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Tornado Warning 30, NWS Memphis, TN

July 23, 1995Greene County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Jul 23, 1995, 4:32 PM CDT for Greene County, Arkansas. It was in force for 28 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 23, 1995, 4:32 PM CDT (21:32 UTC)
Expired
Jul 23, 1995, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Greene County, AR

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 153 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 1995-07-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2030 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 1995-07-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 31 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
2030 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-65 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1078 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
5 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMEM 232133
TORMEM
ARC055-232200-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
432 PM CDT SUN JUL 23 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  500 PM CDT
FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHEAST ARKANSAS
 
   ...GREENE COUNTY
 
AT 430 PM..DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 5 MILE NORTHWEST
OF PARAGOULD MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM WILL PASS BETWEEN
MARMADUKE AND PARAGOULD BY 440 PM.
 
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH A S A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 22, 7:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCross40 min
Jul 22, 8:57 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGCross33 min
Jul 22, 8:59 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGCrittenden, Cross46 min
Jul 23, 3:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGClay41 min
Jul 23, 4:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLawrence53 min
Jul 23, 4:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGGreene46 min
Jul 23, 4:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMississippi41 min
Jul 23, 5:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGPoinsett22 min
Jul 23, 5:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCrittenden51 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.