Alert archive / Arkansas / Tornado Warnings in 2001
Tornado Warning 10, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Apr 3, 2001, 8:27 PM CDT for Cross County, St. Francis County, Arkansas. It was in force for 48 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
- Apr 3, 2001, 8:27 PM CDT (01:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 3, 2001, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Cross County, AR, St. Francis County, AR
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 9:05 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Forrest City, AR | One building was damaged. Some trees 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 84 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
- 2598 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1270 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 3.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KMEG 040130 TORMEM ARC037-123-040215- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 827 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CROSS COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS ST. FRANCIS COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS * UNTIL 915 PM CDT. * AT 824 PM CDT...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO ABOUT 5 MILES WEST OF WYNNE. ARKANSAS LAW ENFORCEMENT ALSO RELAYED A REPORT OF A TORNADO SIGHTING FROM THE SAME AREA. GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL WAS FALLING ON WYNNE AT THAT TIME. * CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO THROUGH 915 PM CDT INCLUDE... COLD...CALDWELL... WIDENER...MADISON... .IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT. .STAY TUNED TO THIS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROADCAST FOR THE LATESTf UPDATES AND INFORMATION. LAT...LON 3535 9086 3523 9103 3484 9068 3501 9045
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 7:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden | 52 min |
| Apr 3, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Cross, Poinsett | 45 min |
| Apr 3, 7:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Cross | 43 min |
| Apr 3, 9:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lee, St. Francis | 48 min |
| Apr 3, 9:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lee, St. Francis | 33 min |
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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.