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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at May 4, 2003, 9:53 PM CDT for Crittenden County, Arkansas. It was in force for 52 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, 9:53 PM CDT (02:53 UTC)
- Expired
- May 4, 2003, 10:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 52 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 4, 6:55 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 71 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
236 WFUS54 KMEG 050253 TORMEM ARC035-050345- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 953 PM CDT SUN MAY 4 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CRITTENDEN COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS * UNTIL 1045 PM CDT. * AT 949 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 7 MILES WEST OF EARLE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. A TORNADO WAS REPORTED IN CROSS COUNTY IN ASSOCIATION WITH THIS STORM. * CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO THROUGH 1045 PM CDT INCLUDE... EARLE... JERICHO...TURRELL... .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. .A TORNADO HAS BEEN CONFIRMED. DO NOT RUN OUTSIDE TO FIND THE TORNADO...TAKE COVER IN A STURDY BUILDING NOW .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 3545 9051 3522 9052 3524 9020 3544 9020
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 7:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Mississippi | 51 min |
| May 4, 7:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Poinsett | 48 min |
| May 4, 7:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Craighead | 36 min |
| May 4, 7:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Randolph | 36 min |
| May 4, 7:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Greene | 35 min |
| May 4, 7:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Craighead | 47 min |
| May 4, 8:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Mississippi | 25 min |
| May 4, 9:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Cross | 42 min |
| May 4, 9:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Mississippi | 46 min |
| May 5, 2:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lee, St. Francis | 53 min |
| May 5, 3:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden | 52 min |
| May 5, 4:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lawrence | 28 min |
| May 5, 6:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lee | 29 min |
| May 5, 6:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden | 28 min |
| May 5, 1:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden | 45 min |
| May 5, 3:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Mississippi | 43 min |
| May 5, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Greene | 47 min |
| May 5, 5:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Craighead | 23 min |
| May 5, 5:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Mississippi | 30 min |
| May 5, 5:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Mississippi | 26 min |
| May 5, 6:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Greene | 52 min |
| May 5, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Phillips | 49 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.