Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 8, 1998, 5:32 PM CDT for Hardin County, Tennessee. It was in force for 18 min. 1 report 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 8, 1998, 5:32 PM CDT (22:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 8, 1998, 5:50 PM CDT
- In force
- 18 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hardin County, TN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 5:35 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Walnut Grove, TN | An outbuilding was destroyed in Walnut Grove. Several trees and power lines were knocked down from Walnut Grove to Savannah. |
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 8, 5:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 166 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
- 2519 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 87 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 170 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 224 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMEM 082232 RRA SVRMEM TNC071-082250- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 532 PM CDT WED APR 8 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS TN HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 550 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WESTERN TENNESSEE ...EASTERN HARDIN COUNTY THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT BROUGHT THREE-QUARTER INCH HAIL TO SAVANNAH AT 517 PM CONINUED TO MOVE TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH AND WAS NEAR OLIVE HILL AT 530 PM. THE STORM WILL MOVE OUT OF HARDIN COUNTY AND INTO WAYNE COUNTY BY 550 PM. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND REMAIN PROBABLE WITH THIS STORM. .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
Local storm report, Apr 8, 11:57 AM CDT, 5 hours 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TENNESSEE
1157 AM CDT WED APR 08 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0734 AM CORDOVA TN 1.75 INCH HAIL
04/08/98 SHELBY
0840 AM 30 SW HELENA AR 1.25 INCH HAIL
04/08/98 PHILLIPS
0910 AM CLARKSDALE FLTCHR ARPT MS 1 INCH HAIL
04/08/98 COAHOMA QUARTER TO NICKLE SIZE
0920 AM SLEDGE MS 1 INCH HAIL
04/08/98 QUITMAN REORTED BY SHERIFFS OFFICE
0920 AM HENDERSON TN .75 INCH HAIL
04/08/98 CHESTER
0955 AM OAKLAND TN .75 INCH HAIL
04/08/98 FAYETTE
0955 AM MEMPHIS TN WIND DAMAGE
04/08/98 SHELBY TREES AND POWER LINES
BLOWM DOWN IN NORTHEAST
PART OF TOWN.
1035 AM MIDDLETON TN 1 INCH HAIL
04/08/98 HARDEMAN
1050 AM SELMER TN .75 INCH HAIL
04/08/98 MCNAIRY
1105 AM HENDERSON TN WIND DAMAGE
04/08/98 CHESTER NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER
LINES DOWN
1121 AM SAVANNAH TN WIND DAMAGE
04/08/98 HARDIN TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
IN SAVANNAH AND SOUTHEAST
OF SAVANNAH.Local storm report, Apr 8, 12:01 PM CDT, 5 hours 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TENNESSEE
1201 PM CDT WED APR 08 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0734 AM CORDOVA TN 1.75 INCH HAIL
04/08/98 SHELBY
0840 AM 30 SW HELENA AR 1.25 INCH HAIL
04/08/98 PHILLIPS
0910 AM CLARKSDALE FLTCHR ARPT MS 1 INCH HAIL
04/08/98 COAHOMA QUARTER TO NICKLE SIZE
0920 AM SLEDGE MS 1 INCH HAIL
04/08/98 QUITMAN REORTED BY SHERIFFS OFFICE
0920 AM HENDERSON TN .75 INCH HAIL
04/08/98 CHESTER
0955 AM OAKLAND TN .75 INCH HAIL
04/08/98 FAYETTE
0955 AM MEMPHIS TN WIND DAMAGE
04/08/98 SHELBY TREES AND POWER LINES
BLOWM DOWN IN NORTHEAST
PART OF TOWN.
1035 AM MIDDLETON TN 1 INCH HAIL
04/08/98 HARDEMAN
1050 AM SELMER TN .75 INCH HAIL
04/08/98 MCNAIRY
1105 AM HENDERSON TN WIND DAMAGE
04/08/98 CHESTER NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER
LINES DOWN
1115 AM GLEASON TN WIND DAMAGE
04/08/98 WEAKLEY TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
FROM THUNDERSTORM WINDS
1121 AM SAVANNAH TN WIND DAMAGE
04/08/98 HARDIN TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
IN SAVANNAH AND SOUTHEAST
OF SAVANNAH.
1130 AM PURYEAR TN .75 INCH HAIL
04/08/98 HENRYLocal storm report, Apr 8, 12:01 PM CDT, 5 hours 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TENNESSEE
1201 PM CDT WED APR 08 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0734 AM CORDOVA TN 1.75 INCH HAIL
04/08/98 SHELBY
0840 AM 30 SW HELENA AR 1.25 INCH HAIL
04/08/98 PHILLIPS
0910 AM CLARKSDALE FLTCHR ARPT MS 1 INCH HAIL
04/08/98 COAHOMA QUARTER TO NICKLE SIZE
0920 AM SLEDGE MS 1 INCH HAIL
04/08/98 QUITMAN REORTED BY SHERIFFS OFFICE
0920 AM HENDERSON TN .75 INCH HAIL
04/08/98 CHESTER
0955 AM OAKLAND TN .75 INCH HAIL
04/08/98 FAYETTE
0955 AM MEMPHIS TN WIND DAMAGE
04/08/98 SHELBY TREES AND POWER LINES
BLOWM DOWN IN NORTHEAST
PART OF TOWN.
1035 AM MIDDLETON TN 1 INCH HAIL
04/08/98 HARDEMAN
1050 AM SELMER TN .75 INCH HAIL
04/08/98 MCNAIRY
1105 AM HENDERSON TN WIND DAMAGE
04/08/98 CHESTER NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER
LINES DOWN
1115 AM GLEASON TN WIND DAMAGE
04/08/98 WEAKLEY TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
FROM THUNDERSTORM WINDS
1121 AM SAVANNAH TN WIND DAMAGE
04/08/98 HARDIN TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
IN SAVANNAH AND SOUTHEAST
OF SAVANNAH.
1130 AM PURYEAR TN .75 INCH HAIL
04/08/98 HENRYSpecial weather statement, Apr 8, 12:27 PM CDT, 5 hours 5 minutes before
MSZ001>005-007>016-020>023-TNZ049-050-052>054-088>092-081800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1227 PM CDT WED APR 8 1998 ...TORNADO WATCH CANCELLED FOR SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE... THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED OVER SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE. TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 183 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE. TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 183 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTH MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Apr 8, 12:27 PM CDT, 5 hours 5 minutes before
MSZ001>005-007>016-020>023-TNZ049-050-052>054-088>092-081800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1227 PM CDT WED APR 8 1998 ...TORNADO WATCH CANCELLED FOR SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE... THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED OVER SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE. TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 183 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE. TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 183 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTH MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 7:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Shelby | 46 min |
| Apr 8, 9:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester | 32 min |
| Apr 8, 9:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardeman | 33 min |
| Apr 8, 9:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester | 31 min |
| Apr 8, 9:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 36 min |
| Apr 8, 9:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette | 51 min |
| Apr 8, 10:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardeman | 49 min |
| Apr 8, 10:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, McNairy | 48 min |
| Apr 8, 11:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Henry, Weakley | 46 min |
| Apr 8, 11:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardin, Henderson | 32 min |
| Apr 8, 5:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardin | 33 min |
| Apr 8, 6:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lake, Obion | 33 min |
| Apr 8, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tipton | 48 min |
| Apr 8, 6:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Shelby | 36 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.