Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 19, 1998, 4:45 PM CST for Madison County, Tennessee. It was in force for 50 min. 2 reports 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
- Mar 19, 1998, 4:45 PM CST (22:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 19, 1998, 5:35 PM CST
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Madison County, TN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 4:45 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Jackson, TN | Several trees and signs were blown down. |
| Mar 19, 5:00 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Bemis, TN | The windows of a furniture store were blown out. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 3:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 133 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
- 418 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -102 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 775 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 172 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMEM 192245 RRA SVRMEM TNC113-192335- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 445 PM CST THU MAR 19 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS TN HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 535 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WESTERN TENNESSEE ...MADISON COUNTY AT 444 PM CST... DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH DAMAGING WINDS LOCATED JUST EAST OF JACKSON MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM WILL PASS NEAR BEECH BLUFF BETWEEN 450 PM AND 500 PM CST. .SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH... DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION...MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 3:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Shelby | 32 min |
| Mar 19, 3:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Haywood | 47 min |
| Mar 19, 4:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Henderson | 48 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee, 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.