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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Memphis, TN

November 11, 1995Phillips County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Nov 11, 1995, 12:46 AM CST for Phillips County, Arkansas. It was in force for 29 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 11, 1995, 12:46 AM CST (06:46 UTC)
Expired
Nov 11, 1995, 1:15 AM CST
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Phillips County, AR

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:46 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 00:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 94 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 00:00Z on 1995-11-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 755 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 00:00Z on 1995-11-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 409 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
755 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
549 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
409 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
509 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
7.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMEM 110646
TORMEM
ARC107-110715-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1246 AM CST SAT NOV 11 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  115 AM CST
FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST ARKANSAS
 
   ...EASTERN PHILLIPS COUNTY
 
AT 1245 AM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 10 MILES WEST OF
HELENA. THIS STORM IS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE TOWARD WEST
HELENA AND HELENA BY 100 AM.
 
 
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 AS 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
Nov 10, 10:04 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGRandolph56 min
Nov 10, 10:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLawrence48 min
Nov 10, 11:02 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGClay, Craighead, Greene58 min
Nov 10, 11:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGPoinsett63 min
Nov 10, 11:52 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLee, St. Francis68 min
Nov 11, 12:18 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGPhillips57 min
Nov 11, 12:40 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCrittenden50 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.