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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 372, NWS Memphis, TN

November 10, 1998Randolph County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 10, 1998, 4:05 AM CST for Randolph County, Arkansas. It was in force for 50 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 10, 1998, 4:05 AM CST (10:05 UTC)
Expired
Nov 10, 1998, 4:55 AM CST
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Randolph County, AR

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Nov 10, 1:45 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 255 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 1998-11-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 16 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 1998-11-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 505 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
16 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-341 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
524 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
505 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
565 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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
Nov 10, 6:38 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGShelby47 min
Nov 10, 6:54 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGDyer, Lauderdale, Tipton46 min
Nov 10, 6:54 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLake, Obion46 min
Nov 10, 7:23 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGFayette, Haywood47 min
Nov 10, 7:32 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCrockett, Gibson33 min
Nov 10, 7:43 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGWeakley32 min
Nov 10, 7:55 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHardeman, Madison50 min
Nov 10, 8:02 AM CSTTornado WarningMEGHardeman, Madison33 min
Nov 10, 8:08 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHenry47 min
Nov 10, 8:18 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGChester32 min
Nov 10, 8:20 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCarroll50 min
Nov 10, 8:34 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHenderson51 min
Nov 10, 8:34 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMcNairy51 min
Nov 10, 8:40 AM CSTTornado WarningMEGMadison20 min
Nov 10, 8:46 AM CSTTornado WarningMEGHenry19 min
Nov 10, 8:52 AM CSTTornado WarningMEGHenderson33 min
Nov 10, 9:20 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHardin50 min
Nov 10, 7:37 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGPanola, Tate33 min
Nov 10, 7:39 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGTallahatchie36 min
Nov 10, 7:47 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMarshall33 min
Nov 10, 7:57 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLafayette, Yalobusha48 min
Nov 10, 8:22 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGBenton, Union63 min
Nov 10, 8:22 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCalhoun, Pontotoc63 min
Nov 10, 9:38 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGChickasaw62 min
Nov 10, 9:44 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMonroe61 min
Nov 10, 9:54 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGItawamba, Lee46 min
Nov 10, 10:05 AM CSTTornado WarningMEGItawamba, Lee35 min
Nov 10, 4:21 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLawrence49 min
Nov 10, 5:04 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCraighead, Poinsett46 min
Nov 10, 5:50 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCross, Lee, St. Francis45 min
Nov 10, 6:26 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCrittenden, Mississippi49 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arkansas, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.