Alert archive / Tennessee / Tornado Warnings in 1998
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Apr 3, 1998, 12:31 PM CST for Weakley County, Tennessee. It was in force for 34 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 3, 1998, 12:31 PM CST (18:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 3, 1998, 1:05 PM CST
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Weakley County, TN
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:35 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 3, 12:55 PM CST | Hail 1 | Dresden, 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 nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 191 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
- 888 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
154 WFUS1 KMEM 031830 RRA TORMEM TNC183-031905- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1231 PM CST FRI APR 3 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS TN HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 105 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WESTERN TENNESSEE ...WEAKLEY COUNTY AT 1231 PM CST... DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MARTIN OR 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GLEASON MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS TORNADO WILL PASS NEAR GLEASON BY 1235 PM CST. .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 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 3, 12:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Gibson, Weakley | 47 min |
| Apr 3, 12:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll | 51 min |
| Apr 3, 12:49 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Henry | 31 min |
| Apr 3, 2:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lauderdale | 45 min |
| Apr 3, 2:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tipton | 48 min |
| Apr 3, 2:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Haywood | 33 min |
| Apr 3, 3:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette, Hardeman, Haywood | 30 min |
| Apr 3, 3:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Dyer, Gibson | 34 min |
| Apr 3, 3:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Henderson | 34 min |
| Apr 3, 4:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardin, McNairy | 44 min |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in Tennessee, 1998Every tornado warning in 1998Tornadoes 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.