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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 69, NWS Memphis, TN

April 19, 1996Randolph County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 19, 1996, 9:03 PM CDT for Randolph County, Arkansas. It was in force for 42 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 19, 1996, 9:03 PM CDT (02:03 UTC)
Expired
Apr 19, 1996, 9:45 PM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Randolph County, AR

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 194 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 1996-04-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1433 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 1996-04-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 118 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1433 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1727 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
118 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
191 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
5.9

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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
Apr 20, 7:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGQuitman42 min
Apr 20, 1:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGDyer, Gibson46 min
Apr 20, 1:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGWeakley43 min
Apr 20, 1:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGTipton51 min
Apr 20, 1:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGHenry48 min
Apr 20, 1:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCarroll46 min
Apr 20, 2:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCarroll, Madison50 min
Apr 20, 5:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGChester, Henderson31 min
Apr 20, 5:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGShelby52 min
Apr 20, 7:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMcNairy40 min
Apr 19, 11:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGClay25 min
Apr 19, 11:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGRandolph30 min
Apr 19, 11:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGClay29 min
Apr 20, 12:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCraighead, Poinsett50 min
Apr 20, 12:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCross56 min
Apr 20, 1:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGSt. Francis53 min
Apr 20, 1:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCrittenden27 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.