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Tornado Warning 46, NWS Memphis, TN

May 6, 1998Tishomingo County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at May 6, 1998, 2:05 PM CDT for Tishomingo County, Mississippi. It was in force for 20 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
May 6, 1998, 2:05 PM CDT (19:05 UTC)
Expired
May 6, 1998, 2:25 PM CDT
In force
20 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Tishomingo County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 157 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 1998-05-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1098 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 12:00Z on 1998-05-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 42 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
1098 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
564 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-32 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

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

657 
WFUS1 KMEM 061902 RRA
TORMEM
MSC141-061925-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
205 PM CDT WED MAY 6 1998


THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN TISHOMINGO COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 225 PM CDT

* AT 203 PM CDT... DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO
  10 MILES SOUTH OF IUKA. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH
  AND WILL BE TO THE ALABAMA STATE LINE BY 215 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
May 6, 1:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGTishomingo48 min
May 6, 2:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGTishomingo32 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.