Alert archive / Tennessee / Tornado Watches in 1998
Tornado Watch 298
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at May 6, 1998, 10:15 PM CDT for 6 states. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 6, 1998, 10:15 PM CDT (03:15 UTC)
- Expired
- May 7, 1998, 4:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 60 counties
Colbert County, AL, Franklin County, AL, Lauderdale County, AL, Marion County, AL, Clay County, AR, Craighead County, AR, Crittenden County, AR, Cross County, AR, Greene County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, Poinsett County, AR, Calloway County, KY, Carlisle County, KY, Fulton County, KY, Graves County, KY, Hickman County, KY, Butler County, MO, Dunklin County, MO, Mississippi County, MO, New Madrid County, MO, Pemiscot County, MO, Ripley County, MO, Scott County, MO, Stoddard County, MO, Wayne County, MO, Alcorn County, MS, Benton County, MS, DeSoto County, MS, Itawamba County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Prentiss County, MS, Tippah County, MS, Tishomingo County, MS, Union County, MS, Benton County, TN, Carroll County, TN, Chester County, TN, Crockett County, TN, Decatur County, TN, Dyer County, TN, Fayette County, TN, Gibson County, TN, Hardeman County, TN, Hardin County, TN, Haywood County, TN, Henderson County, TN, Henry County, TN, Houston County, TN, Humphreys County, TN, Lake County, TN, Lauderdale County, TN, Madison County, TN, McNairy County, TN, Obion County, TN, Perry County, TN, Shelby County, TN, Stewart County, TN, Tipton County, TN, Wayne County, TN, Weakley County, TN
Warnings issued inside it
15 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 10:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Greene | 48 min |
| May 6, 11:02 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Butler | 3 hr |
| May 6, 11:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Greene | 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, 1:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lauderdale | 36 min |
| May 7, 2:03 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Crittenden | 37 min |
| May 7, 2:41 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Tipton | 34 min |
| May 7, 3:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | Benton, Humphreys | 46 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, 3:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto | 33 min |
| May 7, 3:20 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Hardin, McNairy | 35 min |
| May 7, 3:41 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | Wayne | 49 min |
| May 7, 3:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, Tippah | 47 min |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 148 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
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 3:30 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Colbert, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone | 6 hr |
| May 7, 1:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Blount, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Chilton, Clay and 13 more | 7 hr |
| May 6, 8:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Cleburne, Conway and 26 more | 6 hr |
| May 7, 12:45 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Cleveland, Conway and 17 more | 6 hr |
| May 7, 4:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Carter, Cocke, Greene, Hamblen, Hancock, Hawkins and 4 more | 6 hr |
Nearby
Tornado Watches in Tennessee, 1998Tornado Watches in Mississippi, 1998Tornado Watches in Missouri, 1998Every tornado watch in 1998
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.