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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Memphis, TN

June 9, 1994Crittenden County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Jun 9, 1994, 12:58 PM CDT for Crittenden County, Arkansas. It was in force for 47 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 9, 1994, 12:58 PM CDT (17:58 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 1994, 1:45 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Crittenden County, AR

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 53 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, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 1994-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3980 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, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 1994-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 68 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
3980 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
756 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
41 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 091757
TORMEM
ARC035-091845-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1258 PM CDT THU JUN 9 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  145 PM CDT
FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN EAST ARKANSAS
 
   ...SOUTHERN CRITTENDEN COUNTY
 
AT 12:55PM DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A PROBABLE TORNADO NEAR
EDMONDSON IN SOUTHERN CRITTENDEN COUNTY MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 30
MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA BY 1:30 PM.
 
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
Jun 9, 12:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCross, Poinsett, St. Francis59 min
Jun 9, 12:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCraighead59 min
Jun 9, 12:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLee59 min
Jun 9, 12:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGPhillips38 min
Jun 9, 12:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCrittenden50 min
Jun 9, 1:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGGreene44 min
Jun 9, 1:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMississippi44 min

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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.