Alert archive / Tennessee / Tornado Warnings in 1999
Tornado Warning 83, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Jan 22, 1999, 11:16 AM CST for Chester County, Tennessee. It was in force for 34 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
- Jan 22, 1999, 11:16 AM CST (17:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 22, 1999, 11:50 AM CST
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Chester County, TN
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 22, 11:25 AM CST | Tornado F0 | Henderson, TN | A tornado briefly touched down near Henderson producing little damage. |
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 nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 138 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1363 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 307 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 228 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
999 WFUS1 KMEM 221715 RRA TORMEM TNC023-221750- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1116 AM CST FRI JAN 22 1999 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CHESTER COUNTY IN WESTERN TENNESSEE * UNTIL 1150 AM CST * AT 1115 AM CST... DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO ALONG THE SOUTHWEST CHESTER COUNTY LINE SOUTH OF SILERTON. MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH .. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR HENDERSON AROUND 1130 AM. .THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM 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
Local storm report, Jan 22, 7:05 AM CST, 4 hours 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TENNESSEE
705 AM CST FRI JAN 22 1999
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0345 PM WALNUT RIDGE AR .75 INCH HAIL
01/21/99 LAWRENCE DIME SIZE HAIL REPORT FROM
WALNUT RIDGE P.D.
0430 PM DELAPLAINE AR TORNADO
01/21/99 GREENE TORNADO ON GROUND REPORTED
BY GREENE COUNTY S.O.
BETWEEN EVENING STAR AND
DELAPLAINE.
0433 PM HICKORY RIDGE AR TORNADO
01/21/99 CROSS REPORT OF TORNADO ON
GROUND NEAR HICKORY RIDGE
FROM FORREST CITY A.S.P.
POST.
0500 PM MC DOUGAL AR TORNADO
01/21/99 CLAY TORNADO ON GROUND SOUTH OF
MC DOUGAL REPORTED BY
SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
0504 PM AR TORNADO
01/21/99 CLAY 2 HOUSES DESTROYED BY
TORNADO ON COUNTY ROAD
238. 2 TRAILER TRUCKS ALSO
ROLLED OVER. REPORT FROM
CLAY COUNTY SHERIFF'S
OFFICE.
0515 PM JONESBORO AR 1 INCH HAIL
01/21/99 CRAIGHEAD REPORT OF QUARTER SIZE
HAIL SOUTH OF JONESBORO
FROM OES COORDINATOR.
0525 PM AR TORNADO
01/21/99 LEE TORNADO ON GROUND REPORTED
NEAR GARRETT GROVE BY LEE
COUNTY S.O.
0525 PM GOODWIN AR TORNADO
01/21/99 ST FRANCIS TORNADO WITH DAMAGE AT
GOODWIN REPORTED BY
AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR.
0600 PM WALNUT RIDGE AR TORNADO
01/21/99 LAWRENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED
TORNADO ON GROUND JUST
WEST OF HOXIE AND WALNUT
RIDGE.
0605 PM CARDWELL MO TORNADO
01/21/99 DUNKLIN BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN 2
TO 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF
CARDWELL REPORTED BY
COUNTY SHERIFF.
0615 PM AR 1.75 INCH HAIL
01/21/99 CROSS GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL
REPORTED AT CHERRY VALLEY
BY CROSS COUNTY S.O.
0615 PM COLT AR TORNADO
01/21/99 ST FRANCIS STORM SPOTTERS REPORTED
TORNADO ON THE GROUND JUST
WEST OF COLT.
0628 PM TYRONZA AR .75 INCH HAIL
01/21/99 POINSETT SPOTTER REPORTED DIME SIZE
HAIL AT TYRONZA.
0630 PM WHEATLEY AR TORNADO
01/21/99 ST FRANCIS 10 HOUSES DESTROYED BY
TORNADO AT WHEATLEY.
AMATEUR VIDEO SHOWS
TORNADO IN WHEATLEY AREA.
0655 PM KENNETT MO 1.75 INCH HAIL
01/21/99 DUNKLIN REPORT OF GOLF BALL SIZE
HAIL NORTH OF KENNETT.
REPORT RELAYED BY WFO PAH.
0705 PM GILMORE AR .88 INCH HAIL
01/21/99 CRITTENDEN AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR
REPORTED NICKEL SIZE HAIL
COVERING THE GROUND.
0705 PM WALNUT RIDGE AR TORNADO
01/21/99 LAWRENCE SPOTTERS REPORTED TORNADO
ON GROUND JUST NORTHWEST
OF WALNUT RIDGE.
0730 PM SENATH MO 1 INCH HAIL
01/21/99 DUNKLIN QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED
AT SENATH BY KENNETT P.D.
0738 PM STEELE MO .75 INCH HAIL
01/21/99 PEMISCOT DIME SIZE HAIL WEST OF
STEELE. REPORTED BY
MISSOURI STATE POLICE POST
AT KENNETT.
0838 PM FORREST CITY AR 1 INCH HAIL
01/21/99 ST FRANCIS QUARTER SIZE HAIL AT
ARKANSAS STATE POLICE POST
AT FORREST CITY.
0850 PM MARMADUKE AR TORNADO
01/21/99 GREENE ARKANSAS STATE POLICE
REPORTED TORNADO ON THE
GROUND BETWEEN MARMADUKE
AND RECTOR.
0900 PM CASH AR TORNADO
01/21/99 CRAIGHEAD AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR
REPORTED TORNADO ON GROUND
10 MILES SOUTH OF CASH.
0903 PM EGYPT AR TORNADO
01/21/99 CRAIGHEAD AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR
REPORTED TORNADO ON GROUND
AT EGYPT.
0910 PM MARMADUKE AR TORNADO
01/21/99 GREENE AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR
REPORTED A BRIEF TORNADO
TOUCHDOWN AT MARMADUKE.
0915 PM KENNETT MO TORNADO
01/21/99 DUNKLIN TORNADO ON GROUND
NORTHWEST OF KENNETT.
REPORTED BY KENNETT P.D.
0920 PM EGYPT AR TORNADO
01/21/99 CRAIGHEAD AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR
REPORTED TORNADO ON GROUND
AT EGYPT.
0940 PM SEDGWICK AR TORNADO
01/21/99 LAWRENCE TORNADO ON GOURND REPORTED
NEAR SEDGWICK.
0945 PM SEDGWICK AR TORNADO
01/21/99 LAWRENCE TORNADO ON GROUND NEAR
SEDGWICK. ONE HOUSE
DAMAGED. REPORT FROM
CRAIGHEAD EOC.
0955 PM WILSON AR TORNADO
01/21/99 MISSISSIPPI AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR
REPORTED TORNADO ON GROUND
JUST WEST OF WILSON.
0959 PM WILSON AR TORNADO
01/21/99 MISSISSIPPI AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR
REPORTED TORNADO ON GROUND
JUST NORTHWEST OF WILSON.
1020 PM STEELE MO TORNADO
01/21/99 PEMISCOT EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
REPORTED TORNADO ON GROUND
NEAR HIGHWAY 154.
1045 PM CURTIS STATION MS TORNADO
01/21/99 PANOLA TORNADO ON GROUND REPORTED
BY FIRE DEPARTMENT.
1055 PM PLEASANT GROVE MS TORNADO
01/21/99 PANOLA TORNADO ON GROUND REPORTED
BY BATESVILLE P.D.
1059 PM SENATOBIA MS TORNADO
01/21/99 TATE SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED
TWO TORNADOES IN THE AREA
OF SENATOBIA HIGH SCHOOL.
1059 PM SENATOBIA MS .75 INCH HAIL
01/21/99 TATE SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED
DIME SIZE HAIL.
1114 PM MS TORNADO
01/21/99 TATE SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED A
TORNADO BETWEEN GREENLEAF
AND LUXAHOMA.
1128 PM TIPTONVILLE TN TORNADO
01/21/99 LAKE AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR
REPORTED TORNADO ON GROUND
NEAR TIPTONVILLE.
1205 AM CURTIS STATION MS WIND DAMAGE
01/22/99 PANOLA BATESVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT
REPORTED TRAILER MOVED OFF
ITS FOUNDATION. MAY BE
ASSOCIATED WITH REPORT
APPROX 2250 CST.
1240 AM MS .75 INCH HAIL
01/22/99 TATE DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED
ALONG HIGHWAY 51. REPORTED
BY TATE COUNTY S.O.
0126 AM VICTORIA MS 60 MPH TSTM GUST
01/22/99 MARSHALL MARSHALL COUNTY S.O.
REPORTED AN 18 WHEELER
BLOWN OFF THE ROAD NEAR
VICTORIA.
0150 AM LOOXAHOMA MS .75 INCH HAIL
01/22/99 TATE TATE COUNTY S.O. REPORTED
DIME SIZE HAIL AT
LOOXAHOMA.
0150 AM BARR MS .75 INCH HAIL
01/22/99 TATE TATE COUNTY S.O. REPORTED
DIME SIZE HAIL JUST SOUTH
OF HIGHWAY 4 NEAR BARR.
0156 AM LA GRANGE TN WIND DAMAGE
01/22/99 FAYETTE AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR
REPORTED TREES DOWN AT LA
GRANGE.
0205 AM WILLISTON TN .88 INCH HAIL
01/22/99 FAYETTE AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR
REPORTED NICKEL SIZE HAIL
IN THE NEWCASTLE AND
WILLISTON AREAS.
0220 AM BEECH BLUFF TN WIND DAMAGE
01/22/99 MADISON TREES DOWN IN THE BEECH
BLUFF AREA REPORTED BY
AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR.
0240 AM BLUE GOOSE TN 1.75 INCH HAIL
01/22/99 HENDERSON GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL
REPORTED BY HENDERSON
COUNTY EMA AT BLUE GOOSE.
0245 AM CEDAR GROVE TN 1.75 INCH HAIL
01/22/99 HENDERSON SPOTTER REPORTED LARGER
THAN GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL
NEAR CEDAR GROVE.
0258 AM LEIGHTON TN .75 INCH HAIL
01/22/99 MADISON DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY
AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR.
0300 AM AR FLOODING
01/22/99 POINSETT ROADS FLOODED NEAR HIGHWAY
69 AND 163. REPORT FROM
POINSETT COUNTY S.O.
0300 AM BOLIVAR TN 1 INCH HAIL
01/22/99 HARDEMAN AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR
REPORTED QUARTER SIZE HAIL
NEAR BOLIVAR AT HIGHWAY
125.
0300 AM MO FLOODING
01/22/99 PEMISCOT PEMISCOT COUNTY S.O.
REPORTED STREET FLOODING
IN SCATTERED AREAS ACROSS
THE COUNTY.
0304 AM TN .75 INCH HAIL
01/22/99 MADISON DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED
NEAR HIGHWAY 198 AND
DIAMOND GROVE ROAD. REPORT
BY AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR.
0315 AM WESTPORT TN 1.75 INCH HAIL
01/22/99 CARROLL CARROLL COUNTY S.O.
REPORTED GOLFBALL SIZE
HAIL AT WESTPORT.
0315 AM CLARKSBURG TN .75 INCH HAIL
01/22/99 CARROLL CARROLL COUNTY S.O.
REPORTED DIME SIZE HAIL IN
CLARKSBURG AND YUMA.
0317 AM HENDERSON TN 1 INCH HAIL
01/22/99 CHESTER CHESTER COUNTY EMA
REPORTED QUARTER SIZE HAIL
6 MILES WEST OF HENDERSON.
0325 AM BUENA VISTA TN WIND DAMAGE
01/22/99 CARROLL CARROLL COUNTY S.O.
REPORTED TREES DOWN IN THE
BUENA VISTA AREA.
0325 AM TN 1 INCH HAIL
01/22/99 HENDERSON AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR
REPORTED QUARTER SIZE HAIL
ALONG HIGHWAY 45N NEAR
MAGIC VALLEY.
0330 AM TN 60 MPH TSTM GUST
01/22/99 CHESTER SEVERAL REPORTS OF 60 MPH
WINDS AS WELL AS PEA TO
GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL
REPORTED BY CHESTER COUNTY
CIVIL DEFENSE.
0340 AM SOMERVILLE TN .75 INCH HAIL
01/22/99 FAYETTE SOMERVILLE F.D. REPORTED
DIME SIZE HAIL IN
SOMERVILLE.
0345 AM MEMPHIS TN .88 INCH HAIL
01/22/99 SHELBY AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR
REPORTED NICKEL SIZE HAIL
AT WINCHESTER AND
NONCONNAH PARKWAY.
0346 AM TN WIND DAMAGE
01/22/99 HENDERSON TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
ACROSS COUNTY. ALSO
REPORTS OF MARBLE TO
GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL.
0600 AM WHITEHALL AR FLOODING
01/22/99 POINSETT HIGHWAY 214 AT WHITEHALL
FLOODED. REPORT FROM
POINSETT COUNTY S.O.
0600 AM OAKLAND TN .75 INCH HAIL
01/22/99 FAYETTE AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR
REPORTED DIME SIZE HAIL
SOUTH OF OAKLAND.
0605 AM BAY AR FLOODING
01/22/99 CRAIGHEAD ROADS FLOODING IN THE BAY
AND MOLINE AREAS. REPORTED
BY CRAIGHEAD COUNTY S.O.
0615 AM HORNERSVILLE MO FLOODING
01/22/99 DUNKLIN WATER OVER HIGHWAY 164
NORTH OF HORNERSVILLE.
REPORTED BY DUNKLIN COUNTY
S.O.
0615 AM CARUTHERSVILLE MO FLOODING
01/22/99 PEMISCOT BACK STREETS FLOODED IN
CARUTHERSVILLE AND HAYTI.
REPORT RELAYED BY DUNKLIN
COUNTY S.O.Special weather statement, Jan 22, 7:17 AM CST, 3 hours 59 minutes before
ARZ027-028-035-036-048-049-MOZ113-115-221400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 717 AM CST FRI JAN 22 1999 ...THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER ENDING OVER PARTS OF EASTERN ARKANSAS AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL... THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED ACROSS SECTIONS OF NORTHEAST ARKANSAS AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL. TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 27 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES. IN EASTERN ARKANSAS... CRITTENDEN...CROSS...LEE...MISSISSIPPI... POINSETT...ST. FRANCIS IN THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL... DUNKLIN AND PEMISCOT TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 27 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN HALF OF TENNESSEE AND PARTS OF NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 9 AM THIS MORNING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION OR YOUR LOCAL CABLE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION REGARDING THIS SEVERE WEATHER EVENT.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 8:20 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Dyer, Obion | 45 min |
| Jan 21, 10:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Dyer, Lake, Obion | 45 min |
| Jan 21, 11:05 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Shelby | 45 min |
| Jan 21, 11:14 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lake | 51 min |
| Jan 21, 11:21 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Fayette | 49 min |
| Jan 22, 12:02 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Hardeman | 33 min |
| Jan 22, 12:13 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Fayette | 17 min |
| Jan 22, 1:30 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Fayette | 45 min |
| Jan 22, 2:10 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardeman | 50 min |
| Jan 22, 2:16 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Madison | 49 min |
| Jan 22, 2:27 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Henderson | 48 min |
| Jan 22, 2:32 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Fayette, Hardeman | 48 min |
| Jan 22, 2:41 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Carroll | 49 min |
| Jan 22, 3:00 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Chester | 50 min |
| Jan 22, 3:21 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette | 49 min |
| Jan 22, 3:26 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Henderson | 49 min |
| Jan 22, 3:51 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 49 min |
| Jan 22, 4:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll | 50 min |
| Jan 22, 4:18 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Madison | 47 min |
| Jan 22, 5:23 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 47 min |
| Jan 22, 6:05 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Fayette | 50 min |
| Jan 22, 6:36 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardeman | 39 min |
| Jan 22, 7:35 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardeman | 40 min |
| Jan 22, 8:17 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester | 33 min |
| Jan 22, 10:54 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chester, Hardeman, McNairy | 51 min |
| Jan 22, 11:40 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Henderson, Madison | 50 min |
| Jan 22, 11:51 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Hardeman | 34 min |
| Jan 22, 12:12 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | McNairy | 33 min |
| Jan 22, 12:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardin | 33 min |
| Jan 22, 1:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | McNairy | 34 min |
| Jan 22, 1:18 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Hardin | 32 min |
| Jan 22, 3:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Hardin, McNairy | 32 min |
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.