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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Memphis, TN

November 4, 1988Craighead County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Nov 4, 1988, 3:15 PM CST for Craighead County, Arkansas. It was in force for 45 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
Nov 4, 1988, 3:15 PM CST (21:15 UTC)
Expired
Nov 4, 1988, 4:00 PM CST
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Craighead County, AR

The radar

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

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Nov 4, 3:20 PM CSTHail 1.75Craighead, 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. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 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 1988-11-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 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 1988-11-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 120 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 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
3596 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
120 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
111 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 4, 2:36 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGChickasaw, Pontotoc39 min
Nov 4, 2:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLee, Prentiss30 min
Nov 4, 3:10 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGPrentiss, Tishomingo35 min
Nov 4, 3:25 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGMonroe20 min
Nov 4, 3:47 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGItawamba, Monroe28 min
Nov 4, 4:12 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGMonroe33 min
Nov 4, 4:35 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGPrentiss30 min
Nov 4, 4:45 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGMonroe30 min
Nov 4, 4:50 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGTishomingo60 min
Nov 4, 5:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMonroe20 min
Nov 4, 12:23 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLauderdale, Tipton37 min
Nov 4, 12:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHardeman33 min
Nov 4, 1:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMcNairy29 min
Nov 4, 3:47 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGHenderson58 min
Nov 4, 1:35 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGGreene25 min
Nov 4, 2:54 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGCraighead, Greene51 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.