Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 241, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 1997, 10:54 PM CDT for Craighead County, Mississippi County, Arkansas. It was in force for 31 min. 2 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
- Jul 14, 1997, 10:54 PM CDT (03:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 1997, 11:25 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Craighead County, AR, Mississippi County, AR
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 11:07 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilson, AR | Several trees and power lines were knocked down. |
| Jul 14, 11:10 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Lake City, 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 113 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
- 2658 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1489 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMEM 150356 RRA SVRMEM ARC031-093-150425- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1054 PM CDT MON JUL 14 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS TN HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1125 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHEASTERN ARKANSAS ...EASTERN CRAIGHEAD COUNTY ...SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI COUNTY AT 1051 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS NEAR LAKE CITY. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE THROUGH CARAWAY BY 1115 PM AND THE SOUTHERN PART OF MISSISSIPPI COUNTY SOUTH OF OSCEOLA BY 1130 PM. .SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH... DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION...MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICK LY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 9:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Clay | 34 min |
| Jul 14, 10:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Cross, Poinsett | 46 min |
| Jul 14, 11:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Cross | 34 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arkansas, 1997Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997
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.