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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 93, NWS Memphis, TN

June 6, 1994Poinsett County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 1994, 1:54 PM CDT for Poinsett County, Arkansas. It was in force for 51 min.

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The facts

Issued
Jun 6, 1994, 1:54 PM CDT (18:54 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 1994, 2:45 PM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Poinsett County, AR

The nearest sounding before it

Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 242 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 1994-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 582 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 1994-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 14 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
582 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-111 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
978 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
72 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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