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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Memphis, TN

March 24, 1996Lawrence County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 24, 1996, 8:02 PM CST for Lawrence County, Arkansas. It was in force for 43 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 24, 1996, 8:02 PM CST (02:02 UTC)
Expired
Mar 24, 1996, 8:45 PM CST
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Lawrence County, AR

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 24, 8:30 PM CSTThunderstorm WindHoxie, 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, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 171 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 1996-03-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 149 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 1996-03-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 394 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
149 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-103 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
559 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
394 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
466 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.4

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The text

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

000 
WUUS1 KMEM 250204 RRA
SVRMEM
ARC075-250245-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
802 PM CST SUN MAR 24 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  845 PM CST
FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHEAST ARKANSAS
 
   ...LAWRENCE COUNTY
 
AT 800 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR THE
INDEPENDENCE LAWRENCE COUNTY LINE. MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH...THIS
STORM WILL BE PASSING NEAR LYNN AND STRAWBERRY BY 815 PM. DAMAGING WINDS
WILL LIKELY ACCOMPANY THIS STORM.
 
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 24, 8:22 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCraighead, Poinsett53 min
Mar 24, 8:32 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCross43 min
Mar 24, 8:36 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGGreene54 min
Mar 24, 8:49 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGClay41 min
Mar 24, 9:03 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMississippi42 min
Mar 24, 9:14 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCrittenden46 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.