Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 313, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 1998, 11:31 PM CDT for Mississippi County, Arkansas; Pemiscot County, Missouri. It was in force for 34 min. 4 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 15, 1998, 11:31 PM CDT (04:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 1998, 12:05 AM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Mississippi County, AR, Pemiscot County, MO
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:34 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 15, 11:35 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Yarbro, AR | Several cars were blown off Interstate 55 near the Arkansas-Missouri border. |
| Jun 15, 11:35 PM CDT | Hail 0.88 | Steele, MO | |
| Jun 15, 11:40 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Gosnell, AR | One home near Gosnell was destroyed by a blown down tree. Some highway equipment was also damaged. Trees and interstate highway signs were also knocked down. A tree also fell on a house 10 miles northeast of Blytheville producing major damage to the house. |
| Jun 15, 11:43 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Blytheville, AR | Nearly all crops grown between Yarbro and Huffman were totally destroyed by the hail. |
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
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 299 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
- 588 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1367 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 253 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 3.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMEM 160431 RRA SVRMEM ARC093-MOC155-160505- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1131 PM CDT MON JUN 15 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ARKANSAS SOUTHERN PEMISCOT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI * UNTIL 1205 AM CDT * AT 1129 PM CDT... DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS 5 MILES WEST OF BLYTHEVILLE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... BLYTHEVILLE BY 1135 PM CDT GOSNELL BY 1135 PM CDT COOTER BY 1140 PM CDT .WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
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
Local storm report, Jun 15, 7:25 PM CDT, 4 hours 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TENNESSEE
725 PM CDT MON JUN 15 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0645 PM BIG CREEK MS 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/15/98 CALHOUN GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED
BY SPOTTER
0645 PM BIG CREEK MS WIND DAMAGE
06/15/98 CALHOUN ROOF BLOWN OFF OF HOUSE
REPORTED BY SPOTTER
0700 PM DERMA MS .88 INCH HAIL
06/15/98 CALHOUN NICKLE SIZE HAIL REPORTED
BY SPOTTER
0700 PM DERMA MS WIND DAMAGE
06/15/98 CALHOUN MS TREES DOWN REPORTED BY
SPOTTER
0720 PM HOUSTON MS 1.00 INCH HAIL
06/15/98 CHICKASAW QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED
BY SPOTTERLocal storm report, Jun 15, 8:30 PM CDT, 3 hours 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TENNESSEE
830 PM CDT MON JUN 15 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0Local storm report, Jun 15, 8:55 PM CDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TENNESSEE
855 PM CDT MON JUN 15 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0830 PM SLATE SPRINGS MS .75 INCH HAIL
06/15/98 CALHOUN DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY
CALHOUN COUNTY SHERIFF
0830 PM SLATE SPRINGS MS WIND DAMAGE
06/15/98 CALHOUN TREES DOWN REPORTED BY
CALHOUN COUNTY SHERIFFLocal storm report, Jun 15, 8:55 PM CDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TENNESSEE
855 PM CDT MON JUN 15 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0830 PM SLATE SPRINGS MS .75 INCH HAIL
06/15/98 CALHOUN DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY
CALHOUN COUNTY SHERIFF
0830 PM SLATE SPRINGS MS WIND DAMAGE
06/15/98 CALHOUN TREES DOWN REPORTED BY
CALHOUN COUNTY SHERIFFSpecial weather statement, Jun 15, 9:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
MSZ013>017-020>024-030-031-160340- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 938 PM CDT MON JUN 15 1998 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 590 CANCELLED FOR NORTH MISSISSIPPI... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 590 HAS BEEN CANCELLED ACROSS NORTH MISSISSIPPI WHICH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... CALHOUN..CHICKASAW..CLAY..ITAWAMBA..LAFAYETTE..LEE..LOWNDES.. MONROE..PONTOTOC..TALLAHATCHIE..UNION AND YALOBUSHA. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WATCH ACROSS NORTH MISSISSIPPI HAVE WEAKENED AND MOVED EAST. THUS..THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED ACROSS NORTH MISSISSIPPI.
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 9:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
MSZ013>017-020>024-030-031-160340- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 938 PM CDT MON JUN 15 1998 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 590 CANCELLED FOR NORTH MISSISSIPPI... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 590 HAS BEEN CANCELLED ACROSS NORTH MISSISSIPPI WHICH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... CALHOUN..CHICKASAW..CLAY..ITAWAMBA..LAFAYETTE..LEE..LOWNDES.. MONROE..PONTOTOC..TALLAHATCHIE..UNION AND YALOBUSHA. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WATCH ACROSS NORTH MISSISSIPPI HAVE WEAKENED AND MOVED EAST. THUS..THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED ACROSS NORTH MISSISSIPPI.
Nearby
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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.