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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 352, NWS Memphis, TN

July 28, 1998Shelby County, Tipton County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 28, 1998, 12:01 AM CDT for Shelby County, Tipton County, Tennessee. It was in force for 49 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
Jul 28, 1998, 12:01 AM CDT (05:01 UTC)
Expired
Jul 28, 1998, 12:50 AM CDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Shelby County, TN, Tipton County, TN

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 28, 12:20 AM CDTThunderstorm WindBolton, TNSeveral 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

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 58 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 1998-07-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1581 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 1998-07-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 79 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1581 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-50 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1974 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
213 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
6.6

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The text

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

875 
WUUS1 KMEM 280500 RRA
SVRMEM
TNC157-167-280550-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1201 AM CDT TUE JUL 28 1998


THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SHELBY COUNTY IN WESTERN TENNESSEE
  TIPTON COUNTY IN WESTERN TENNESSEE

* UNTIL 1250 AM CDT

* AT 1158 PM CDT... DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORMS FROM BASSETT TO TURRELL AND EARL MOVING SOUTHEAST
  AT 30 MPH. THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED WIND DAMAGE IN POINSETT
  COUNTY IN THE LAST HALF HOUR.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  COVINGTON BY 1230 AM
  MEMPHIS BY 1230 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.



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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 28, 12:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGFayette46 min

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.