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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 2000, 7:59 AM CDT for Mississippi County, Arkansas. It was in force for 31 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 23, 2000, 7:59 AM CDT (12:59 UTC)
- Expired
- May 23, 2000, 8:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Mississippi County, AR
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 8:10 AM CDT | Hail 0.88 | Dell, AR | Hail ranged in size from dime to nickle. |
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, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 123 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
- 57 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -454 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2025 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
500 WUUS54 KMEG 231300 SVRMEM ARC093-231330- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 759 AM CDT TUE MAY 23 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ARKANSAS * UNTIL 830 AM CDT * AT 751 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF MANILA...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... DELL AROUND 810 AM CDT GOSNELL AROUND 815 AM CDT BLYTHEVILLE...BURDETTE AROUND 820 AM CDT .IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING. LARGE HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZE AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. LAT...LON 3603 9023 3585 9025 3578 8970 3600 8967
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.