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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Memphis, TN

April 3, 2001Cross County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Apr 3, 2001, 7:47 PM CDT for Cross County, Arkansas. It was in force for 43 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 3, 2001, 7:47 PM CDT (00:47 UTC)
Expired: Apr 3, 2001, 8:30 PM CDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Cross County, AR

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 3, 8:05 PM CDT	Hail 1.75	Hickory Ridge, AR	Some car windows were broken.
Apr 3, 8:23 PM CDT	Hail 1.75	Wynne, AR
Apr 3, 8:40 PM CDT	Hail 2.75	Wynne, AR	Hail ranged in size from quarters to baseballs.

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, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 106 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: 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

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KMEG 040049
TORMEM

ARC037-040130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
747 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN CROSS COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT.

* AT 741 PM CDT...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO ABOUT 5  
  MILES WEST OF HICKORY RIDGE.  ALSO..OFF DUTY LAW ENFORCEMENT       
  OFFICIALS REPORTED SIGHTING A TORNADO NEAR THAT LOCATION.  THE     
  STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO THROUGH 830 PM CDT INCLUDE...   
  HICKORY RIDGE...FAIR OAKS
  WYNNE...VANNDALE...

.IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IN AN INTERIOR
ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. PROTECT YOUR BODY FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

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

LAT...LON 3554 9105 3542 9122 3511 9093 3514 9075
          3524 9065

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, 8:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Cross, St. Francis	48 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

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.