Alert archive / Tennessee / Flash Flood Warnings in 1998
Flash Flood Warning 25, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 30, 1998, 11:33 PM CDT for Chester County, Tennessee. It was in force for 117 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 30, 1998, 11:33 PM CDT (04:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 31, 1998, 1:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 117 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Chester County, TN
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 138 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
- 491 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2473 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMEM 310432 FFWMEM TNC023-310630- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1133 PM CDT THU JUL 30 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CHESTER COUNTY IN WEST TENNESSEE * UNTIL 130 AM CDT * AT 1125 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER CHESTER COUNTY PRODUCING RAINFALL UP TO TWO INCHES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH BUT ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TONIGHT WHICH WILL AGGRAVATE FLOODING CONDITIONS. .BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 30, 9:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TENNESSEE
955 PM CDT THU JUL 30 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0700 PM KENNETT MO WIND DAMAGE
07/30/98 DUNKLIN POWER LINES DOWN WITH MINOR
STRUCTURAL DAMAGE REPORTED
BY KENNETT POLICE DEPT
0720 PM GLENNONVILLE MO WIND DAMAGE
07/30/98 DUNKLIN TREES DOWN WITH HIGHWAY 53
BLOCKED REPORTED BY KENNETT PD
0745 PM TIPTONVILLE TN WIND DAMAGE
07/30/98 LAKE TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
0810 PM HAYTI MO WIND DAMAGE
07/30/98 PEMISCOT MO TREES DOWN REPORTED BY
PEMISCOT CO EOC
0825 PM PARIS TN WIND DAMAGE
07/30/98 HENRY TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
REPORTED BY HENRY CO SHERIFF
0915 PM MCKENZIE AND HUNTINGDON TN WIND DAMAGE
07/30/98 CARROLL TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
REPORTED BY CARROLL CO SHERIFFLocal storm report, Jul 30, 9:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TENNESSEE
955 PM CDT THU JUL 30 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0700 PM KENNETT MO WIND DAMAGE
07/30/98 DUNKLIN POWER LINES DOWN WITH MINOR
STRUCTURAL DAMAGE REPORTED
BY KENNETT POLICE DEPT
0720 PM GLENNONVILLE MO WIND DAMAGE
07/30/98 DUNKLIN TREES DOWN WITH HIGHWAY 53
BLOCKED REPORTED BY KENNETT PD
0745 PM TIPTONVILLE TN WIND DAMAGE
07/30/98 LAKE TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
0810 PM HAYTI MO WIND DAMAGE
07/30/98 PEMISCOT MO TREES DOWN REPORTED BY
PEMISCOT CO EOC
0825 PM PARIS TN WIND DAMAGE
07/30/98 HENRY TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
REPORTED BY HENRY CO SHERIFF
0915 PM MCKENZIE AND HUNTINGDON TN WIND DAMAGE
07/30/98 CARROLL TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
REPORTED BY CARROLL CO SHERIFFThe office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 8:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Obion | 49 min |
| Jul 30, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Henry | 45 min |
| Jul 30, 8:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Dyer | 61 min |
| Jul 30, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll | 46 min |
| Jul 30, 9:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Henry | 115 min |
| Jul 30, 11:12 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Crockett, Madison | 108 min |
| Jul 31, 3:29 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Lauderdale | 3 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Tennessee, 1998Every flash flood warning in 1998
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.