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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Memphis, TN

April 8, 1998Lowndes County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Apr 8, 1998, 8:19 PM CDT for Lowndes County, Mississippi. It was in force for 31 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, 8:19 PM CDT (01:19 UTC)
Expired: Apr 8, 1998, 8:50 PM CDT
In force: 31 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, 1.3 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.

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: 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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMEM 090118 RRA
TORMEM
MSC087-090150-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
819 PM CDT WED APR 8 1998


THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS TN HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 850 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI

   ...LOWNDES COUNTY


AT 810 PM CDT... DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO ABOUT 5
MILES NORTHWEST OF COLUMBUS. THIS STORM IS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST
AT 50 MPH AND WILL AFFECT NORTH PARTS OF COLUMBUS AND THE
COMMUNITIES OF WELLS AND STEENS BETWEEN 815 AND 830 PM.


.IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNTITURE. IF NO
BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SAFETY IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A
CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...OR CUSHIONS TO
COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.

The 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, 8:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lowndes	32 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.