Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 178, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 6, 1998, 2:43 PM CDT for Tishomingo County, Mississippi. It was in force for 32 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
- May 6, 1998, 2:43 PM CDT (19:43 UTC)
- Expired
- May 6, 1998, 3:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Tishomingo County, MS
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 2:15 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 157 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
- 1098 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 564 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -32 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
925 WUUS1 KMEM 061943 RRA SVRMEM MSC141-062015- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 243 PM CDT WED MAY 6 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... TISHOMINGO COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI * UNTIL 315 PM CDT * AT 241 PM CDT... DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL IN EXTREME WESTERN TISHOMINGO COUNTY..ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTH OF LEEDY. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE JUST NORTH OF TISHOMINGO BY 300 PM CDT. .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.
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, May 6, 10:20 AM CDT, 4 hours 23 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>092-070600- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1020 AM CDT WED MAY 6 1998 THIS OUTLOOK COVERS THE COUNTY WARNING AREA OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MEMPHIS TENNESSEE..INCLUDING WEST TENNESSEE..NORTH MISSISSIPPI..EAST ARKANSAS AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ACROSS EAST ARKANSAS..THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL..WEST TENNESSEE AND NORTH MISSISSIPPI. A WARM FRONT WAS MOVING INTO WEST TENNESSEE THIS MORNING..WITH A STATIONARY FRONT IN MISSOURI. THESE ALONG WITH A DEVELOPING LOW IN NORTHERN TEXAS ARE COMBINING TO BRING MOISTURE UP FROM THE GULF. ALSO UPPER LEVEL WINDS ARE MAKING THE ATMOSPHERE MORE UNSTABLE. THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL..WEST TENNESSEE AND EXTREME NORTH MISSISSIPPI THIS MORNING. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO MIDDLE TENNESSEE BY AFTERNOON. SUNSHINE THIS AFTERNOON WILL AGAIN DESTABILIZE THE ATMOSPHERE..ALLOWING NEW THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND ARE THE MAIN THREAT..BUT WINDS WILL VEER STRONGLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING..AND PRODUCE A THREAT OF ISOLATED TORNADOES. STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO..COMMERCIAL RADIO..TV AND CABLE TELEVISION OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST FORECAST AND INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, May 6, 10:20 AM CDT, 4 hours 23 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>092-070600- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1020 AM CDT WED MAY 6 1998 THIS OUTLOOK COVERS THE COUNTY WARNING AREA OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MEMPHIS TENNESSEE..INCLUDING WEST TENNESSEE..NORTH MISSISSIPPI..EAST ARKANSAS AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ACROSS EAST ARKANSAS..THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL..WEST TENNESSEE AND NORTH MISSISSIPPI. A WARM FRONT WAS MOVING INTO WEST TENNESSEE THIS MORNING..WITH A STATIONARY FRONT IN MISSOURI. THESE ALONG WITH A DEVELOPING LOW IN NORTHERN TEXAS ARE COMBINING TO BRING MOISTURE UP FROM THE GULF. ALSO UPPER LEVEL WINDS ARE MAKING THE ATMOSPHERE MORE UNSTABLE. THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL..WEST TENNESSEE AND EXTREME NORTH MISSISSIPPI THIS MORNING. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO MIDDLE TENNESSEE BY AFTERNOON. SUNSHINE THIS AFTERNOON WILL AGAIN DESTABILIZE THE ATMOSPHERE..ALLOWING NEW THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND ARE THE MAIN THREAT..BUT WINDS WILL VEER STRONGLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING..AND PRODUCE A THREAT OF ISOLATED TORNADOES. STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO..COMMERCIAL RADIO..TV AND CABLE TELEVISION OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST FORECAST AND INFORMATION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 1:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tishomingo | 48 min |
| May 6, 2:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Tishomingo | 20 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 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.