Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 384, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 10, 1998, 7:43 AM CST for Weakley County, Tennessee. It was in force for 32 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, 7:43 AM CST (13:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 10, 1998, 8:15 AM CST
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Weakley County, TN
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 10, 6:15 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 1.7 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1091 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 448 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 547 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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
Special weather statement, Nov 10, 7:09 AM CST, 34 minutes before
ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-101335- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 709 AM CST TUE NOV 10 1998 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 888 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST ARKANSAS AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL... THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT MOVED ACROSS NORTHEAST ARKANSAS AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL EARLY THIS MORNING HAS CROSSED THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER INTO WEST TENNESSEE AND NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI. WITH THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER PASSED..THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL HAS BEEN CANCELLED. RES
Special weather statement, Nov 10, 7:09 AM CST, 34 minutes before
ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-101335- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 709 AM CST TUE NOV 10 1998 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 888 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST ARKANSAS AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL... THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT MOVED ACROSS NORTHEAST ARKANSAS AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL EARLY THIS MORNING HAS CROSSED THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER INTO WEST TENNESSEE AND NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI. WITH THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER PASSED..THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL HAS BEEN CANCELLED. RES
Special weather statement, Nov 10, 7:09 AM CST, 34 minutes before
ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-101335- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED LAST PARAGRAPH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 709 AM CST TUE NOV 10 1998 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 888 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST ARKANSAS AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL... THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT MOVED ACROSS NORTHEAST ARKANSAS AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL EARLY THIS MORNING HAS CROSSED THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER INTO WEST TENNESSEE AND NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI. WITH THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER PASSED..THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR NORTHEAST ARKANSAS AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL HAS BEEN CANCELLED. RES
Special weather statement, Nov 10, 7:09 AM CST, 34 minutes before
ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-101335- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED LAST PARAGRAPH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 709 AM CST TUE NOV 10 1998 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 888 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST ARKANSAS AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL... THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT MOVED ACROSS NORTHEAST ARKANSAS AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL EARLY THIS MORNING HAS CROSSED THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER INTO WEST TENNESSEE AND NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI. WITH THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER PASSED..THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR NORTHEAST ARKANSAS AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL HAS BEEN CANCELLED. RES
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 10, 6:38 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 47 min |
| Nov 10, 6:54 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Dyer, Lauderdale, Tipton | 46 min |
| Nov 10, 6:54 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lake, Obion | 46 min |
| Nov 10, 7:23 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Haywood | 47 min |
| Nov 10, 7:32 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crockett, Gibson | 33 min |
| Nov 10, 7:55 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardeman, Madison | 50 min |
| Nov 10, 8:02 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Hardeman, Madison | 33 min |
| Nov 10, 8:08 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Henry | 47 min |
| Nov 10, 8:18 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester | 32 min |
| Nov 10, 8:20 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll | 50 min |
| Nov 10, 8:34 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Henderson | 51 min |
| Nov 10, 8:34 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | McNairy | 51 min |
| Nov 10, 8:40 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Madison | 20 min |
| Nov 10, 8:46 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Henry | 19 min |
| Nov 10, 8:52 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Henderson | 33 min |
| Nov 10, 9:20 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardin | 50 min |
| Nov 10, 7:37 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Panola, Tate | 33 min |
| Nov 10, 7:39 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tallahatchie | 36 min |
| Nov 10, 7:47 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Marshall | 33 min |
| Nov 10, 7:57 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lafayette, Yalobusha | 48 min |
| Nov 10, 8:22 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, Union | 63 min |
| Nov 10, 8:22 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Pontotoc | 63 min |
| Nov 10, 9:38 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chickasaw | 62 min |
| Nov 10, 9:44 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Monroe | 61 min |
| Nov 10, 9:54 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Lee | 46 min |
| Nov 10, 10:05 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Lee | 35 min |
| Nov 10, 4:05 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Randolph | 50 min |
| Nov 10, 4:21 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lawrence | 49 min |
| Nov 10, 5:04 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Craighead, Poinsett | 46 min |
| Nov 10, 5:50 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Cross, Lee, St. Francis | 45 min |
| Nov 10, 6:26 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Mississippi | 49 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.