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Tornado Warning 49, NWS Memphis, TN

July 2, 1994Craighead County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Jul 2, 1994, 5:30 PM CDT for Craighead County, Arkansas. It was in force for 30 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 2, 1994, 5:30 PM CDT (22:30 UTC)
Expired
Jul 2, 1994, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Craighead County, AR

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 127 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 1994-07-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 999 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 1994-07-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -3 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
999 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-49 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
775 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
1 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 022231
TORMEM
ARC031-022300-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
530 PM CDT SAT JUL 2 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  600 PM CDT
FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN EAST ARKANSAS
 
   ...WESTERN CRAIGHEAD COUNTY
 
AT 527 PM..A TORNADO WAS REPORTED ON THE GROUND 2 MILES EAST OF CASH
ARKANSAS. MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR..THIS STORM WILL AFFECT
THE WESTERN PARTS OF CRAIGHEAD COUNTY BEFORE 600 PM.
 
DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM.
 
DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO.  CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS.  IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PADTH OF
A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING.  IF NO
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 2, 4:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGGreene60 min
Jul 2, 4:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCraighead69 min
Jul 2, 5:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGPoinsett54 min
Jul 2, 6:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCross47 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.