Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 178, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 1995, 4:13 PM CDT for Crittenden County, Cross County, St. Francis County, Arkansas. It was in force for 47 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 6, 1995, 4:13 PM CDT (21:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 1995, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Crittenden County, AR, Cross County, AR, St. Francis County, AR
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 71 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMEM 062112 RRA SVRMEM ARC035-037-123-062200- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 413 PM CDT TUE JUN 6 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S... IN EAST ARKANSAS ...CRITTENDEN COUNTY...NORTHERN CROSS COUNTY ...EASTERN ST.FRANCIS COUNTY AT 408 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF FORREST CITY AND 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF CHERRY VALLEY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE OVER THE PARKIN AND EARLE AREAS AND JUST NORTH OF WEST MEMPHIS BY 500 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.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 6, 3:06 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
306 PM CDT TUE JUN 6 1995
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
127 PM MEMPHIS TN 0.75 inch hail
6/6/95 SHELBY
124 PM MASON TN 0.75 inch hail
6/6/95 TIPTON
130 PM EXIT 42 ON I-40 TN 0.75 inch hail
6/6/95 FAYETTE
132 PM SARDIS POST OFFICE MS 0.75 inch hail
6/6/95 PANOLA DIME TO NICKEL SIZE
137 PM RALIEGH-LAGRANGE ROAD TN 0.75 inch hail
6/6/95 SHELBY
140 PM ALONG I-40 TN 60 MPH TSTM GUST
6/6/95 FAYETTE DIME SIZE HAIL ALSO
149 PM BARTLETT TN 0.75 inch hail
6/6/95 SHELBY
212 PM NORTHHAVEN TN 1.00 inch hail
6/6/95 SHELBY
213 PM BRADEN & GALLOWAY TN 60-70 MPH TSTM GUST
6/6/95 FAYETTE
223 PM NUTBUSH TN 0.75 inch hail
6/6/95 HAYWOOD
1138 AM HELENA AR 1.00 inch hail
6/6/95 PHILLIPS
1146 AM HELENA AR 1.75 inch hail
6/6/95 PHILLIPS
1240 PM LEPANTO AR 1.00 inch hail
6/6/95 POINSETT
1245 PM CARUTHERSVILLE MO 0.75 inch hail
6/6/95 PEMISCOT
1210 PM 3 WEST OF DUNDEE MS 1.00 inch hail
6/6/95 TUNICA
117 PM BLYTHEVILLE AR 1.00 inch hail
6/6/95 MISSISSIPPI
242 PM GIBSON WELLS TN 1.75 inch hail
6/6/95 GIBSON
303 PM HUGHES AR .88
6/6/95 ST. FRANCIS
245 PM BRICKEYS AR 0.75 inch hail
6/6/95 LEELocal storm report, Jun 6, 3:21 PM CDT, 52 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
306 PM CDT TUE JUN 6 1995
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
127 PM MEMPHIS TN 0.75 inch hail
6/6/95 SHELBY
124 PM MASON TN 0.75 inch hail
6/6/95 TIPTON
130 PM EXIT 42 ON I-40 TN 0.75 inch hail
6/6/95 FAYETTE
132 PM SARDIS POST OFFICE MS 0.75 inch hail
6/6/95 PANOLA DIME TO NICKEL SIZE
137 PM RALIEGH-LAGRANGE ROAD TN 0.75 inch hail
6/6/95 SHELBY
140 PM ALONG I-40 TN 60 MPH TSTM GUST
6/6/95 FAYETTE DIME SIZE HAIL ALSO
149 PM BARTLETT TN 0.75 inch hail
6/6/95 SHELBY
212 PM NORTHHAVEN TN 1.00 inch hail
6/6/95 SHELBY
213 PM BRADEN & GALLOWAY TN 60-70 MPH TSTM GUST
6/6/95 FAYETTE
223 PM NUTBUSH TN 0.75 inch hail
6/6/95 HAYWOOD
1138 AM HELENA AR 1.00 inch hail
6/6/95 PHILLIPS
1146 AM HELENA AR 1.75 inch hail
6/6/95 PHILLIPS
1240 PM LEPANTO AR 1.00 inch hail
6/6/95 POINSETT
1245 PM CARUTHERSVILLE MO 0.75 inch hail
6/6/95 PEMISCOT
1210 PM 3 WEST OF DUNDEE MS 1.00 inch haiHl
6/6/95 TUNICA
117 PM BLYTHEVILLE AR 1.00 inch hail
6/6/95 MISSISSIPPIThe office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 11:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Phillips | 47 min |
| Jun 6, 12:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Mississippi, Poinsett | 54 min |
| Jun 6, 1:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden | 44 min |
| Jun 6, 1:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | St. Francis | 29 min |
| Jun 6, 1:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Mississippi | 32 min |
| Jun 6, 2:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Lee, St. Francis | 41 min |
| Jun 6, 3:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Lee | 43 min |
| Jun 6, 3:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Poinsett | 46 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.