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Tornado Warning 57, NWS Memphis, TN

May 5, 2003Dunklin County, Pemiscot County, Missouri; Mississippi County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at May 5, 2003, 5:15 PM CDT for Dunklin County, Pemiscot County, Missouri; Mississippi 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
May 5, 2003, 5:15 PM CDT (22:15 UTC)
Expired
May 5, 2003, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Mississippi County, AR, Dunklin County, MO, Pemiscot County, MO

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 5, 2:35 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr
May 5, 3:25 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 131 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 2003-05-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2211 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 2003-05-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 117 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
2211 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-81 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
850 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
117 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
156 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.0
Supercell composite
4.3

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KMEG 052215
TORMEM
ARC093-MOC069-155-052245-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
515 PM CDT MON MAY 5 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS
  SOUTHERN DUNKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
  SOUTHERN PEMISCOT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT.

* AT 510 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER
  HORNERSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM THROUGH 545 PM CDT INCLUDE...
  GOSNELL...BLYTHEVILLE...
  HOLLAND...DENTON...
  COOTER...STEELE...

.THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE
FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING.

.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 3606 9017 3588 9013 3590 8969 3613 8963

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, 7:09 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGDunklin51 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, 5:19 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.