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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Memphis, TN

April 16, 1998Monroe County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Apr 16, 1998, 7:17 PM CDT for Monroe County, Mississippi. It was in force for 33 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, 7:17 PM CDT (00:17 UTC)
Expired: Apr 16, 1998, 7:50 PM CDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Whole counties

County Monroe 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

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 171 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1239 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -95 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 111 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

455 
WFUS1 KMEM 170013 RRA
TORMEM
MSC095-170050-

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


THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN MONROE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 750 PM CDT

* AT 712 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO OVER
NORTHERN LOWNDES COUNTY SOUTHWEST OF CALEDONIA. THE STORM WAS MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF
MONROE COUNTY NEAR NEW HAMILTON BY 730 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 32 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 DISPATCH

Special weather statement, Apr 16, 7:12 PM CDT, 5 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, 7:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Lowndes	36 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Mississippi, 1998 Every tornado warning in 1998 Tornadoes 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.