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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Memphis, TN

March 6, 1992Lee County, St. Francis County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Mar 6, 1992, 5:13 PM CST for Lee County, St. Francis County, Arkansas. It was in force for 32 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 6, 1992, 5:13 PM CST (23:13 UTC)
Expired
Mar 6, 1992, 5:45 PM CST
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Lee County, AR, St. Francis County, AR

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 294 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 1992-03-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 9 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 1992-03-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 68 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
9 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-261 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1133 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
55 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 062317 COR
TORMEM
ARC077-123-062345-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED...CORRECTION FOR LEE COUNTY
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
513 PM CST FRI MAR 6 1992

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  545 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN EAST ARKANSAS

   ...NORTHWESTERN LEE COUNTY...SOUTHWESTERN ST.FRANCIS COUNTY

RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR FARGO IN NORTHERN MONROE
COUNTY. THE STORM IS MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM WILL
MOVE ALONG OR NEAR THE ST. FRANCIS-LEE COUNTY LINE. THE STORM WILL
EFFECT THE TOWNS OF POSSEY AND WHEATLEY IN THE NEXT 20 MINUTES.

PERSONS IN POSSEY AND WHEATLEY NEED TO SEEK SHELTER IMMEDAITELY!


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 FLUOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID 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

Special weather statement, Mar 6, 3:13 PM CST, 2 hours before
ARZ012-013-014-062215-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
314 PM CST FRI MAR 6 1992

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST ARKANSAS UNTIL
8PM THIS EVENING...

AT 300 PM...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL ARKANSAS
ACROSS PARTS OF FAULKNER...WHITE AND CLEBURNE COUNTIES.  THE STORM WAS
MOVING EAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED WITH
THIS STORM.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND MOVE INTO NORTHEAST ARKANSAS
DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY
CONTAIN LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. PERSONS
IN NORTHEAST ARKANSAS SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER CONDITIONS AND SEEK
SHELTER IF THUNDERSTORMS YOUR AREA.

STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR FURTHER UPDATES.
Special weather statement, Mar 6, 4:51 PM CST, 22 minutes before
TNZ014-015-MSZ001-ARZ012-013-014-062345-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
446 PM CST FRI MAR 6 1992

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST ARKANSAS...PART OF WEST
TENNESSEE AND NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...

AT 440 PM...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED ON THE GROUND JUST WEST OF LAKE DES
ARC IN NORTHERN PRAIRIE COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20
MILES AN HOUR.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING OVER THE
MID-SOUTH. THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE TORNADOES AS WELL AS LARGE
HAIL...DESTRUCTIVE WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINFALL.

PERSONS IN THE WATCH SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER AND MOVE INDOORS IF
THUNDERSTORMS THREATEN YOUR AREA. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR
FURTHER UPDATES.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 5, 8:17 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLee43 min
Mar 5, 8:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCrittenden, St. Francis45 min
Mar 5, 9:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMississippi, Poinsett51 min
Mar 5, 9:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCrittenden50 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.