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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 270, NWS Memphis, TN

June 5, 1998Marshall County, Mississippi; Fayette County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 1998, 2:22 AM CDT for Marshall County, Mississippi; Fayette County, Tennessee. It was in force for 63 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
Jun 5, 1998, 2:22 AM CDT (07:22 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 1998, 3:25 AM CDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Marshall County, MS, Fayette County, TN

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:24 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 5, 2:35 AM CDTThunderstorm WindCountywide, MSSome trees were knocked down across the county.
Jun 5, 2:40 AM CDTThunderstorm WindMoscow, TNOne trailer was destroyed just east of Moscow. Several trees were knocked down in Moscow and La Grange.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 5, 1:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 48 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 1998-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2737 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 1998-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 25 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2737 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1197 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
98 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
4.4

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

977 
WUUS1 KMEM 050721 RRA
SVRMEM
MSC093-107-TNC047-050825-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
222 AM CDT FRI JUN 5 1998


THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI
  PANOLA COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI
  FAYETTE COUNTY IN WESTERN TENNESSEE

* UNTIL 325 AM CDT

* AT 215 AM...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A MEMPHIS TO
  SENATOBIA TO CRENSHAW LINE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH
  AND WILL MOVE INTO MARSHALL..PANOLA AND FAYETTE COUNTIES SHORTLY.
  THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED 70 TO 80 MPH WINDS WITH SEVERAL TREES
  DOWN IN SHELBY AND DE SOTO COUNTIES.

* THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT

  SOMERVILLE BY 240 AM
  MOUNT PLEASANT BY 245 AM
  RED BANKS BY 245 AM
  BATESVILLE BY 250 AM.



.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.

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, Jun 4, 9:30 PM CDT, 4 hours 52 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>092-050930-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
930 PM CDT THU JUN 4 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 SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT OVER THE ENTIRE
COUNTY WARNING AREA.

A STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDED FROM NORTHERN ARKANSAS EASTWARD THROUGH
TENNESSEE INTO WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY EVENING. VERY WARM AND
HUMID AIR WAS IN PLACE OVER THE AREA AND THIS COMBINED WITH THE FRONT
HAS CAUSED MORE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL
INTENSIFY AND COULD BECOME SEVERE OVERNIGHT AS AN UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCE APPROACHES THE AREA FROM THE WEST.

THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. IN ADDITION.. STORMS WILL MOVE SLOWLY AND MAY
PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.

STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD BE
PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION OVERNIGHT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER
RADIO...COMMERCIAL TELEVISION OR RADIO STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE
TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR LATER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 9:30 PM CDT, 4 hours 52 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>092-050930-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
930 PM CDT THU JUN 4 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 SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT OVER THE ENTIRE
COUNTY WARNING AREA.

A STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDED FROM NORTHERN ARKANSAS EASTWARD THROUGH
TENNESSEE INTO WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY EVENING. VERY WARM AND
HUMID AIR WAS IN PLACE OVER THE AREA AND THIS COMBINED WITH THE FRONT
HAS CAUSED MORE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL
INTENSIFY AND COULD BECOME SEVERE OVERNIGHT AS AN UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCE APPROACHES THE AREA FROM THE WEST.

THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. IN ADDITION.. STORMS WILL MOVE SLOWLY AND MAY
PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.

STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD BE
PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION OVERNIGHT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER
RADIO...COMMERCIAL TELEVISION OR RADIO STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE
TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR LATER STATEMENTS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 1:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGTunica32 min
Jun 5, 1:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGDeSoto62 min
Jun 5, 2:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGTate50 min
Jun 5, 2:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGPanola63 min
Jun 5, 2:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLafayette, Tallahatchie, Yalobusha63 min
Jun 5, 2:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGBenton, Tippah63 min
Jun 5, 3:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGPontotoc, Union60 min
Jun 5, 3:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGAlcorn47 min
Jun 5, 3:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLee, Prentiss47 min
Jun 5, 3:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCalhoun, Chickasaw47 min
Jun 5, 3:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGItawamba, Tishomingo49 min
Jun 5, 4:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLowndes42 min
Jun 5, 2:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLowndes32 min
Jun 5, 2:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGClay, Monroe33 min
Jun 5, 2:27 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGLowndes33 min
Jun 5, 2:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGTipton32 min
Jun 5, 3:47 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGCarroll, Henry, Weakley4 hr
Jun 5, 4:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMadison33 min
Jun 5, 4:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHenderson51 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 1998Severe 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.