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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 94, NWS Memphis, TN

May 15, 1995Cross County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 1995, 8:43 AM CDT for Cross County, Arkansas. It was in force for 47 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 15, 1995, 8:43 AM CDT (13:43 UTC)
Expired
May 15, 1995, 9:30 AM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Cross County, AR

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 91 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 1995-05-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 818 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 1995-05-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 66 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
818 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-147 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
912 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
93 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
4.3

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The text

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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

Local storm report, May 15, 3:01 AM CDT, 5 hours 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
245 AM CDT MON MAY 15 1995

TIME (CDT)    ...CITY LOCATION...    STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
DATE         ...COUNTY LOCATION...

1029 PM                                      1.75 INCH HAIL NEAR
5/14/95      PEMISCOT COUNTY         MO      I-55 REPORTED BY
                                             KENNETT POLICE

1035 PM      WARDELL                         1.75 INCH HAIL
5/14/95      PEMISCOT COUNTY         MO      REPORTED BY PEMISCOT
                                        COUNTY SHERIFF'S
                                   OFFICE.

1050 PM      WYNNBURG                        .88 INCH HAIL
5/14/95      LAKE COUNTY             TN      REPORTED BY LAKE
                                        COUNTY SHERIFF'S
                                   OFFICE

1119 PM      PALMERSVILLE                    .75 INCH HAIL
5/14/95      WEAKLEY COUNTY          TN      REPORTED BY WEAKLEY
                                        COUNTY SHERIFF'S
                                   OFFICE

1140 PM      KENNETT                         LARGE LIMBS WERE 5/14/95
   DUNKLIN COUNTY          MO      BLOWN DOWN AND A
                              TRUCK WAS ROLLED
                         OVER. REPORTED BY
                    KENNETT POLICE.

1238 AM      BLYTHEVILLE                     DIME SIZE HAIL
5/15/95      MISSISSIPPI COUNTY      AR      REPORTED BY SPOTTER

1243 AM      BLYTHEVILLE                     DIME SIZE HAIL
5/15/95      MISSISSIPPI COUNTY      AR      REPORTED BY SPOTTER
140 AM                                       LARGE TREES WERE 5/15/95
   LAUDERDALE COUNTY       TN      BLOWN DOWN.

150 AM       BROWNSVILLE                     1.75 INCH HAIL
5/15/95      HAYWOOD COUNTY          TN      REPORTED WEST OF
                                        TOWN BY HAYWOOD
                                   CENTRAL DISPATCH
Local storm report, May 15, 3:06 AM CDT, 5 hours 37 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
245 AM CDT MON MAY 15 1995

TIME (CDT)    ...CITY LOCATION...    STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
DATE         ...COUNTY LOCATION...

1029 PM                                      1.75 INCH HAIL NEAR
5/14/95      PEMISCOT COUNTY         MO      I-55 REPORTED BY
                                             KENNETT POLICE

1035 PM      WARDELL                         1.75 INCH HAIL
5/14/95      PEMISCOT COUNTY         MO      REPORTED BY PEMISCOT
                                             COUNTY SHERIFF'S
                                             OFFICE.

1050 PM      WYNNBURG                        .88 INCH HAIL
5/14/95      LAKE COUNTY             TN      REPORTED BY LAKE
                                             COUNTY SHERIFF'S
                                             OFFICE

1119 PM      PALMERSVILLE                    .75 INCH HAIL
5/14/95      WEAKLEY COUNTY          TN      REPORTED BY WEAKLEY
                                             COUNTY SHERIFF'S
                                             OFFICE

1140 PM      KENNETT                         LARGE LIMBS WERE BLOWN DOWN
5/14/95      DUNKLIN COUNTY          MO      AND A TRUCK WAS ROLLED
                                             OVER. REPORTED BY KENNETT
                                             POLICE.

1238 AM      BLYTHEVILLE                     DIME SIZE HAIL
5/15/95      MISSISSIPPI COUNTY      AR      REPORTED BY SPOTTER

1243 AM      BLYTHEVILLE                     DIME SIZE HAIL
5/15/95      MISSISSIPPI COUNTY      AR      REPORTED BY SPOTTER

140 AM                                       LARGE TREES WERE
5/15/95      LAUDERDALE COUNTY       TN      BLOWN DOWN.

150 AM       BROWNSVILLE                     1.75 INCH HAIL
5/15/95      HAYWOOD COUNTY          TN      REPORTED WEST OF
                                             TOWN BY HAYWOOD
                                   CENTRAL DISPATCH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 15, 9:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGDeSoto64 min
May 15, 9:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGTunica46 min
May 15, 10:47 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGBenton, Marshall28 min
May 15, 11:12 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGTippah, Union48 min
May 15, 11:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLee, Prentiss49 min
May 15, 11:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGItawamba66 min
May 15, 1:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLowndes30 min
May 14, 7:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGDyer, Gibson43 min
May 14, 10:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLake50 min
May 14, 10:21 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGLake54 min
May 14, 10:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGWeakley30 min
May 14, 11:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHenry, Weakley42 min
May 15, 12:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGBenton41 min
May 15, 1:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLauderdale28 min
May 15, 9:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGShelby51 min
May 15, 9:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGShelby17 min
May 15, 10:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGShelby39 min
May 15, 10:43 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGShelby32 min
May 15, 12:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMississippi39 min
May 15, 9:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCrittenden, St. Francis45 min
May 15, 10:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGSt. Francis29 min
May 15, 10:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCrittenden37 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.