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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 68, NWS Memphis, TN

April 15, 2001Crittenden County, Mississippi County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 15, 2001, 4:41 AM CDT for Crittenden County, Mississippi County, Arkansas. It was in force for 49 min. 3 reports 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: Apr 15, 2001, 4:41 AM CDT (09:41 UTC)
Expired: Apr 15, 2001, 5:30 AM CDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Crittenden County, AR, Mississippi County, AR

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 15, 5:00 AM CDT	Hail 0.75	Luxora, AR
Apr 15, 5:05 AM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Osceola, AR	A hotel had its metal roof torn off and had its doors blown off. Several cars were damaged near the hotel. One business had its plate glass window demolished. Another business had two buildings damaged. Several power lines and power poles were blown down.
Apr 15, 5:10 AM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Earle, AR	A roof was blown off of a clinic. Several signs were knocked down. Several houses had trees on top of them with one house receiving major damage.

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
Apr 15, 2:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 89 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1037 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 300 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.

654 
WUUS54 KMEG 150943
SVRMEM
ARC035-093-151030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
441 AM CDT SUN APR 15 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CRITTENDEN COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS
  MISSISSIPPI COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS

* UNTIL 530 AM CDT.

* AT 438 AM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORMS FROM 6 MILES WEST OF LEACHVILLE TO 8 MILES WEST OF
  GILMORE...MOVING EAST AT 65 MPH.

  AT 430 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED DIME SIZE HAIL BOTH 
  IN POINSETT AND CRAIGHEAD COUNTIES.

* CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM THROUGH 530 AM CDT INCLUDE...     
  BIRDSONG... CRAWFORDSVILLE...
  BASSETT... DYESS...
  GOSNELL... DELL...
  BLYTHEVILLE... BURDETTE...

.DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY WITH 
THIS STORM. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM 
WINDOWS.

.STAY TUNED TO THIS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROADCAST FOR THE LATEST
UPDATES AND INFORMATION.

LAT...LON 3599 9029 3564 9028 3546 9036 3517 9053
          3513 9011 3549 9000 3597 8977

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 Apr 14, 9:35 PM CDT, 7 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 14, 9:35 PM CDT, 7 hours 6 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
935 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2001

RADAR SHOWS LITTLE ACTIVITY OVER THE CWA...BUT SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER CENTRAL AR. EXPECT MOZRE RAIN LATER
TONIGHT...BUT WILL STILL HAVE TO LOWER POPS AND DOWNPLAY THE WORDING
FOR PRECIPITATION TO ACCOUNT FOR THE MAJOR BREAK. TEMPERATURES AND
WINDS ARE ON TRACK.

.MEG...NONE.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 14, 11:52 PM CDT, 4 hours 49 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS, TN
1152 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1100 PM    CLARKSDALE                MS   WIND DAMAGE
04/14/01   COAHOMA                        TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN.
                                          ROOF BLOWN OFF
                                          HOUSE.REPORTED BY LAWg
                                          ENFORCEMENT

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 14, 10:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Phillips	30 min
Apr 15, 4:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Craighead, Poinsett	46 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.