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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 142, NWS Memphis, TN

May 27, 2000Greene County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 2000, 1:24 AM CDT for Greene County, Arkansas. It was in force for 66 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: May 27, 2000, 1:24 AM CDT (06:24 UTC)
Expired: May 27, 2000, 2:30 AM CDT
In force: 66 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Whole counties

County Greene County, AR

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:26 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 153 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1692 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1283 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 103 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 175 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.8
Supercell composite: 15.7

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The text

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

460 
WUUS54 KMEG 270624
SVRMEM
ARC055-270730-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
124 AM CDT SAT MAY 27 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  GREENE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ARKANSAS

* UNTIL 230 AM CDT

* AT 121 AM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF EVENING STAR...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  DELAPLAINE...EVENING STAR AROUND 130 AM
  BEECH GROVE AROUND 140 AM
  LAFE AROUND 155 AM
  MARMADUKE AROUND 210 AM

.THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE
FOR DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. SEEK SHELTER
IN A STURDY BUILDING AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED..

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Memphis, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 26, 9:30 PM CDT, 3 hours 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 26, 9:30 PM CDT, 3 hours 54 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
930 PM CDT FRI MAY 26 2000

MAJOR REWRITE OF ZONE PACKAGE FIRST PERIOD. STORMS OUT OF MID-SOUTH.
THEY CHANGED TEMP/DEWPOINT PATTERN AND WINDS HAVE SETTLED A LITTLE
MORE THAN GUIDANCE. CHANGED TEMPS/WINDS/GROUPINGS.

.MEM...NONE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 26, 8:00 PM CDT, 5 hours 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS
800 PM CDT FRI MAY 26 2000

TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARK TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
HAM RADIO OPERATOR.

0540 PM 2 NE HILLVILLE TN 60 MPH TSTM GUST
05/26/00 HAYWOOD REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.

0540 PM ATWOOD TN WIND DAMAGE
05/26/00 CARROLL TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWN. REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0544 PM HUNTINGDON TN WIND DAMAGE
05/26/00 CARROLL TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWN. REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0557 PM PARIS TN WIND DAMAGE
05/26/00 HENRY TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWN ACROSS ENTIRE
COUNTY. REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0600 PM MEDON TN WIND DAMAGE
05/26/00 MADISON TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
STORM SPOTTER.

0600 PM TEAGUE TN WIND DAMAGE
05/26/00 HARDEMAN TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
STORM SPOTTER.

0605 PM SPRINGVILLE TN WIND DAMAGE
05/26/00 HENRY STRUCTURAL DAMAGE.
TREES AND POWER LINES
ALSO DOWN. REPORTED BY
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0615 PM 7 S LEXINGTON TN WIND DAMAGE
05/26/00 HENDERSON TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
STORM SPOTTER.

0620 PM JACKS CREEK TN WIND DAMAGE
05/26/00 CHESTER TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWN. FUNNEL CLOUD ALSO
SIGHTED. REPORTED BY
FIRE DEPARTMENT.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 27, 12:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lawrence	54 min
May 27, 12:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lawrence	33 min
May 27, 4:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lawrence	39 min
May 27, 4:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Craighead	40 min
May 27, 12:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Mississippi	28 min
May 27, 12:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Mississippi	31 min
May 27, 5:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Phillips	40 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arkansas, 2000 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2000

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.