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Tornado Warning 47, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at May 6, 1998, 11:07 PM CDT for Greene County, Arkansas. It was in force for 48 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
- May 6, 1998, 11:07 PM CDT (04:07 UTC)
- Expired
- May 6, 1998, 11:55 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Greene County, AR
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 11:10 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Delaplaine, AR |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 10:15 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 153 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
- 2412 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 918 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 151 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.5
- Supercell composite
- 4.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMEM 070407 RRA TORMEM ARC055-070455- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1107 PM CDT WED MAY 6 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... GREENE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN ARKANSAS * UNTIL 1155 PM CDT * AT 1105 PM CDT... DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR EVENING STAR MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... MARMADUKE BY 1125 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.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 6, 7:59 PM CDT, 3 hours 8 minutes before
ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-MOZ113-115-TNZ001-002- 019-048>050-088-089-070300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 759 PM CDT WED MAY 6 1998 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 297 IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM CDT FOR RANDOLPH AND LAWRENCE COUNTIES IN ARKANSAS... ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 294 CANCELLED FOR REMAINDER OF EASTERN ARKANSAS...THE BOOTHEEL OF MISSOURI AND PARTS OF WEST TENNESEE... A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES FOR RANDOLPH AND LAWRENCE COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST ARKASAS UNTIL 2 AM CDT. THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSORI AND NORTHERN ARKANSAS WILL MOVE INTO NORTHEAST ARKANSAS DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. THESE STORMS WILL CONTAIN DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. THE TORNADO WATCH FOR THE REMAINDER OF EASTERN ARKANSAS...THE BOOTHEEL OF MISSOURI AND PARTS OF WEST TENNESSEE HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER MAY FLARE UP LATER TONIGHT AS THE STORMS DEVELOPING TO THE WEST OVER SOUTHERN MISSOURI AND NORTHERN ARKANSAS TREK TOWARD THE BOOTHEEL...EASTERN ARKANSAS AND WEST TENNESSEE.
Special weather statement, May 6, 7:59 PM CDT, 3 hours 8 minutes before
ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-MOZ113-115-TNZ001-002- 019-048>050-088-089-070300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 759 PM CDT WED MAY 6 1998 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 297 IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM CDT FOR RANDOLPH AND LAWRENCE COUNTIES IN ARKANSAS... ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 294 CANCELLED FOR REMAINDER OF EASTERN ARKANSAS...THE BOOTHEEL OF MISSOURI AND PARTS OF WEST TENNESEE... A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES FOR RANDOLPH AND LAWRENCE COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST ARKASAS UNTIL 2 AM CDT. THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSORI AND NORTHERN ARKANSAS WILL MOVE INTO NORTHEAST ARKANSAS DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. THESE STORMS WILL CONTAIN DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. THE TORNADO WATCH FOR THE REMAINDER OF EASTERN ARKANSAS...THE BOOTHEEL OF MISSOURI AND PARTS OF WEST TENNESSEE HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER MAY FLARE UP LATER TONIGHT AS THE STORMS DEVELOPING TO THE WEST OVER SOUTHERN MISSOURI AND NORTHERN ARKANSAS TREK TOWARD THE BOOTHEEL...EASTERN ARKANSAS AND WEST TENNESSEE.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 9:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Clay | 47 min |
| May 6, 9:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Greene | 20 min |
| May 6, 9:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lawrence, Randolph | 36 min |
| May 6, 10:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Randolph | 47 min |
| May 6, 10:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Greene | 48 min |
| May 6, 11:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lawrence | 48 min |
| May 7, 12:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Poinsett | 49 min |
| May 7, 1:14 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Poinsett | 51 min |
| May 7, 2:03 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Crittenden | 37 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.