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Tornado Warning 35, NWS Memphis, TN

April 27, 1998Dyer County, Tennessee; Mississippi County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Apr 27, 1998, 3:45 PM CDT for Dyer County, Tennessee; Mississippi County, Arkansas. It was in force for 35 min. 4 reports 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 27, 1998, 3:45 PM CDT (20:45 UTC)
Expired
Apr 27, 1998, 4:20 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Mississippi County, AR, Dyer County, TN

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 27, 4:00 PM CDTHail 0.88Huffman, AR
Apr 27, 4:00 PM CDTHail 1Dyersburg, TN
Apr 27, 4:10 PM CDTHail 0.75Finley, TN
Apr 27, 4:25 PM CDTHail 1Dyersburg, 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 27, 3:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 122 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 12:00Z on 1998-04-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 1998-04-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 43 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
807 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
67 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
135 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.

283 
WFUS1 KMEM 272044 RRA
TORMEM
ARC093-TNC045-272120-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
345 PM CDT MON APR 27 1998


THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN ARKANSAS
  WESTERN DYER COUNTY IN WESTERN TENNESSEE

* UNTIL 420 PM CDT

* AT 343 PM CDT... DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO
  SOUTH OF BLYTHEVILLE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  MIDWAY BY 400 PM CDT
  BRADLEYTOWN BY 400 PM CDT
  CHIC BY 400 PM CDT

.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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 27, 4:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGDyer47 min
Apr 27, 5:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGFayette48 min
Apr 27, 5:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGGibson47 min
Apr 27, 5:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGShelby51 min
Apr 27, 5:51 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGFayette2 hr
Apr 27, 5:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGFayette47 min
Apr 27, 6:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCarroll, Gibson49 min
Apr 27, 6:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLake34 min
Apr 27, 6:36 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGCarroll49 min
Apr 27, 2:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGPoinsett30 min
Apr 27, 2:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCraighead49 min
Apr 27, 2:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMississippi47 min
Apr 27, 2:52 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGMississippi48 min
Apr 27, 3:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGGreene, Lawrence48 min
Apr 27, 3:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGPhillips32 min
Apr 27, 3:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGClay49 min
Apr 27, 4:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLee48 min
Apr 27, 4:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCraighead49 min
Apr 27, 4:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGClay, Greene47 min
Apr 27, 5:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCross47 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.