Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 398, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 10, 1998, 9:54 AM CST for Itawamba County, Lee County, Mississippi. It was in force for 46 min. 4 reports 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
- Nov 10, 1998, 9:54 AM CST (15:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 10, 1998, 10:40 AM CST
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Itawamba County, MS, Lee County, MS
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:53 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 10, 9:55 AM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Verona, MS | A couple of trailers were overturned. |
| Nov 10, 10:00 AM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Guntown, MS | A trailer was overturned. Several mobile homes were damaged. Some trees and power lines were also blown down. |
| Nov 10, 10:15 AM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Dorsey, MS | Several trees were knocked down. |
| Nov 10, 10:30 AM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Fulton, MS | Several large tree limbs were blown 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 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, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 144 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
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, 2 hours 45 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 45 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 45 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 45 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, 29 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, 29 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 | 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, 7:43 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Weakley | 32 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, 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 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.