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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Memphis, TN

May 27, 1996Mississippi County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at May 27, 1996, 11:56 AM CDT for Mississippi County, Arkansas. It was in force for 34 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
May 27, 1996, 11:56 AM CDT (16:56 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 1996, 12:30 PM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties

County Mississippi County, AR

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 27, 12:05 PM CDTThunderstorm WindBlytheville, 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 12:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 104 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 12:00Z on 1996-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2617 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 12:00Z on 1996-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 236 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
2617 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
655 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
236 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
188 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.2
Supercell composite
11.7

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMEM 271702
TORMEM
ARC093-271730-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1156 AM CDT MON MAY 27 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 PM CDT
FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHEAST ARKANSAS
 
   ...NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI COUNTY
 
AT NOON...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE
TORNADO JUST WEST OF BURDETTE. THIS STORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH
AND WILL MOVE THROUGH THE BLYTHEVILLE AREA BY 1230 PM.
 
REPORTS OF DIME TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN THE
BLYTHEVILLE AREA.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.
 
 
 
&

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 27, 2:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGPhillips46 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.