Alert archive / Arkansas / Tornado Warnings in 2003
Tornado Warning 119, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at May 16, 2003, 10:01 PM CDT for Crittenden County, Arkansas. It was in force for 59 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 16, 2003, 10:01 PM CDT (03:01 UTC)
- Expired
- May 16, 2003, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Crittenden 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 9:35 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 315 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2424 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1112 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 141 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 216 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.7
- Supercell composite
- 11.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
017 WFUS54 KMEG 170301 TORMEM ARC035-170400- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1001 PM CDT FRI MAY 16 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CRITTENDEN COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS * UNTIL 1100 PM CDT. * AT 958 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 10 MILES WEST OF PINCKNEY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO THROUGH 1100 PM CDT INCLUDE... PINCKNEY... EDMONDSON... CRAWFORDSVILLE...WEST MEMPHIS... MARION... SUNSET... JERICHO... .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. .IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT. .STAY TUNED TO THIS BROADCAST FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND INFORMATION. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY...CALL 1 800 4 3 2 0 8 7 5. LAT...LON 3513 9039 3484 9041 3518 9007 3544 9037 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 7:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden | 28 min |
| May 16, 8:05 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Crittenden | 115 min |
| May 16, 8:13 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Mississippi | 2 hr |
| May 16, 8:32 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Craighead, Cross, Poinsett | 118 min |
| May 16, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden | 33 min |
| May 16, 9:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Cross, St. Francis | 48 min |
| May 16, 9:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lee, St. Francis | 28 min |
| May 16, 10:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Crittenden, St. Francis | 2 hr |
| May 16, 10:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Poinsett | 2 hr |
| May 17, 2:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Phillips | 48 min |
| May 17, 4:07 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Phillips | 113 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.