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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 100, NWS Memphis, TN

April 16, 1998Randolph County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 16, 1998, 6:19 AM CDT for Randolph County, Arkansas. It was in force for 36 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
Apr 16, 1998, 6:19 AM CDT (11:19 UTC)
Expired
Apr 16, 1998, 6:55 AM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Randolph County, AR

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 194 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 1998-04-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1219 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 1998-04-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 100 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1219 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
868 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
100 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
136 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
2.7

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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

Local storm report, Apr 16, 4:59 AM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TENNESSEE
459 AM CDT THU APR 16 1998

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0210 AM    JONESBORO                 AR   WIND DAMAGE
04/16/98   CRAIGHEAD                      3 TRAILERS AND AN
                                          OUTBUILDING WERE DESTROYED
                                          IN JONESBORO. ONE TRAILER
                                          WAS MOVED OFF ITS
                                          FOUNDATION 2 MILES NE OF
                                          JONESBORO.

0235 AM    TIPTONVILLE               TN   .75 INCH HAIL
04/16/98   LAKE                           DIME SIZE HAIL

0305 AM    MANILA                    AR   TORNADO
04/16/98   MISSISSIPPI                    *** 2 DEAD ***
                                          EXTENSIVE DAMAGE IN
                                          MANILA. TREES DOWN. MOBILE
                                          HOMES DAMAGED.

0325 AM    BLYTHEVILLE               AR   TORNADO
04/16/98   MISSISSIPPI                    TREES DOWN. DAMAGE TO
                                          BUILDINGS.

0405 AM    RO ELLEN                  TN   TORNADO
04/16/98   DYER                           SEVERAL HOMES WERE
                                          DAMAGED. A MOBILE HOME WAS
                                          DESTROYED WITH 2 PERSONS
                                          REPORTED MISSING. NUMEROUS
                                          TREES AND POWER LINES
                                          DOWN.

0420 AM    MAURY CITY                TN   WIND DAMAGE
04/16/98   CROCKETT                       SEVERAL TREES WERE BLOWN
                                          DOWN.
Local storm report, Apr 16, 5:16 AM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TENNESSEE
516 AM CDT THU APR 16 1998

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0210 AM    JONESBORO                 AR   WIND DAMAGE
04/16/98   CRAIGHEAD                      3 TRAILERS AND AN
                                          OUTBUILDING WERE DESTROYED
                                          IN JONESBORO. ONE TRAILER
                                          WAS MOVED OFF ITS
                                          FOUNDATION 2 MILES NE OF
                                          JONESBORO.

0235 AM    TIPTONVILLE               TN   .75 INCH HAIL
04/16/98   LAKE                           DIME SIZE HAIL

0305 AM    MANILA                    AR   TORNADO
04/16/98   MISSISSIPPI                    *** 2 DEAD ***
                                          EXTENSIVE DAMAGE IN
                                          MANILA. TREES DOWN. MOBILE
                                          HOMES DAMAGED.

0325 AM    BLYTHEVILLE               AR   TORNADO
04/16/98   MISSISSIPPI                    TREES DOWN. DAMAGE TO
                                          BUILDINGS.

0405 AM    RO ELLEN                  TN   TORNADO
04/16/98   DYER                           *** 2 DEAD ***
                                          MOBILE HOME DESTROYED.
                                          SEVERAL HOMES DAMAGED.
                                          SOME POWER LINES AND TREES
                                          DOWN.

0420 AM    MAURY CITY                TN   WIND DAMAGE
04/16/98   CROCKETT                       SEVERAL TREES WERE BLOWN
                                          DOWN.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 16, 2:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLake, Obion47 min
Apr 16, 3:35 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGDyer35 min
Apr 16, 3:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLauderdale34 min
Apr 16, 4:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCrockett33 min
Apr 16, 4:14 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGCrockett31 min
Apr 16, 4:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGGibson31 min
Apr 16, 4:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCarroll48 min
Apr 16, 5:15 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGCarroll35 min
Apr 16, 7:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLake35 min
Apr 16, 8:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGObion35 min
Apr 16, 10:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGShelby50 min
Apr 16, 1:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHenderson32 min
Apr 16, 2:04 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGHenderson21 min
Apr 16, 2:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHardeman33 min
Apr 16, 2:24 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGHardeman, McNairy51 min
Apr 16, 2:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHenderson21 min
Apr 16, 3:03 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGHardin47 min
Apr 16, 4:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHardin, McNairy49 min
Apr 16, 4:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGChester35 min
Apr 16, 4:35 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGChester35 min
Apr 16, 4:36 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGHardin34 min
Apr 16, 4:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHenderson34 min
Apr 16, 5:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHardeman31 min
Apr 16, 5:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHardin34 min
Apr 16, 5:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMcNairy33 min
Apr 16, 6:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHardin31 min
Apr 16, 4:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGTate37 min
Apr 16, 4:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMarshall65 min
Apr 16, 4:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGTallahatchie61 min
Apr 16, 4:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGPanola35 min
Apr 16, 4:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGQuitman18 min
Apr 16, 5:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLafayette31 min
Apr 16, 5:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGBenton51 min
Apr 16, 6:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCalhoun48 min
Apr 15, 11:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGRandolph50 min
Apr 16, 12:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLawrence47 min
Apr 16, 2:16 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGGreene29 min
Apr 16, 2:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCraighead, Mississippi49 min
Apr 16, 2:42 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGMississippi33 min
Apr 16, 3:15 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGMississippi20 min
Apr 16, 7:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGClay35 min
Apr 16, 9:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGSt. Francis46 min
Apr 16, 9:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCrittenden34 min
Apr 16, 11:05 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGPoinsett50 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arkansas, 1998Every severe thunderstorm 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.