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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS Memphis, TN

June 15, 1998Monroe County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 1998, 7:36 PM CDT for Monroe County, Mississippi. It was in force for 34 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 15, 1998, 7:36 PM CDT (00:36 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 1998, 8:10 PM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Monroe County, MS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 15, 7:45 PM CDTThunderstorm WindBigbee, MSOne house was damaged. Several trees were knocked down.

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 nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 176 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, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 1998-06-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2325 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, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 1998-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 72 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
2325 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1384 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
72 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
175 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.8
Supercell composite
5.5

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The text

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

562 
WUUS1 KMEM 160037 RRA
SVRMEM
MSC095-160110-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
736 PM CDT MON JUN 15 1998


THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN MONROE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 810 PM CDT

* AT 734 PM CDT... DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
  WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS 12 MILES WEST OF AMORY MOVING
  EAST AT 45 MPH. THIS STORM PRODUCED QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN HOUSTON
  MISSISSIPPI.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  AMORY BY 745 PM CDT
  SMITHVILLE BY 755 PM CDT

.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.



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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 15, 7:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGChickasaw29 min
Jun 15, 7:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGItawamba31 min
Jun 15, 8:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCalhoun, Chickasaw55 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 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.