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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 37, NWS Memphis, TN

March 15, 1996Randolph County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 15, 1996, 2:33 AM CST for Randolph County, Arkansas. It was in force for 42 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
Mar 15, 1996, 2:33 AM CST (08:33 UTC)
Expired
Mar 15, 1996, 3:15 AM CST
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Randolph County, AR

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 15, 2:45 AM CSTHail 0.75Pocahontas, 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

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 255 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 1996-03-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 93 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 1996-03-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 12 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
93 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-76 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1448 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
150 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 15, 4:47 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMadison43 min
Mar 15, 6:18 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGFayette27 min
Mar 15, 6:24 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHardeman51 min
Mar 15, 6:51 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGChester39 min
Mar 15, 7:34 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGChester26 min
Mar 15, 3:57 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHardin48 min
Mar 15, 4:57 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMcNairy48 min
Mar 15, 5:26 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHardin49 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arkansas, 1996Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996

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.