Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 396, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 10, 1998, 9:38 AM CST for Chickasaw County, Mississippi. It was in force for 62 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, 9:38 AM CST (15:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 10, 1998, 10:40 AM CST
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Chickasaw County, MS
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:41 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.
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
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 137 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
- 1639 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -271 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -102 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
852 WUUS1 KMEM 101536 RRA SVRMEM MSC017-101640- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 938 AM CST TUE NOV 10 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CHICKASAW COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI * UNTIL 1040 AM CST * AT 932 AM CST... DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES SOUTH OF HOUSTON OR 10 MILES SOUTH OF TREBLOC... MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. ON ITS PRESENT TRACK .. THE SEVERE STORM WILL PASS JUST SOUTH OF HOUSTON BETWEEN 945 AM AND 1000 AM. .A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
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, 2 hours 29 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, 2 hours 29 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, 2 hours 29 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, 2 hours 29 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, 9:25 AM CST, 13 minutes before
TNZ001>003-019-020-048>052-088>090-111530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 925 AM CST TUE NOV 10 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT MEMPHIS TENNESSEE HAS CANCELED THE TORNADO WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN WEST TENNESSEE.. LAKE..OBION..DYER..LAUDERDALE..TIPTON..SHELBY..WEAKLEY..GIBSON ..CROCKETT..HAYWOOD..FAYETTE..MADISON..HARDEMAN. STORMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF THESE COUNTIES AND THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED.
Special weather statement, Nov 10, 9:25 AM CST, 13 minutes before
TNZ001>003-019-020-048>052-088>090-111530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 925 AM CST TUE NOV 10 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT MEMPHIS TENNESSEE HAS CANCELED THE TORNADO WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN WEST TENNESSEE.. LAKE..OBION..DYER..LAUDERDALE..TIPTON..SHELBY..WEAKLEY..GIBSON ..CROCKETT..HAYWOOD..FAYETTE..MADISON..HARDEMAN. STORMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF THESE COUNTIES AND THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED.
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 | DeSoto | 47 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, 9:44 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 |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 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.