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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Memphis, TN

April 4, 2003Greene County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 4, 2003, 8:37 PM CST for Greene County, Arkansas. It was in force for 23 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
Apr 4, 2003, 8:37 PM CST (02:37 UTC)
Expired
Apr 4, 2003, 9:00 PM CST
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Greene County, AR

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 4, 8:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 155 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 2003-04-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 526 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 2003-04-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 22 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
526 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-36 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1487 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
69 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.9

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The text

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

169 
WUUS54 KMEG 050237 CCA
SVRMEM
ARC055-050300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN...CORRECTED FOR STORM MOTION
835 PM CST FRI APR 4 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  GREENE COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS

* UNTIL 900 PM CST.

* AT 829 PM CST...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR
  FONTAINE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM THROUGH 900 PM CST INCLUDE...
  WALCOTT...
  BEECH GROVE...
  PARAGOULD...OAK GROVE HEIGHTS...

.THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE
FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING.

.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 3620 9080 3597 9085 3596 9039 3620 9039

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 4, 7:33 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGClay, Randolph42 min
Apr 4, 7:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLawrence49 min
Apr 4, 8:32 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGGreene28 min
Apr 4, 9:03 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCraighead42 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.