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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Memphis, TN

July 5, 1992Craighead County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Jul 5, 1992, 7:31 PM CDT for Craighead County, Arkansas. It was in force for 14 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 5, 1992, 7:31 PM CDT (00:31 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 1992, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
14 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Craighead County, AR

The nearest sounding before it

Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 221 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, Paducah/Barkley, KY at 00:00Z on 1992-07-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 586 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, Paducah/Barkley, KY at 00:00Z on 1992-07-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -39 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
586 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
825 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-32 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.1
Supercell composite
-0.8

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KMEM 060031 RRA
TORMEM
ARC031-060045-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
731 PM CDT SUN JUL 5 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  745 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN EAST ARKANSAS
 
   ...SOUTHEASTERN CRAIGHEAD COUNTY
 
WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO NEAR DIXIE AT 730 PM MOVING TOWARD
THE EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM WILL MOVE NEAR MONETTE AND DELFORE
BETWEEN 730 AND 745 PM.
 
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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 5, 7:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGGreene53 min
Jul 6, 4:24 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGMississippi, Poinsett51 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.