Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 50, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 24, 1996, 8:22 PM CST for Craighead County, Poinsett County, Arkansas. It was in force for 53 min. 3 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
- Mar 24, 1996, 8:22 PM CST (02:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 24, 1996, 9:15 PM CST
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Craighead County, AR, Poinsett County, AR
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 8:50 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Jonesboro, AR | |
| Mar 24, 9:00 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Harrisburg, AR | |
| Mar 24, 9:00 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Bay, 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, 2.4 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 8:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lawrence | 43 min |
| Mar 24, 8:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Cross | 43 min |
| Mar 24, 8:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Greene | 54 min |
| Mar 24, 8:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Clay | 41 min |
| Mar 24, 9:03 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Mississippi | 42 min |
| Mar 24, 9:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden | 46 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.