Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 1995, 4:55 PM CDT for Lawrence County, Arkansas. It was in force for 35 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 14, 1995, 4:55 PM CDT (21:55 UTC)
- Expired
- May 14, 1995, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lawrence County, AR
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 3468 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -52 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 635 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 121 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMEM 142202 SVRMEM ARC075-142230- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 455 PM CDT SUN MAY 14 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN NORTHEAST ARKANSAS ...NORTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY AT 454 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING LARGE HAIL JUST NORTHEAST OF BLACK ROCK. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE JUST NORTH OF WALNUT RIDGE BETWEEN NOW AND 530 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
Special weather statement, May 14, 11:01 AM CDT, 5 hours 54 minutes before
TNZ001>102-150150- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1049 AM CDT (1149 AM EDT) SUN MAY 14 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE ACROSS TENNESSEE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... THERE IS A RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF TENNESSEE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE GREATEST THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER IS OVER THE SOUTHWEST HALF OF THE STATE...GENERALLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM UNION CITY TO NASHVILLE TO CLEVELAND. A WEAK COLD FRONT TO THE NORTHWEST OF TENNESSEE IS FORECAST TO MOVE SLOWLY SOUTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON. AHEAD OF THIS FRONT...VERY WARM... MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR COVERS MUCH OF TENNESSEE. THESE FEATURES COMBINED WITH WEAK DISTURBANCES IN THE UPPER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL COMBINE TO CREATE THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. SINCE THE AIR MASS OVER TENNESSEE IS SO UNSTABLE...ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE. AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS THAT THE PRIMARY THREATS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...BUT THE POSSIBILITY OF ISOLATED TORNADOES CANNOT BE RULED OUT. PERSONS IN TENNESSEE...AND ESPECIALLY THOSE IN THE SOUTHERN AND WESTERN SECTIONS...SHOULD KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. LISTEN TO TV...RADIO OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE WATCHES AND WARNINGS. THINK NOW ABOUT YOUR SEVERE WEATHER SAFETY PLAN - KNOW WHERE WOULD YOU GO AND WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OR TORNADO THREATENED YOU. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT.
Special weather statement, May 14, 2:29 PM CDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before
TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-083>087-099>102-142030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 227 PM CDT (327 PM EDT) SUN MAY 14 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CANCELLED FOR TENNESSEE... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 383...WHICH HAD BEEN IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE...HAS BEEN CANCELLED AND IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED FOR NOW AS THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP LATER THIS EVENING. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 12:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Clay, Greene | 29 min |
| May 14, 1:44 AM 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.