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Tornado Warning 133, NWS Memphis, TN

July 30, 2003Cross County, Poinsett County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Jul 30, 2003, 10:15 PM CDT for Cross County, Poinsett County, Arkansas. 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
Jul 30, 2003, 10:15 PM CDT (03:15 UTC)
Expired
Jul 30, 2003, 10:45 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Cross County, AR, Poinsett County, AR

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 90 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 2003-07-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1026 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 2003-07-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 18 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1026 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1080 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
50 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KMEG 310315 CCA
TORMEM
ARC037-111-310345-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED...CORRECTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1015 PM CDT WED JUL 30 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN CROSS COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS
  SOUTHERN POINSETT COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS

* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT.

* AT 1013 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 13 MILES WEST OF
  MARKED TREE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO THROUGH 1045 PM CDT INCLUDE...
  MARKED TREE...
  TYRONZA...

.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 3557 9062 3558 9027 3545 9027 3543 9049
          3536 9049 3538 9075 3559 9073

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 30, 10:14 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGCross, Poinsett31 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.