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Tornado Warning 36, NWS Memphis, TN

April 27, 1998Marshall County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Apr 27, 1998, 6:29 PM CDT for Marshall County, Mississippi. It was in force for 36 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 27, 1998, 6:29 PM CDT (23:29 UTC)
Expired
Apr 27, 1998, 7:05 PM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Marshall County, MS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 27, 6:40 PM CDTTornado F0Potts Camp, MSA tornado briefly touched down knocking down a few trees.

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, 3:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 42 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.

307 
WFUS1 KMEM 272328 RRA
TORMEM
MSC093-280005-

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


THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 705 PM CDT

* AT 628 PM CDT... DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 8
  MILES WEST OF POTTS CAMP MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  POTTS CAMP BY 635 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, 4:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGTunica48 min
Apr 27, 4:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGDeSoto50 min
Apr 27, 5:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGDeSoto33 min
Apr 27, 5:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMarshall47 min
Apr 27, 5:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGTate35 min
Apr 27, 6:43 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGBenton47 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.