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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Memphis, TN

April 19, 1995Cross County, Poinsett County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 19, 1995, 9:05 PM CDT for Cross County, Poinsett County, Arkansas. It was in force for 25 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 19, 1995, 9:05 PM CDT (02:05 UTC)
Expired
Apr 19, 1995, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Cross County, AR, Poinsett County, AR

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 97 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 1995-04-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1995-04-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 423 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1139 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
423 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
506 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.7

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMEM 200205
SVRMEM
ARC037-111-200230-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
905 PM CDT WED APR 19 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  930 PM CDT
FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S...
 
IN EAST ARKANSAS
 
   ...NORTHWESTERN CROSS COUNTY...SOUTHWESTERN POINSETT COUNTY
 
AT 905 PM MEMPHIS DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES
NORTHWEST OF WYNNE ARKANSAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM WILL
MOVE ACROSS NORTHWEST CROSS AND SOUTHWEST POINSETT COUNTY THROUGH 935
PM. LARGE HAIL...STRONG WINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM.
 
 
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 WATlER CROSSINGS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 19, 9:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCraighead, Poinsett46 min
Apr 19, 9:55 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGPoinsett30 min
Apr 19, 10:19 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGMississippi26 min
Apr 19, 10:52 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGMississippi31 min
Apr 20, 3:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCrittenden34 min
Apr 20, 3:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGPoinsett45 min
Apr 20, 1:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCross, St. Francis40 min
Apr 20, 1:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGPoinsett40 min
Apr 20, 2:00 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGCross, St. Francis30 min
Apr 20, 2:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCraighead37 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.