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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Memphis, TN

April 3, 1998Tipton County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 3, 1998, 2:37 PM CST for Tipton County, Tennessee. It was in force for 48 min. 2 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: Apr 3, 1998, 2:37 PM CST (20:37 UTC)
Expired: Apr 3, 1998, 3:25 PM CST
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Whole counties

County Tipton County, TN

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 3, 2:50 PM CST	Thunderstorm Wind	Wilkinsville, TN	A shed was blown away near Wilkinsville. A house trailer was blown over in Mason. A barn roof was also blown off in Mason.
Apr 3, 2:55 PM CST	Hail 0.75	Covington, TN	Dime size hail covered the ground up to 2 inches in depth.

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
Apr 3, 12:45 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 76 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 177 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -83 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1006 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 122 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.4

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KMEM 032037 RRA
SVRMEM
TNC167-032125-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
237 PM CST FRI APR 3 1998


THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS TN HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 325 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN WESTERN TENNESSEE

   ...TIPTON COUNTY

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER INTO
WESTERN TIPTON COUNTY AT 235 PM.  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH .. THE
STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE RANDOLPH .. DRUMMONDS AREA BY 250 PM AND
WILL BE NORTH OF COVINGTON BETWEEN 300 PM AND 315 PM.

THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING THREE-QUARTER INCH HAIL AHD
STRONG WIND GUSTS.

.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.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 3, 12:08 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Gibson, Weakley	47 min
Apr 3, 12:14 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Carroll	51 min
Apr 3, 12:31 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Weakley	34 min
Apr 3, 12:49 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Henry	31 min
Apr 3, 2:30 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lauderdale	45 min
Apr 3, 2:47 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Fayette, Haywood	33 min
Apr 3, 3:20 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Fayette, Hardeman, Haywood	30 min
Apr 3, 3:26 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Dyer, Gibson	34 min
Apr 3, 3:56 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chester, Henderson	34 min
Apr 3, 4:11 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Hardin, McNairy	44 min

Nearby

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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.