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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Memphis, TN

July 19, 1992Mississippi County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Jul 19, 1992, 3:39 PM CDT for Mississippi County, Arkansas. It was in force for 36 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 19, 1992, 3:39 PM CDT (20:39 UTC)
Expired
Jul 19, 1992, 4:15 PM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Mississippi County, AR

The nearest sounding before it

Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 189 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 12:00Z on 1992-07-19Temperature 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, Paducah/Barkley, KY at 12:00Z on 1992-07-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 53 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1619 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
53 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 192040
TORMEM
ARC093-192115-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
339 PM CDT SUN JUL 19 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  415 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN EAST ARKANSAS
 
   ...NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI COUNTY
 
FUNNEL SIGHTINGS IN THE ROSELAND DELL AREA HAVE BEEN REPORTED BY THE
BLYTHEVILLE POLICE AND ARKANSAS STATE HIGHWAY PATROL.
WEATHER RADAR SHOWS A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN THAT AREA. THE STORM
MOVEMENT IS ALMOST STATIONARY BUT THE CORE OF THE STORM WAS OVER DELL
WHICH IS ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BLYTHEVILLE.
 
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.

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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.