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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 243, NWS Memphis, TN

July 14, 1995Clay County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 1995, 4:38 PM CDT for Clay County, Arkansas. It was in force for 37 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 14, 1995, 4:38 PM CDT (21:38 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 1995, 5:15 PM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Clay County, AR

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 343 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 1995-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2128 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 1995-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 8 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2128 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-52 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1231 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
84 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 8:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMonroe36 min
Jul 13, 8:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMonroe33 min
Jul 14, 6:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGSt. Francis34 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.