Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 10, 1998, 6:40 PM CST for Tallahatchie County, Mississippi. It was in force for 35 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 10, 1998, 6:40 PM CST (00:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 10, 1998, 7:15 PM CST
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Tallahatchie County, MS
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 157 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 10, 7:10 PM CST | Hail 1.75 | Charleston, MS |
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.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 10, 5:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 100 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -120 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 531 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 285 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 372 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
908 WUUS1 KMEM 110042 RRA SVRMEM MSC135-110115- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 640 PM CST TUE FEB 10 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS TN HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI ...TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY AT 638 PM CST... DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS 11 MILES WEST OF GLENDORA MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. THIS STORM WILL PASS NEAR GLENDORA BY 640 PM CST... PAYNES BY 655 PM CST AND CHARLESTON BY 700 PM CST. .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, Feb 10, 2:45 PM CST, 3 hours 55 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>092-110100- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 245 PM CST TUE FEB 10 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 NOW A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY FOR NORTH MISSISSIPPI AND A SMALL PART OF EAST ARKANSAS. THE MODERATE RISK AREA IS GENERALLY SOUTH OF LINE FROM FORREST CITY ARKANSAS TO CORINTH MISSISSIPPI. THE MODERATE RISK INCLUDES THE CITIES OF MARIANNA...FORREST CITY AND WEST HELENA IN ARKANSAS. THE MODERATE RISK INCLUDES OXFORD..COLUMBUS AND TUPELO IN MISSISSIPPI. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY FOR MUCH OF WEST TENNESSEE AND A SMALL PART OF EAST ARKANSAS. THE SLIGHT RISK AREA IS GENERALLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM JONESBORO ARKANSAS TO HUNTINGDON TENNESSEE. THE SLIGHT RISK INCLUDES THE CITIES OF JONESBORO.. MEMPHIS.. DYERSBURG.. AND JACKSON. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM CONTINUED TO GATHER STRENGTH AS IT MOVED EASTWARD ACROSS TEXAS. A SURFACE LOW AND COLD FRONT WILL TRACK NORTHEASTWARD IN ADVANCE OF THIS SYSTEM AND EXTEND ACROSS WEST TENNESSEE AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI BY DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY. A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THIS FRONT TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY ACROSS THE RISK AREAS. THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION IN THE MODERATE RISK AREA WHERE INSTABILITY AND WIND PROFILES WILL SUPPORT WIDESPREAD HIGH WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. A FEW TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. CONDITIONS FURTHER NORTH IN THE SLIGHT RISK AREA WILL BE SUPPORTIVE OF DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND STORM SPOTTER GROUPS IN THE RISK AREAS.. SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED ACROSS EAST ARKANSAS AND EXTREME WEST PARTS OF MISSISSIPPI BY MID EVENING AND ACROSS MUCH OF WEST TENNESSEE AND THE REMAINDER OF NORTH MISSISSIPPI BY MIDNIGHT. RESIDENTS IN EASTERN ARKANSAS.. NORTH MISSISSIPPI AND WEST TENNESSEE SHOULD REVIEW SEVERE WEATHER PREPAREDNESS AND SAFETY RULES AND STAY INFORMED OF THIS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO..LOCAL TV/RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL CABLE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. 68
Special weather statement, Feb 10, 2:45 PM CST, 3 hours 55 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>092-110100- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 245 PM CST TUE FEB 10 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 NOW A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY FOR NORTH MISSISSIPPI AND A SMALL PART OF EAST ARKANSAS. THE MODERATE RISK AREA IS GENERALLY SOUTH OF LINE FROM FORREST CITY ARKANSAS TO CORINTH MISSISSIPPI. THE MODERATE RISK INCLUDES THE CITIES OF MARIANNA...FORREST CITY AND WEST HELENA IN ARKANSAS. THE MODERATE RISK INCLUDES OXFORD..COLUMBUS AND TUPELO IN MISSISSIPPI. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY FOR MUCH OF WEST TENNESSEE AND A SMALL PART OF EAST ARKANSAS. THE SLIGHT RISK AREA IS GENERALLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM JONESBORO ARKANSAS TO HUNTINGDON TENNESSEE. THE SLIGHT RISK INCLUDES THE CITIES OF JONESBORO.. MEMPHIS.. DYERSBURG.. AND JACKSON. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM CONTINUED TO GATHER STRENGTH AS IT MOVED EASTWARD ACROSS TEXAS. A SURFACE LOW AND COLD FRONT WILL TRACK NORTHEASTWARD IN ADVANCE OF THIS SYSTEM AND EXTEND ACROSS WEST TENNESSEE AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI BY DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY. A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THIS FRONT TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY ACROSS THE RISK AREAS. THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION IN THE MODERATE RISK AREA WHERE INSTABILITY AND WIND PROFILES WILL SUPPORT WIDESPREAD HIGH WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. A FEW TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. CONDITIONS FURTHER NORTH IN THE SLIGHT RISK AREA WILL BE SUPPORTIVE OF DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND STORM SPOTTER GROUPS IN THE RISK AREAS.. SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED ACROSS EAST ARKANSAS AND EXTREME WEST PARTS OF MISSISSIPPI BY MID EVENING AND ACROSS MUCH OF WEST TENNESSEE AND THE REMAINDER OF NORTH MISSISSIPPI BY MIDNIGHT. RESIDENTS IN EASTERN ARKANSAS.. NORTH MISSISSIPPI AND WEST TENNESSEE SHOULD REVIEW SEVERE WEATHER PREPAREDNESS AND SAFETY RULES AND STAY INFORMED OF THIS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO..LOCAL TV/RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL CABLE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. 68
Special weather statement, Feb 10, 4:18 PM CST, 2 hours 22 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>092-110030- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 418 PM CST TUE FEB 10 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 NOW A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING AND EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR NORTH MISSISSIPPI AND A SMALL PART OF EAST ARKANSAS. THE MODERATE RISK AREA IS GENERALLY SOUTH OF LINE FROM FORREST CITY ARKANSAS TO CORINTH MISSISSIPPI. THE MODERATE RISK INCLUDES THE CITIES OF MARIANNA...FORREST CITY AND WEST HELENA IN ARKANSAS. THE MODERATE RISK INCLUDES OXFORD..COLUMBUS AND TUPELO IN MISSISSIPPI. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING AND EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR MUCH OF WEST TENNESSEE AND A SMALL PART OF EAST ARKANSAS. THE SLIGHT RISK AREA IS GENERALLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM JONESBORO ARKANSAS TO HUNTINGDON TENNESSEE. THE SLIGHT RISK INCLUDES THE CITIES OF JONESBORO.. MEMPHIS.. DYERSBURG.. AND JACKSON. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM CONTINUED TO GATHER STRENGTH AS IT MOVED EASTWARD ACROSS TEXAS AND INTO THE SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. A SURFACE LOW AND COLD FRONT WILL TRACK NORTHEASTWARD IN ADVANCE OF THIS SYSTEM AND EXTEND ACROSS WEST TENNESSEE AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI BY DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY. A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THIS FRONT THIS EVENING AND EARLY WEDNESDAY ACROSS THE RISK AREAS. THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION IN THE MODERATE RISK AREA WHERE INSTABILITY AND WIND PROFILES WILL SUPPORT WIDESPREAD HIGH WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. A FEW TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. CONDITIONS FURTHER NORTH IN THE SLIGHT RISK AREA WILL BE SUPPORTIVE OF DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND STORM SPOTTER GROUPS IN THE RISK AREAS.. SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED ACROSS EAST ARKANSAS AND EXTREME WEST PARTS OF MISSISSIPPI BY EARLY EVENING AND ACROSS MUCH OF WEST TENNESSEE AND THE REMAINDER OF NORTH MISSISSIPPI BY MID EVENING. RESIDENTS IN EASTERN ARKANSAS.. NORTH MISSISSIPPI AND WEST TENNESSEE SHOULD REVIEW SEVERE WEATHER PREPAREDNESS AND SAFETY RULES AND STAY INFORMED OF THIS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO..LOCAL TV/RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL CABLE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. 68
Special weather statement, Feb 10, 4:18 PM CST, 2 hours 22 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>092-110030- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 418 PM CST TUE FEB 10 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 NOW A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING AND EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR NORTH MISSISSIPPI AND A SMALL PART OF EAST ARKANSAS. THE MODERATE RISK AREA IS GENERALLY SOUTH OF LINE FROM FORREST CITY ARKANSAS TO CORINTH MISSISSIPPI. THE MODERATE RISK INCLUDES THE CITIES OF MARIANNA...FORREST CITY AND WEST HELENA IN ARKANSAS. THE MODERATE RISK INCLUDES OXFORD..COLUMBUS AND TUPELO IN MISSISSIPPI. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING AND EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR MUCH OF WEST TENNESSEE AND A SMALL PART OF EAST ARKANSAS. THE SLIGHT RISK AREA IS GENERALLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM JONESBORO ARKANSAS TO HUNTINGDON TENNESSEE. THE SLIGHT RISK INCLUDES THE CITIES OF JONESBORO.. MEMPHIS.. DYERSBURG.. AND JACKSON. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM CONTINUED TO GATHER STRENGTH AS IT MOVED EASTWARD ACROSS TEXAS AND INTO THE SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. A SURFACE LOW AND COLD FRONT WILL TRACK NORTHEASTWARD IN ADVANCE OF THIS SYSTEM AND EXTEND ACROSS WEST TENNESSEE AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI BY DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY. A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THIS FRONT THIS EVENING AND EARLY WEDNESDAY ACROSS THE RISK AREAS. THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION IN THE MODERATE RISK AREA WHERE INSTABILITY AND WIND PROFILES WILL SUPPORT WIDESPREAD HIGH WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. A FEW TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. CONDITIONS FURTHER NORTH IN THE SLIGHT RISK AREA WILL BE SUPPORTIVE OF DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND STORM SPOTTER GROUPS IN THE RISK AREAS.. SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED ACROSS EAST ARKANSAS AND EXTREME WEST PARTS OF MISSISSIPPI BY EARLY EVENING AND ACROSS MUCH OF WEST TENNESSEE AND THE REMAINDER OF NORTH MISSISSIPPI BY MID EVENING. RESIDENTS IN EASTERN ARKANSAS.. NORTH MISSISSIPPI AND WEST TENNESSEE SHOULD REVIEW SEVERE WEATHER PREPAREDNESS AND SAFETY RULES AND STAY INFORMED OF THIS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO..LOCAL TV/RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL CABLE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. 68
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 10, 6:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Coahoma | 45 min |
| Feb 10, 7:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Yalobusha | 35 min |
| Feb 10, 7:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lafayette | 46 min |
| Feb 10, 8:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, Marshall | 35 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.