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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Memphis, TN

February 27, 1996Craighead County, Poinsett County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 27, 1996, 2:32 PM CST for Craighead County, Poinsett County, Arkansas. It was in force for 43 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 27, 1996, 2:32 PM CST (20:32 UTC)
Expired
Feb 27, 1996, 3:15 PM CST
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Craighead County, AR, Poinsett County, AR

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 116 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 1996-02-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 471 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 1996-02-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 196 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
471 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-62 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
592 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
196 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
134 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.8

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Sources

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