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Tornado Watch 228

April 16, 19984 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Apr 16, 1998, 10:00 AM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 16, 1998, 10:00 AM CDT (15:00 UTC)
Expired
Apr 16, 1998, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 62 counties

Lauderdale County, AL, Craighead County, AR, Crittenden County, AR, Cross County, AR, Lee County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, Phillips County, AR, Poinsett County, AR, St. Francis County, AR, Alcorn County, MS, Benton County, MS, DeSoto County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Tate County, MS, Tippah County, MS, Tishomingo County, MS, Tunica County, MS, Bedford County, TN, Benton County, TN, Cannon County, TN, Carroll County, TN, Cheatham County, TN, Chester County, TN, Coffee County, TN, Crockett County, TN, Davidson County, TN, Decatur County, TN, DeKalb County, TN, Dickson County, TN, Dyer County, TN, Fayette County, TN, Franklin County, TN, Gibson County, TN, Giles County, TN, Hardeman County, TN, Hardin County, TN, Haywood County, TN, Henderson County, TN, Hickman County, TN, Houston County, TN, Humphreys County, TN, Lauderdale County, TN, Lawrence County, TN, Lewis County, TN, Lincoln County, TN, Macon County, TN, Madison County, TN, Marshall County, TN, Maury County, TN, McNairy County, TN, Moore County, TN, Perry County, TN, Rutherford County, TN, Shelby County, TN, Smith County, TN, Sumner County, TN, Tipton County, TN, Trousdale County, TN, Warren County, TN, Wayne County, TN, Williamson County, TN, Wilson County, TN

Warnings issued inside it

48 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 16, 10:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCannon, Coffee, Rutherford47 min
Apr 16, 10:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGShelby50 min
Apr 16, 10:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBenton, Decatur47 min
Apr 16, 10:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHumphreys47 min
Apr 16, 10:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXVan Buren, Warren33 min
Apr 16, 11:05 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGPoinsett50 min
Apr 16, 11:05 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXSumner40 min
Apr 16, 11:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDickson, Hickman59 min
Apr 16, 11:31 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXHickman49 min
Apr 16, 11:38 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXSumner17 min
Apr 16, 11:42 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXMacon48 min
Apr 16, 11:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXCheatham, Williamson75 min
Apr 16, 11:51 AM CDTTornado WarningOHXWilliamson49 min
Apr 16, 12:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDavidson63 min
Apr 16, 12:30 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXDavidson, Rutherford, Williamson50 min
Apr 16, 12:39 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOHXDavidson, Williamson2 hr
Apr 16, 1:01 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXWilson44 min
Apr 16, 1:09 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXCannon31 min
Apr 16, 1:21 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXRutherford19 min
Apr 16, 1:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDeKalb61 min
Apr 16, 1:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBenton, Decatur44 min
Apr 16, 1:43 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXDeKalb32 min
Apr 16, 1:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHumphreys63 min
Apr 16, 1:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHenderson32 min
Apr 16, 2:04 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGHenderson21 min
Apr 16, 2:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDickson61 min
Apr 16, 2:14 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXDecatur46 min
Apr 16, 2:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHardeman33 min
Apr 16, 2:19 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXPerry51 min
Apr 16, 2:20 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXHumphreys35 min
Apr 16, 2:24 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGHardeman, McNairy51 min
Apr 16, 2:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHenderson21 min
Apr 16, 2:35 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXDickson50 min
Apr 16, 2:49 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXHickman46 min
Apr 16, 2:57 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXCheatham48 min
Apr 16, 3:03 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGHardin47 min
Apr 16, 3:09 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXDavidson61 min
Apr 16, 3:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXHumphreys48 min
Apr 16, 3:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXDecatur, Perry50 min
Apr 16, 3:24 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXPerry51 min
Apr 16, 3:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXBenton46 min
Apr 16, 3:32 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXSumner, Wilson63 min
Apr 16, 3:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWilliamson46 min
Apr 16, 3:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOHXWayne46 min
Apr 16, 3:40 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXHickman65 min
Apr 16, 3:45 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXDickson50 min
Apr 16, 3:48 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXWilliamson47 min
Apr 16, 3:53 PM CDTTornado WarningOHXTrousdale62 min

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 127 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 1998-04-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 708 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 1998-04-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 119 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
708 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
497 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
69 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
119 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
223 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.8
Supercell composite
2.8

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 16, 4:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCColbert, Cullman, Fayette, Franklin, Jackson, Lamar and 10 more6 hr
Apr 16, 6:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCChoctaw, Greene, Sumter4 hr
Apr 16, 12:00 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCArkansas, Clay, Cleburne, Conway, Craighead, Crittenden and 31 more5 hr
Apr 16, 12:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCLittle River, Miller, Polk, Sevier6 hr
Apr 16, 7:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCleburne, Conway, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Faulkner and 20 more6 hr
Apr 16, 4:30 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCBedford, Benton, Carroll, Cheatham, Chester, Crockett and 34 more6 hr
Apr 16, 7:00 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAnderson, Bedford, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Campbell and 35 more6 hr
Apr 16, 1:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAnderson, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Campbell, Claiborne and 36 more6 hr
Apr 16, 1:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCRobertson6 hr
Apr 16, 4:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAnderson, Bedford, Benton, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley and 78 more6 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.