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Tornado Warning 32, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Apr 16, 1998, 7:14 PM CDT for Lowndes County, Mississippi. It was in force for 36 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 16, 1998, 7:14 PM CDT (00:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 16, 1998, 7:50 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lowndes County, MS
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, 4:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 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
- 1586 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 645 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 74 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 270 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 336 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.6
- Supercell composite
- 16.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMEM 170011 RRA TORMEM MSC087-170050- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 714 PM CDT THU APR 16 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN LOWNDES COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI * UNTIL 750 PM CDT * AT 710 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO OVER NORTHERN LOWNDES COUNTY..ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CALEDONIA. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL BE NEAR CALEDONIA BY 720 PM. .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.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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 16, 3:45 PM CDT, 3 hours 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TENNESSEE
345 PM CDT THU APR 16 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0215 PM REAGAN TN 1 INCH HAIL
04/16/98 HENDERSON QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED
BY HENDERSON COUNTY EMA
0225 PM MIDDLETON TN 1.75 INCH HAIL
04/16/98 HARDEMAN GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL
REPORTED BY SPOTTER
0250 PM REAGAN TN 1 INCH HAIL
04/16/98 HENDERSON QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED
BY HENDERSON COUNTY SHERIFF
0253 PM SELMER TN 1.25 INCH HAIL
04/16/98 MCNAIRY HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL REPORTED
BY SPOTTER
0315 PM CRUMP TN 1 INCH HAIL
04/16/98 HARDIN QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED
BY SAVANNAH CENTRAL DISPATCHSpecial weather statement, Apr 16, 7:12 PM CDT, 2 minutes before
TNZ003-004-020-021-052>054-090>092-170045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 712 PM CDT THU APR 16 1998 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 232 CANCELLED FOR WEST TENNESSEE... TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 232 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING WEST TENNESSEE COUNTIES... HENRY..WEAKLEY..GIBSON..CARROLL..MADISON..HENDERSON..CHESTER.. HARDEMAN..MCNAIRY AND HARDIN. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS WEST TENNESSEE FOR THE NEXT HOUR BUT THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED FOR THESE COUNTIES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 7:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Monroe | 33 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.