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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Memphis, TN

July 23, 1995Lawrence County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 1995, 4:07 PM CDT for Lawrence County, Arkansas. It was in force for 53 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 23, 1995, 4:07 PM CDT (21:07 UTC)
Expired
Jul 23, 1995, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Lawrence County, AR

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 171 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 1995-07-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2030 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 1995-07-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 31 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
2030 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-65 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1078 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
5 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 232109 RRA
SVRMEM
ARC075-232200-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
407 PM CDT SUN JUL 23 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  500 PM CDT
FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHEAST ARKANSAS
 
   ...LAWRENCE COUNTY
 
AT 405 PM..DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHWEST
LAWRENCE COUNTY MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM WILL PASS
BETWEEN BLACK ROCK AND WALNUT RIDGE BY 420 PM.
 
THIS STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING.
TREES WERE REPORTED BLOWN DOWN IN SOUTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY AT 402 PM.
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.v
 
 
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 22, 7:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCross40 min
Jul 22, 8:57 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGCross33 min
Jul 22, 8:59 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGCrittenden, Cross46 min
Jul 23, 3:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGClay41 min
Jul 23, 4:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGGreene46 min
Jul 23, 4:32 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGGreene28 min
Jul 23, 4:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMississippi41 min
Jul 23, 5:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGPoinsett22 min
Jul 23, 5:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCrittenden51 min

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.