Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS Memphis, TN

June 6, 1995Mississippi County, Poinsett County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 1995, 12:36 PM CDT for Mississippi County, Poinsett County, Arkansas. It was in force for 54 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 6, 1995, 12:36 PM CDT (17:36 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 1995, 1:30 PM CDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Mississippi County, AR, Poinsett County, AR

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 100 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 1995-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 832 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 1995-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 168 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
832 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-115 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1185 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
168 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
175 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS1 KMEM 061736 RRA
SVRMEM
ARC111-093-061830-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1236 PM CDT TUE JUN 6 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  130 PM CDT
FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S...
 
IN EAST ARKANSAS
 
   ...EASTERN POINSETT COUNTY
 
IN NORTHEAST ARKANSAS
 
   ...SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI COUNTY
 
AT 1232 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST
SOUTHWEST OF LEPANTO. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR
AND WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI COUNTY BY 1245 PM.
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 6, 11:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGPhillips47 min
Jun 6, 1:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCrittenden44 min
Jun 6, 1:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGSt. Francis29 min
Jun 6, 1:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMississippi32 min
Jun 6, 2:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCrittenden, Lee, St. Francis41 min
Jun 6, 3:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCrittenden, Lee43 min
Jun 6, 3:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGPoinsett46 min
Jun 6, 4:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCrittenden, Cross, St. Francis47 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.