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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Memphis, TN

April 8, 1998Crittenden County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Apr 8, 1998, 6:24 PM CDT for Crittenden County, Arkansas. It was in force for 21 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 8, 1998, 6:24 PM CDT (23:24 UTC)
Expired
Apr 8, 1998, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
21 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Crittenden County, AR

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 8, 6:30 PM CDTHail 0.88West Memphis, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 8, 4:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 53 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 1998-04-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1998-04-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 170 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2519 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
87 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
170 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
224 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.

000 
TTAA00 KMEM 082324 RRA
TORMEM
ARC035-082345-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
624 PM CDT WED APR 8 1998


THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS TN HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN NORTHEASTERN ARKANSAS

   ...EASTERN CRITTENDEN COUNTY


AT 623 PM CDT... DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO WEST OF
MARION MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE IN MARION BY 630.


.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 8, 8:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGPhillips31 min
Apr 8, 5:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCross47 min
Apr 8, 5:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGSt. Francis50 min
Apr 8, 6:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCrittenden51 min
Apr 8, 6:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLee49 min
Apr 8, 6:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMississippi48 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.