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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 215, NWS Memphis, TN

May 9, 1998Hardin County, Henderson County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 1998, 11:39 PM CDT for Hardin County, Henderson County, Tennessee. It was in force for 46 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 9, 1998, 11:39 PM CDT (04:39 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 1998, 12:25 AM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Hardin County, TN, Henderson County, TN

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 9, 7:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr
May 9, 10:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 165 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 1998-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 832 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 1998-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 60 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
832 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
804 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
65 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
1.8

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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, May 9, 8:04 PM CDT, 3 hours 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TENNESSEE
804 PM CDT SAT MAY 09 1998

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

0611 PM    BLACK ROCK                AR   .75 INCH HAIL
05/09/98   LAWRENCE                       5 MILES NORTHEAST OF BLACK
                                          ROCK

0623 PM    WALNUT RIDGE              AR   .75 INCH HAIL
05/09/98   LAWRENCE

0625 PM    NOLAND                    AR   WIND DAMAGE
05/09/98   RANDOLPH                       SEVERAL TREES DOWN

0636 PM    CRAWFORD                  MS   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/09/98   LOWNDES

0655 PM    PARAGOULD                 AR   WIND DAMAGE
05/09/98   GREENE                         TREES DOWN BLOCKING ROUTE
                                          412 WEST OF PARAGOULD

0748 PM    CARDWELL                  MO   1 INCH HAIL
05/09/98   DUNKLIN
Local storm report, May 9, 8:04 PM CDT, 3 hours 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TENNESSEE
804 PM CDT SAT MAY 09 1998

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

0611 PM    BLACK ROCK                AR   .75 INCH HAIL
05/09/98   LAWRENCE                       5 MILES NORTHEAST OF BLACK
                                          ROCK

0623 PM    WALNUT RIDGE              AR   .75 INCH HAIL
05/09/98   LAWRENCE

0625 PM    NOLAND                    AR   WIND DAMAGE
05/09/98   RANDOLPH                       SEVERAL TREES DOWN

0636 PM    CRAWFORD                  MS   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/09/98   LOWNDES

0655 PM    PARAGOULD                 AR   WIND DAMAGE
05/09/98   GREENE                         TREES DOWN BLOCKING ROUTE
                                          412 WEST OF PARAGOULD

0748 PM    CARDWELL                  MO   1 INCH HAIL
05/09/98   DUNKLIN
Local storm report, May 9, 11:00 PM CDT, 39 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 9, 8:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLauderdale48 min
May 9, 9:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGTipton51 min
May 9, 9:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCarroll, Gibson50 min
May 9, 9:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMadison48 min
May 9, 10:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGFayette47 min
May 9, 10:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCarroll, Henderson44 min
May 9, 10:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHardeman47 min
May 9, 11:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGChester, McNairy48 min
May 9, 11:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHenderson29 min
May 9, 7:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGGreene17 min
May 9, 7:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMississippi49 min
May 9, 7:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGPoinsett65 min
May 9, 7:31 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGCraighead, Poinsett49 min
May 9, 8:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMississippi51 min
May 9, 8:29 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGMississippi, Poinsett46 min

Nearby

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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.