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Tornado Warning 43, NWS Memphis, TN

April 27, 1998Dyer County, Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Apr 27, 1998, 8:19 PM CDT for Dyer County, Tennessee. 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, 8:19 PM CDT (01:19 UTC)
Expired
Apr 27, 1998, 8:55 PM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Dyer County, TN

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 27, 8:45 PM CDTHail 0.75Tigrett, 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 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 145 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 00:00Z on 1998-04-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 21 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1998-04-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -65 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

886 
WFUS1 KMEM 280118 RRA
TORMEM
TNC045-280155-

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


THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  DYER COUNTY IN WESTERN TENNESSEE

* UNTIL 855 PM CDT

* AT 819 PM CDT... DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO JUST
  SOUTH OF DYERSBURG MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  JUST SOUTH OF ROELLEN BY 830 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.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 27, 7:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGDyer49 min
Apr 27, 11:34 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMEGHardeman, McNairy3 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.