Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 94, NWS Memphis, TN
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.
- 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
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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 DISPATCHLocal 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 DISPATCHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 9:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto | 64 min |
| May 15, 9:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tunica | 46 min |
| May 15, 10:47 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Benton, Marshall | 28 min |
| May 15, 11:12 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Tippah, Union | 48 min |
| May 15, 11:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lee, Prentiss | 49 min |
| May 15, 11:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba | 66 min |
| May 15, 1:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lowndes | 30 min |
| May 14, 7:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Dyer, Gibson | 43 min |
| May 14, 10:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lake | 50 min |
| May 14, 10:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lake | 54 min |
| May 14, 10:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Weakley | 30 min |
| May 14, 11:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Henry, Weakley | 42 min |
| May 15, 12:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton | 41 min |
| May 15, 1:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lauderdale | 28 min |
| May 15, 9:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 51 min |
| May 15, 9:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 17 min |
| May 15, 10:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Shelby | 39 min |
| May 15, 10:43 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Shelby | 32 min |
| May 15, 12:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Mississippi | 39 min |
| May 15, 9:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden, St. Francis | 45 min |
| May 15, 10:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | St. Francis | 29 min |
| May 15, 10:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden | 37 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.