Alert archive / Tennessee / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 94, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 16, 1998, 2:28 AM CDT for Lake County, Obion County, Tennessee. It was in force for 47 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 16, 1998, 2:28 AM CDT (07:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 16, 1998, 3:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Lake County, TN, Obion County, TN
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 2:35 AM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Tiptonville, TN |
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 16, 12:00 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 178 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
- 1219 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 868 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 136 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 2.7
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, Apr 15, 9:30 PM CDT, 4 hours 58 minutes before
ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001>017- 020>024-030-031-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>054-088>092-161000- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 930 PM CDT WED APR 15 1998 THIS OUTLOOK COVERS THE COUNTY WARNING AREA OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MEMPHIS TENNESSEE..INCLUDING WEST TENNESSEE..NORTH MISSISSIPPI..EAST ARKANSAS AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL. THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT ACROSS EAST ARKANSAS..THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL AND WEST TENNESSEE. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF JONESBORO..MEMPHIS..DYERSBURG.. PARIS AND JACKSON. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT ACROSS NORTH MISSISSIPPI INCLUDING TUPELO..CLARKSDALE..COLUMBUS AND CORINTH. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST INTO THE GREAT LAKES WITH A COLD FRONT TRAILING SOUTHWEST INTO TEXAS. THE COLD FRONT AND ASSOCIATED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL PROGRESS SLOWLY EASTWARD AND AFFECT EAST ARKANSAS AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL BY MIDNIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO WEST TENNESSEE AND NORTH MISSISSIPPI AFTER MIDNIGHT. INCREASING LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND STRENGTHENING WIND PROFILES SUGGEST MANY STORMS WILL BECOME SEVERE WITH TORNADOES..LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THIS WILL BE PARTICULARLY TRUE IN THE HIGH RISK AREA WHERE WIND PROFILES WILL BE STRONGEST. RESIDENTS ACROSS THE MID SOUTH SHOULD REVIEW SEVERE WEATHER SAFETY RULES NOW..AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO..COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION..OR LOCAL CABLE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS...STORM SPOTTER GROUPS...AND OTHER INTERESTED CONCERNS SHOULD BE READY FOR SEVERE WEATHER THROUGHT THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT AND INTO EARLY THURSDAY.
Special weather statement, Apr 15, 9:30 PM CDT, 4 hours 58 minutes before
ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001>017- 020>024-030-031-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>054-088>092-161000- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 930 PM CDT WED APR 15 1998 THIS OUTLOOK COVERS THE COUNTY WARNING AREA OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MEMPHIS TENNESSEE..INCLUDING WEST TENNESSEE..NORTH MISSISSIPPI..EAST ARKANSAS AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL. THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT ACROSS EAST ARKANSAS..THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL AND WEST TENNESSEE. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF JONESBORO..MEMPHIS..DYERSBURG.. PARIS AND JACKSON. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT ACROSS NORTH MISSISSIPPI INCLUDING TUPELO..CLARKSDALE..COLUMBUS AND CORINTH. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST INTO THE GREAT LAKES WITH A COLD FRONT TRAILING SOUTHWEST INTO TEXAS. THE COLD FRONT AND ASSOCIATED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL PROGRESS SLOWLY EASTWARD AND AFFECT EAST ARKANSAS AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL BY MIDNIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO WEST TENNESSEE AND NORTH MISSISSIPPI AFTER MIDNIGHT. INCREASING LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND STRENGTHENING WIND PROFILES SUGGEST MANY STORMS WILL BECOME SEVERE WITH TORNADOES..LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THIS WILL BE PARTICULARLY TRUE IN THE HIGH RISK AREA WHERE WIND PROFILES WILL BE STRONGEST. RESIDENTS ACROSS THE MID SOUTH SHOULD REVIEW SEVERE WEATHER SAFETY RULES NOW..AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO..COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION..OR LOCAL CABLE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS...STORM SPOTTER GROUPS...AND OTHER INTERESTED CONCERNS SHOULD BE READY FOR SEVERE WEATHER THROUGHT THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT AND INTO EARLY THURSDAY.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 3:35 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Dyer | 35 min |
| Apr 16, 3:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lauderdale | 34 min |
| Apr 16, 4:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crockett | 33 min |
| Apr 16, 4:14 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Crockett | 31 min |
| Apr 16, 4:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Gibson | 31 min |
| Apr 16, 4:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll | 48 min |
| Apr 16, 5:15 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Carroll | 35 min |
| Apr 16, 7:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lake | 35 min |
| Apr 16, 8:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Obion | 35 min |
| Apr 16, 10:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 50 min |
| Apr 16, 1:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Henderson | 32 min |
| Apr 16, 2:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Henderson | 21 min |
| Apr 16, 2:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardeman | 33 min |
| Apr 16, 2:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Hardeman, McNairy | 51 min |
| Apr 16, 2:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Henderson | 21 min |
| Apr 16, 3:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Hardin | 47 min |
| Apr 16, 4:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardin, McNairy | 49 min |
| Apr 16, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester | 35 min |
| Apr 16, 4:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Chester | 35 min |
| Apr 16, 4:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Hardin | 34 min |
| Apr 16, 4:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Henderson | 34 min |
| Apr 16, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardeman | 31 min |
| Apr 16, 5:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardin | 34 min |
| Apr 16, 5:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | McNairy | 33 min |
| Apr 16, 6:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardin | 31 min |
| Apr 16, 4:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tate | 37 min |
| Apr 16, 4:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Marshall | 65 min |
| Apr 16, 4:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tallahatchie | 61 min |
| Apr 16, 4:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Panola | 35 min |
| Apr 16, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Quitman | 18 min |
| Apr 16, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lafayette | 31 min |
| Apr 16, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton | 51 min |
| Apr 16, 6:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Calhoun | 48 min |
| Apr 15, 11:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Randolph | 50 min |
| Apr 16, 12:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lawrence | 47 min |
| Apr 16, 2:16 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Greene | 29 min |
| Apr 16, 2:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Craighead, Mississippi | 49 min |
| Apr 16, 2:42 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Mississippi | 33 min |
| Apr 16, 3:15 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Mississippi | 20 min |
| Apr 16, 6:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Randolph | 36 min |
| Apr 16, 7:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Clay | 35 min |
| Apr 16, 9:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | St. Francis | 46 min |
| Apr 16, 9:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden | 34 min |
| Apr 16, 11:05 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Poinsett | 50 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.