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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 278, NWS Memphis, TN

June 5, 1998Hardin County, Tennessee; Itawamba County, Tishomingo County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 1998, 3:41 AM CDT for Hardin County, Tennessee; Itawamba County, Tishomingo County, Mississippi. It was in force for 49 min. 3 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, 3:41 AM CDT (08:41 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 1998, 4:30 AM CDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Itawamba County, MS, Tishomingo County, MS, Hardin County, TN

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 5, 3:50 AM CDTThunderstorm WindCountywide, MSNumerous trees were knocked down across the county. Three cars were damaged by fallen trees.
Jun 5, 4:00 AM CDTThunderstorm WindCountywide, MSSeveral trees and power lines were blown down across the county. One tree fell on a van.
Jun 5, 4:00 AM CDTThunderstorm WindSavannah, TNNumerous trees were knocked down all over the town of Savannah.

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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 155 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

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 1:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGShelby62 min
Jun 5, 2:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGTipton32 min
Jun 5, 2:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGFayette63 min
Jun 5, 2:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHardeman63 min
Jun 5, 3:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMcNairy47 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
Jun 5, 1:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGTunica32 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, 3:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGPontotoc, Union60 min
Jun 5, 3:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLee, Prentiss47 min
Jun 5, 3:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCalhoun, Chickasaw47 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 4, 11:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGPoinsett32 min
Jun 5, 12:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCraighead, Poinsett46 min
Jun 5, 12:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGGreene32 min
Jun 5, 1:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCross43 min
Jun 5, 1:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLee, St. Francis48 min
Jun 5, 1:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGPhillips46 min
Jun 5, 1:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMississippi35 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.