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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Memphis, TN

January 23, 1993St. Francis County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 23, 1993, 10:51 PM CST for St. Francis County, Arkansas. It was in force for 54 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 23, 1993, 10:51 PM CST (04:51 UTC)
Expired
Jan 23, 1993, 11:45 PM CST
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

County St. Francis County, AR

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 307 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 00:00Z on 1993-01-24Temperature 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, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 1993-01-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 119 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1554 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
119 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

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 23, 10:51 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCrittenden, Mississippi54 min
Jan 23, 11:34 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLee, Phillips26 min
Jan 23, 11:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGShelby, Tipton45 min
Jan 24, 12:50 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGFayette, Hardeman25 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.