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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Memphis, TN

July 6, 1992Mississippi County, Poinsett County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Jul 6, 1992, 4:24 AM CDT for Mississippi County, Poinsett County, Arkansas. It was in force for 51 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 6, 1992, 4:24 AM CDT (09:24 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 1992, 5:15 AM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Mississippi County, AR, Poinsett County, AR

The nearest sounding before it

Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 00:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 215 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 060924
TORMEM
ARC093-111-061015-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
424 AM CDT MON JUL 6 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  515 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN EAST ARKANSAS
 
   ...SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI COUNTY...EASTERN POINSETT COUNTY
 
AT 420 AM...MEMPHIS WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 5 MILES
NORTH OF MARKED TREE IN EASTERN POINSETT COUNTY. TOWNS IN THE PATH OF
THIS STORM ARE LEPANTO...AND DYESS. IT APPEARS THE STORM WILL MOVE
JUST EAST OF MARKED TREE INTO SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI COUNTY BETWEEN 430
AM AND 500 AM...AS THE STORM MOVES SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
 
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 5, 7:31 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGCraighead14 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.