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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Memphis, TN

September 16, 1996Mississippi County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 16, 1996, 7:31 AM CDT for Mississippi County, Arkansas. It was in force for 44 min. 1 report 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, 7:31 AM CDT (12:31 UTC)
Expired
Sep 16, 1996, 8:15 AM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Mississippi County, AR

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 16, 7:45 AM CDTThunderstorm WindHuffman, 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

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 314 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 1996-09-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 351 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 1996-09-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 327 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
351 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
564 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
327 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
388 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.6

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMEM 161234
SVRMEM
ARC093-161315-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
731 AM CDT MON SEP 16 1996

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS TN HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN NORTHEASTERN ARKANSAS

   ...MISSISSIPPI COUNTY
 
AT 726 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER
WEATHER RADAR 27 MILES WEST OF OSCEOLA OR 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
THREE WAY MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL PASS NEAR THREE WAY BY 740 AM CDT... OSCEOLA BY 800
AM CDT... BURDETTE AND GOSNELL BY 805 AM CDT AND
BLYTHEVILLE BY 810 AM CDT.

.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 DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 16, 6:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGPoinsett63 min
Sep 16, 7:41 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGMississippi44 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.