Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 95, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 1995, 9:00 AM CDT for Crittenden County, St. Francis County, Arkansas. It was in force for 45 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 15, 1995, 9:00 AM CDT (14:00 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 1995, 9:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Crittenden County, AR, St. Francis County, AR
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 62 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
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMEM 151401 SVRMEM ARC035-123-151445- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 900 AM CDT MON MAY 15 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 945 AM CDT FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S... IN EAST ARKANSAS ...CRITTENDEN COUNTY...NORTHEASTERN ST.FRANCIS COUNTY AT 9 AM...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST CROSS COUNTY AND NORTHERN CRITTENDEN COUNTY ARKANSAS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORMS WILL MOVE TOWARD WEST MEMPHIS AND MARION BY 930 AM. 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. R
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 59 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 54 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, 12:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Mississippi | 39 min |
| May 15, 8:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Cross | 47 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 |
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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.