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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 261, NWS Memphis, TN

July 24, 1995St. Francis County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 24, 1995, 8:29 PM CDT for St. Francis County, Arkansas. It was in force for 31 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 24, 1995, 8:29 PM CDT (01:29 UTC)
Expired
Jul 24, 1995, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

County St. Francis County, AR

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:33 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 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 76 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 00:00Z on 1995-07-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2426 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 00:00Z on 1995-07-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 90 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
2426 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1141 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
90 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
282 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.8
Supercell composite
13.5

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMEM 250131 RRA
SVRMEM
ARC123-250200-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
829 PM CDT MON JUL 24 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  900 PM CDT
FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST ARKANSAS
 
   ...ST.FRANCIS COUNTY
 
AT 825 PM...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR CALDWELL IN
NORTHERN ST. FRANCIS COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN
HOUR AND WILL MOVE NORTH OF FORREST CITY ALONG THE COUNTY LINE BETWEEN
NOW AND 900 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
Jul 24, 8:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCross38 min
Jul 24, 9:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCrittenden48 min
Jul 25, 4:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLee44 min
Jul 25, 4:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCrittenden32 min

Nearby

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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.