Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 251, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 16, 1996, 6:52 AM CDT for Poinsett County, Arkansas. It was in force for 63 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 16, 1996, 6:52 AM CDT (11:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 16, 1996, 7:55 AM CDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Poinsett County, AR
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 7:07 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Harrisburg, AR | |
| Sep 16, 7:35 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Lepanto, AR |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 105 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
- 558 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 610 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 270 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 415 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.4
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
Special weather statement, Sep 16, 5:04 AM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
TNZ001>102-170000- TENNESSEE SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 500 AM CDT MON SEP 16 1996 ...SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE OVER TENNESSEE TODAY..ESPECIALLY OVER THE WEST AND MIDDLE... A LOW PRESSURE CENTERED IN WESTERN ARKANSAS THIS MORNING WILL BE MOVING INTO KENTUCKY BY THIS MONDAY EVENING. ITS ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN MAKING ENTRANCE INTO WEST TENNESSEE DURING THE COURSE OF THIS AFTERNOON..AND THEN REACHING THE PLATEAU BY MIDNIGHT. MOISTURE HAS ALREADY INCREASED..AND THE STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS IN ADVANCE OF THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE A STEADY FEED OF GULF MOISTURE. THE ATMOSPHERE IN ADVANCE OF THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO BECOME MORE UNSTABLE AS TEMPERATURES WARM DURING THE DAY. YOU ARE URGED TO REMAIN AWARE OF THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION REGARDING THIS SITUATION BY MONITORING NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL RADIO AND TELEVISION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 5:16 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Itawamba | 34 min |
| Sep 16, 2:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Monroe | 34 min |
| Sep 16, 8:02 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lauderdale, Tipton | 33 min |
| Sep 16, 8:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crockett, Haywood | 44 min |
| Sep 16, 9:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Madison | 46 min |
| Sep 16, 9:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Gibson | 33 min |
| Sep 16, 9:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Carroll, Henderson | 44 min |
| Sep 16, 7:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Mississippi | 44 min |
| Sep 16, 7:41 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Mississippi | 44 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.