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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Memphis, TN

May 4, 2003Dunklin County, Missouri; Mississippi County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at May 4, 2003, 7:09 PM CDT for Dunklin County, Missouri; Mississippi County, Arkansas. It was in force for 51 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
May 4, 2003, 7:09 PM CDT (00:09 UTC)
Expired
May 4, 2003, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Mississippi County, AR, Dunklin County, MO

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 4, 6:55 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 136 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 2003-05-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2245 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 2003-05-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 254 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
2245 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
658 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
254 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
313 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
4.4
Supercell composite
14.4

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The text

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

981 
WFUS54 KMEG 050009
TORMEM
ARC093-MOC069-050100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
709 PM CDT SUN MAY 4 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS
  SOUTHERN DUNKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT.

* AT 706 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 7 MILES WEST OF
  LEACHVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO THROUGH 800 PM CDT INCLUDE...
  LEACHVILLE...
  ARBYRD...
  HORNERSVILLE...

.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 3621 8997 3600 8997 3588 9027 3598 9028
          3600 9036

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 4, 7:06 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGDunklin24 min
May 4, 7:26 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGPemiscot49 min
May 4, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGDunklin15 min
May 4, 9:47 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGPemiscot43 min
May 5, 4:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGDunklin47 min
May 5, 4:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGPemiscot46 min
May 5, 5:15 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGDunklin, Pemiscot30 min
May 5, 5:19 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGDunklin, Pemiscot26 min
May 5, 5:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGPemiscot48 min
May 5, 6:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGDunklin52 min
May 4, 7:12 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGPoinsett48 min
May 4, 7:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCraighead36 min
May 4, 7:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGRandolph36 min
May 4, 7:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGGreene35 min
May 4, 7:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCraighead47 min
May 4, 8:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMississippi25 min
May 4, 9:18 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGCross42 min
May 4, 9:29 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGMississippi46 min
May 4, 9:53 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGCrittenden52 min
May 5, 2:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLee, St. Francis53 min
May 5, 3:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCrittenden52 min
May 5, 4:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLawrence28 min
May 5, 6:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLee29 min
May 5, 6:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCrittenden28 min
May 5, 1:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCrittenden45 min
May 5, 3:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMississippi43 min
May 5, 5:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCraighead23 min
May 5, 6:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGPhillips49 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.