Alert archive / Tennessee / Tornado Warnings in 1998
Tornado Warning 51, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at May 7, 1998, 3:20 AM CDT for Hardin County, McNairy County, Tennessee. It was in force for 35 min. 2 reports 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 7, 1998, 3:20 AM CDT (08:20 UTC)
- Expired
- May 7, 1998, 3:55 AM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Hardin County, TN, McNairy County, TN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 3:45 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Selmer, TN | A few trees were blown down. |
| May 7, 3:50 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Pickwick Dam, TN | Several trees were knocked down. |
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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 149 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 070820 RRA TORMEM TNC071-109-070855- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 320 AM CDT THU MAY 7 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN HARDIN COUNTY IN WESTERN TENNESSEE SOUTHEASTERN MCNAIRY COUNTY IN WESTERN TENNESSEE * UNTIL 355 AM CDT * AT 319 AM CDT... DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SHILOH MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... SHILOH BY 325 AM CDT SOUTH OF SAVANNAH BY 335 AM 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.V..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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 1:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lauderdale | 36 min |
| May 7, 2:41 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Tipton | 34 min |
| May 7, 3:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette | 35 min |
| May 7, 3:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | McNairy | 36 min |
| May 7, 3:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardeman | 47 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.