Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 16, 1998, 7:00 AM CDT for Clay County, Arkansas. It was in force for 35 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, 7:00 AM CDT (12:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 16, 1998, 7:35 AM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Clay County, AR
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- 708 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 497 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 119 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 223 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.8
- Supercell composite
- 2.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMEM 161200 RRA SVRMEM ARC021-161235- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 700 AM CDT THU APR 16 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CLAY COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS * UNTIL 735 AM CDT * AT 659 AM CDT... DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR SUCCESS MOVING EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... CORNING BY 710 AM CDT .WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
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, 2 hours 1 minute 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 44 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.Special weather statement, Apr 16, 6:45 AM CDT, 15 minutes before
ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001>017-
020>024-030-031-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>054-088>092-162320-
SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
645 AM CDT THU APR 16 1998
...SEVERE WEATHER LIKELY OVER THE MID SOUTH TODAY...
THIS OUTLOOK COVERS THE ENTIRE COUNTY WARNING AREA OF THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MEMPHIS TENNESSEE..INCLUDING WEST
TENNESSEE..NORTHEAST ARKANSAS..NORTH MISSISSIPPI..AND THE MISSOURI
BOOTHEEL.
THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTH MISSISSIPPI
AND A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHEAST ARKANSAS AND
WEST TENNESSEE TODAY.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE
UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING.
A COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM A LOW PRESSURE AREA OVER INDIANA
SOUTHWESTWARD ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND CENTRAL ARKANSAS TO
TEXAS WILL MOVE SLOWLY EASTWARD TODAY.
THE FRONT WILL INTERACT WITH WARM AND VERY HUMID AND UNSTABLE AIR
AHEAD OF IT OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND SOUTHEASTERN
STATES. IN ADDITION...UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES AND STRONG WINDS
ALOFT WILL MAKE THE ATMOSPHERE VERY FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT COULD PRODUCE TORNADOES..LARGE HAIL..AND
DAMAGING WINDS..ESPECIALLY IN NORTH MISSISSIPPI
LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES..EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS..STORM
SPOTTER GROUPS..AND OTHER INTERESTED CONCERNS SHOULD MONITOR THIS
WEATHER SITUATION AND BE READY FOR SEVERE WEATHER EMERGENCIES TODAY.The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 11:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Randolph | 50 min |
| Apr 16, 12:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lawrence | 47 min |
| Apr 16, 2:16 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Greene | 29 min |
| Apr 16, 2:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Craighead, Mississippi | 49 min |
| Apr 16, 2:42 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Mississippi | 33 min |
| Apr 16, 3:15 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Mississippi | 20 min |
| Apr 16, 6:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Randolph | 36 min |
| Apr 16, 9:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | St. Francis | 46 min |
| Apr 16, 9:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden | 34 min |
| Apr 16, 11:05 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Poinsett | 50 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.