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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Memphis, TN

May 16, 1990Craighead County, Mississippi County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at May 16, 1990, 8:54 PM CDT for Craighead County, Mississippi County, Arkansas. It was in force for 66 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 16, 1990, 8:54 PM CDT (01:54 UTC)
Expired
May 16, 1990, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Craighead County, AR, Mississippi 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 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 113 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 00:00Z on 1990-05-17Temperature 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 00:00Z on 1990-05-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 200 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3605 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
200 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
227 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 KMEM 170150
TORMEM
ARC031-093-170300-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
854 PM CDT WED MAY 16 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN EAST ARKANSAS
 
   ...CRAIGHEAD COUNTY...MISSISSIPPI COUNTY
 
RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH A TORNADO NEAR JONESBORO ARKANSAS
MOVING EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH
JONESBORO INTO THE VICINITY OF LESTER...BLACK OAK AND HANCOCK UNTIL
930 PM BEFORE ENTERING MISSISSIPPI COUNTY NEAR WEST RIDGE.
 
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.

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.