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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Memphis, TN

April 6, 2003St. Francis County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 6, 2003, 11:21 AM CDT for St. Francis County, Arkansas. It was in force for 39 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 6, 2003, 11:21 AM CDT (16:21 UTC)
Expired: Apr 6, 2003, 12:00 PM CDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County St. Francis County, AR

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 6, 11:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 79 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: 945 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 535 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 736 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 4.4

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KMEG 061621
SVRMEM
ARC123-061700-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1120 AM CDT SUN APR 6 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  ST. FRANCIS COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS

* UNTIL NOON CDT.

* AT 1116 AM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF PALESTINE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM THROUGH NOON CDT INCLUDE...
  PALESTINE...
  FORREST CITY...
  CALDWELL...MADISON...
  NEW HOME...HUGHES...

.HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. IF YOU 
ARE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM...MOVE INDOORS.

.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 3493 9106 3491 9042 3515 9040 3515 9101

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 6, 10:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lawrence	37 min
Apr 6, 10:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lee	31 min
Apr 6, 11:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Crittenden, Cross	43 min
Apr 6, 12:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Mississippi, Poinsett	47 min
Apr 6, 12:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Craighead, Greene	45 min
Apr 6, 1:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Mississippi	45 min
Apr 6, 1:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Clay	36 min
Apr 6, 2:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Clay, Greene	37 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.