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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 133, NWS Memphis, TN

June 12, 1994Cross County, St. Francis County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 1994, 5:06 PM CDT for Cross County, St. Francis County, Arkansas. It was in force for 69 min.

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The facts

Issued
Jun 12, 1994, 5:06 PM CDT (22:06 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 1994, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
69 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Cross County, AR, St. Francis County, AR

The nearest sounding before it

Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 282 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 1994-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1510 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 12:00Z on 1994-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 53 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
1510 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-35 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
923 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
28 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.0

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