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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Memphis, TN

April 16, 1998Crockett County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Apr 16, 1998, 4:14 AM CDT for Crockett County, Tennessee. 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 16, 1998, 4:14 AM CDT (09:14 UTC)
Expired
Apr 16, 1998, 4:45 AM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Crockett County, TN

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 16, 4:20 AM CDTTornado F2Maury City, TNThe tornado touched down in Maury City and moved northeast toward Crockett Mills. One mobile home was destroyed. Seven houses were damaged. Five farm sheds were destroyed. Several trees were blown down.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 16, 12:00 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 132 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 1998-04-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1219 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 1998-04-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 100 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMEM 160913 RRA
TORMEM
TNC033-160945-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
414 AM CDT THU APR 16 1998


THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CROCKETT COUNTY IN WESTERN TENNESSEE

* UNTIL 445 AM CDT

* AT 412 AM CDT... DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 5
MILES NORTHWEST NORTHWEST OF MAURY CITY MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NORTH OF ALAMO BY 425 AM...

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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 16, 2:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLake, Obion47 min
Apr 16, 3:35 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGDyer35 min
Apr 16, 3:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLauderdale34 min
Apr 16, 4:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCrockett33 min
Apr 16, 4:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGGibson31 min
Apr 16, 4:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCarroll48 min
Apr 16, 5:15 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGCarroll35 min
Apr 16, 7:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLake35 min
Apr 16, 8:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGObion35 min
Apr 16, 10:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGShelby50 min
Apr 16, 1:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHenderson32 min
Apr 16, 2:04 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGHenderson21 min
Apr 16, 2:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHardeman33 min
Apr 16, 2:24 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGHardeman, McNairy51 min
Apr 16, 2:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHenderson21 min
Apr 16, 3:03 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGHardin47 min
Apr 16, 4:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHardin, McNairy49 min
Apr 16, 4:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGChester35 min
Apr 16, 4:35 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGChester35 min
Apr 16, 4:36 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGHardin34 min
Apr 16, 4:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHenderson34 min
Apr 16, 5:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHardeman31 min
Apr 16, 5:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHardin34 min
Apr 16, 5:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMcNairy33 min
Apr 16, 6:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHardin31 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.