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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Memphis, TN

May 10, 1986Poinsett County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at May 10, 1986, 6:14 PM CDT for Poinsett County, Arkansas. It was in force for 61 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 10, 1986, 6:14 PM CDT (23:14 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 1986, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Poinsett County, AR

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 105 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 1986-05-10Temperature 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 1986-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 71 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
3591 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
74 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 KLIT 102314
TORMEM
ARC111-110015-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
ISSUED BY LITTLE ROCK AR
614 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 1986

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY IN

ARK........EASTERN POINSETT

AT 6 PM A FUNNEL CLOUDS WAS REPORTED BY THE ARKANSAS STATE
POLICE AT HARRISBURG ARKANSAS MOVING TO THE EAST ABOUT 20
MPH.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO, YOU SHOULD GO TO A SHELTER
OR BASEMENT IF AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE GO TO A CENTRAL INTERIOR ROOM
ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.

IF YOU OBSERVE ANY SEVERE WEATHER, PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR_
NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.

16

The office that day

Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 10, 5:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCraighead40 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Arkansas, 1986Every tornado warning in 1986Tornadoes in 1986

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.