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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 305, NWS Memphis, TN

June 14, 1998Weakley County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 1998, 7:57 PM CDT for Weakley County, Tennessee. It was in force for 48 min. 1 report 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 14, 1998, 7:57 PM CDT (00:57 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 1998, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Weakley County, TN

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 14, 8:25 PM CDTHail 1.75Dresden, TN

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 14, 4:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 191 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 1998-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3344 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 1998-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 451 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
3344 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
936 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
71 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
451 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
509 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
11.0
Supercell composite
67.6

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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 14, 7:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHenry49 min
Jun 14, 8:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHenry48 min
Jun 14, 8:36 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGHenry34 min
Jun 14, 9:28 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGHenry, Weakley2 hr
Jun 14, 9:28 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGObion2 hr
Jun 14, 10:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMonroe35 min
Jun 15, 6:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCalhoun45 min
Jun 14, 7:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGPhillips34 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.