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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 384, NWS Memphis, TN

November 10, 1998Weakley County, Tennessee

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Nov 10, 6:15 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC5 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 1998-11-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 1998-11-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 448 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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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.

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, 7:55 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, 4:05 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGRandolph50 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 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.