Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 77, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 8, 1998, 8:13 PM CDT for Lowndes County, Mississippi. It was in force for 32 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, 8:13 PM CDT (01:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 8, 1998, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lowndes County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 8:19 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Caledonia, MS |
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, 7:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 158 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
- 2060 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 632 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 79 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 284 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 12.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
112 WUUS1 KMEM 090113 RRA SVRMEM MSC087-090145- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 813 PM CDT WED APR 8 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS TN HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI ...LOWNDES COUNTY AT 809 PM CDT... DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLUMBUS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM WILL PASS NEAR WELLS BY 820 PM AND NEAR CALEDONIA BETWEEN 825 PM AND 835 PM. .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, 6:16 PM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TENNESSEE
615 PM CST WED APR 08 1998
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0512 PM COLLINSTOWN MS 1.75 INCH HAIL
04/08/98 ALCORN GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL
REPORTED BY ALCORN COUNTY
911
0515 PM CARDWELL MO 1.75 INCH HAIL
04/08/98 DUNKLIN GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL
REPORTED BY KENNETT POLICE
DEPT
0517 PM SAVANNAH TN .75 INCH HAIL
04/08/98 HARDIN DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY
SAVANNAH POLICE DEPT
>
0540 PM WYNNE AR 1.75 INCH HAIL
04/08/98 CROSS GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL
REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
SPOTTER
0545 PM COLT AR 1.75 INCH HAIL
04/08/98 ST FRANCIS pGOLFBALL SIZE HAIL
REPORTED BY ST FRANCIS
COUNTY SHERIFFLocal storm report, Apr 8, 7:15 PM CDT, 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TENNESSEE
615 PM CST WED APR 08 1998
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0512 PM COLLINSTOWN MS 1.75 INCH HAIL
04/08/98 ALCORN GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL
REPORTED BY ALCORN COUNTY
911
0515 PM CARDWELL MO 1.75 INCH HAIL
04/08/98 DUNKLIN GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL
REPORTED BY KENNETT POLICE
DEPT
0517 PM SAVANNAH TN .75 INCH HAIL
04/08/98 HARDIN DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY
SAVANNAH POLICE DEPT
>
0540 PM WYNNE AR 1.75 INCH HAIL
04/08/98 CROSS GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL
REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
SPOTTER
0545 PM COLT AR 1.75 INCH HAIL
04/08/98 ST FRANCIS GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL
REPORTED BY ST FRANCIS
COUNTY SHERIFFThe office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tunica | 34 min |
| Apr 8, 7:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Chickasaw | 32 min |
| Apr 8, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto | 51 min |
| Apr 8, 7:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Tishomingo | 35 min |
| Apr 8, 7:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Clay | 32 min |
| Apr 8, 8:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lowndes | 31 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.