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Tornado Warning 41, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Apr 27, 1998, 7:44 PM CDT for Marshall County, Mississippi. It was in force for 51 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, 7:44 PM CDT (00:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 27, 1998, 8:35 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Marshall County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 8:15 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Waterford, MS | Hail ranging from nickle to golfball size fell near Waterford. |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -141 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1140 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -65 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMEM 280043 RRA TORMEM MSC093-280135- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 744 PM CDT MON APR 27 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI * UNTIL 835 PM CDT * AT 743 PM CDT... DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAWS HILL MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE ... BETWEEN MALONE AND WATERFORD BY 755 PM CDT AT POTTS CAMP BY 805 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 7:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Benton, Marshall | 3 hr |
| Apr 27, 7:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Union | 50 min |
| Apr 27, 7:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Coahoma | 33 min |
| Apr 27, 7:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tate | 33 min |
| Apr 27, 7:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Marshall | 47 min |
| Apr 27, 7:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tippah | 49 min |
| Apr 27, 7:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Tippah | 47 min |
| Apr 27, 7:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tunica | 47 min |
| Apr 27, 7:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Union | 48 min |
| Apr 27, 8:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Tippah | 51 min |
| Apr 27, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tallahatchie | 30 min |
| Apr 27, 8:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Benton, Marshall | 47 min |
| Apr 27, 8:38 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Benton, Marshall, Tippah | 3 hr |
| Apr 27, 9:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton | 27 min |
| Apr 27, 9:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lafayette | 51 min |
| Apr 27, 10:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Union | 34 min |
| Apr 27, 10:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Prentiss | 58 min |
| Apr 28, 1:26 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Benton, Marshall, Tippah | 3 hr |
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.