Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 270, NWS Memphis, TN
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 2:35 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide, MS | Some trees were knocked down across the county. |
| Jun 5, 2:40 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Moscow, TN | One 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 1:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 1:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tunica | 32 min |
| Jun 5, 1:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto | 62 min |
| Jun 5, 2:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tate | 50 min |
| Jun 5, 2:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Panola | 63 min |
| Jun 5, 2:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lafayette, Tallahatchie, Yalobusha | 63 min |
| Jun 5, 2:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, Tippah | 63 min |
| Jun 5, 3:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Pontotoc, Union | 60 min |
| Jun 5, 3:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Alcorn | 47 min |
| Jun 5, 3:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lee, Prentiss | 47 min |
| Jun 5, 3:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Chickasaw | 47 min |
| Jun 5, 3:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Tishomingo | 49 min |
| Jun 5, 4:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lowndes | 42 min |
| Jun 5, 2:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lowndes | 32 min |
| Jun 5, 2:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Clay, Monroe | 33 min |
| Jun 5, 2:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lowndes | 33 min |
| Jun 5, 2:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tipton | 32 min |
| Jun 5, 3:47 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Carroll, Henry, Weakley | 4 hr |
| Jun 5, 4:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Madison | 33 min |
| Jun 5, 4:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Henderson | 51 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.