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Tornado Warning 29, NWS Memphis, TN

November 8, 2000Clay County, Greene County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Nov 8, 2000, 4:37 PM CST for Clay County, Greene County, Arkansas. It was in force for 23 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
Nov 8, 2000, 4:37 PM CST (22:37 UTC)
Expired
Nov 8, 2000, 5:00 PM CST
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Clay County, AR, Greene County, AR

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Nov 8, 4:45 PM CSTThunderstorm WindRector, ARA barn was destroyed. A church steeple was torn off. Several trees and power lines were blown down.

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, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 166 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 2000-11-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2000-11-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 153 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
457 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
71 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
153 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
294 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KMEG 082237
TORMEM

ARC021-055-082300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
437 PM CST WED NOV 8 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CLAY COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS
  GREENE COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS

* UNTIL 500 PM CST

* AT 435 PM CST...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 4
  MILES WEST OF MARMADUKE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO THROUGH 500 PM CST INCLUDE...
  MARMADUKE...
  HICKORIA...RECTOR...
  GREENWAY...MCDOUGAL...
  PIGGOTT...POLLARD...

.IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTECR. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT.

LAT...LON 3620 9059 3607 9044 3636 9005 3654 9040

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 8, 4:22 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCraighead, Greene38 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.