUED TO DETECT VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
OVER CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST ARKANSAS...ROUGHLY BETWEEN LONOKE AND
CORNING.  THE STRONGEST WERE INDICATED TO BE NEAR DES ARC...ANOTHER
JUST NORTH OF CORNING...AND SOUTHWEST OF DELAPLANE.  THESE STORMS
WERE MOVING TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

LARGE HAIL WAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THE MORE INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS AS
THEY TRACKED OVER CENTRAL AND NORTH ARKANSAS EARLIER THIS EVENING.

WEATHER CONDITIONS APPEAR TO FAVOR FURTHER INTENSIFICATION DURING THE
NEXT HOUR OR SO.
STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR LATER UPDATES ON THIS POTENTIALLY
DESTRUCTIVE WEATHER SITUATION.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 1989Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee, 1989Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1989

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.