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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Memphis, TN

May 15, 1995Crittenden County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 1995, 10:23 AM CDT for Crittenden County, Arkansas. It was in force for 37 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 15, 1995, 10:23 AM CDT (15:23 UTC)
Expired
May 15, 1995, 11:00 AM CDT
In force
37 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, 3.4 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 1995-05-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 818 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 1995-05-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 66 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
818 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-147 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
912 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
93 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
4.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KMEM 151524
SVRMEM
ARC035-151600-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1023 AM CDT MON MAY 15 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 AM CDT
FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN EAST ARKANSAS
 
   ...CRITTENDEN COUNTY
 
AT 1020 AM...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
LOCATED FIVE WEST OF WEST MEMPHIS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
THE STORM WILL PASS JUST SOUTH OF WEST MEMPHIS BY 1045 AM.
LARGE HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 15, 12:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMississippi39 min
May 15, 8:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCross47 min
May 15, 9:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCrittenden, St. Francis45 min
May 15, 10:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGSt. Francis29 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arkansas, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995

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.