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Tornado Warning 128, NWS Memphis, TN

June 11, 2003Phillips County, Arkansas; Coahoma County, Tunica County, Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Jun 11, 2003, 2:00 PM CDT for Phillips County, Arkansas; Coahoma County, Tunica County, Mississippi. It was in force for 30 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 11, 2003, 2:00 PM CDT (19:00 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 2003, 2:30 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Phillips County, AR, Coahoma County, MS, Tunica County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 78 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 12:00Z on 2003-06-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 67 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 12:00Z on 2003-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 128 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
67 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-109 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
913 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
128 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
214 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

002 
WFUS54 KMEG 111900
TORMEM
ARC107-MSC027-143-111930-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
200 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  PHILLIPS COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS
  COAHOMA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
  TUNICA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 230 PM CDT.

* AT 153 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 5 MILES SOUTHEAST
  OF LAKE VIEW...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO THROUGH 230 PM CDT INCLUDE...
  FRIARS POINT...
  HELENA...WEST HELENA...
  LULA...
  DUNDEE...

.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 3441 9087 3427 9074 3449 9034 3467 9050

$$

SWC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 4:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCross, Poinsett45 min
Jun 11, 1:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGPhillips40 min
Jun 11, 12:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGPontotoc44 min
Jun 11, 12:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCalhoun, Chickasaw37 min
Jun 11, 12:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGItawamba, Tishomingo32 min
Jun 11, 12:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGChickasaw44 min
Jun 11, 12:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGItawamba, Lee50 min
Jun 11, 1:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMonroe48 min
Jun 11, 2:26 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGCoahoma, Quitman, Tunica34 min
Jun 11, 2:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGDeSoto, Marshall, Tate53 min
Jun 11, 2:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGPanola51 min
Jun 11, 3:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCoahoma, Quitman39 min
Jun 11, 3:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGBenton42 min
Jun 11, 3:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGPanola48 min
Jun 11, 4:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLafayette47 min
Jun 11, 4:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGTallahatchie, Yalobusha38 min
Jun 11, 4:28 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGLafayette47 min
Jun 11, 4:29 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGPanola31 min
Jun 11, 4:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGYalobusha33 min
Jun 11, 5:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCalhoun40 min
Jun 11, 5:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGLee, Union49 min
Jun 11, 5:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGChickasaw, Pontotoc49 min
Jun 11, 5:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGPrentiss34 min
Jun 11, 5:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCalhoun24 min
Jun 11, 5:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGTallahatchie39 min
Jun 11, 5:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGItawamba48 min
Jun 11, 6:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGMonroe33 min
Jun 11, 6:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGTishomingo18 min
Jun 11, 6:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGCalhoun, Yalobusha64 min
Jun 11, 6:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMEGTallahatchie59 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.