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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Memphis, TN

June 5, 2002Crittenden County, Mississippi County, Poinsett County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Jun 5, 2002, 8:16 PM CDT for Crittenden County, Mississippi County, Poinsett County, Arkansas. It was in force for 29 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 5, 2002, 8:16 PM CDT (01:16 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 2002, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Crittenden County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, Poinsett County, AR

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 77 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 00:00Z on 2002-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 128 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2002-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -11 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
128 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-98 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1179 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
49 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.8

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KMEG 060116
TORMEM
ARC035-093-111-060145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
815 PM CDT WED JUN 5 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN CRITTENDEN COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS
  SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS
  SOUTHEAST POINSETT COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT.

* AT 810 PM CDT...A TRAINED SPOTTER INDICATED A TORNADO 5 MILES      
  SOUTH OF TYRONZA...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO THROUGH 845 PM CDT INCLUDE...
  TYRONZA...
  GILMORE...BIRDSONG...
  JOINER...BASSETT...

.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. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY...CALL 1 800 4
3 2 0 8 7 5.

LAT...LON 3551 9051 3533 9050 3533 9006 3555 9007

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.