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Tornado Warning 93, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at May 6, 2003, 11:17 PM CDT for Clay County, Arkansas; Dunklin County, Pemiscot County, Missouri. It was in force for 43 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 6, 2003, 11:17 PM CDT (04:17 UTC)
- Expired
- May 7, 2003, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Clay County, AR, Dunklin County, MO, Pemiscot County, MO
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 166 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
- 2657 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -55 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 897 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 172 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 158 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.6
- Supercell composite
- 17.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KMEG 070417 TORMEM ARC021-MOC069-155-070500- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1117 PM CDT TUE MAY 6 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CLAY COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS DUNKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI PEMISCOT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI * UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT. * AT 1113 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GREENWAY...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... HOLCOMB AROUND 1125 PM CDT PASCOLA...BRAGG CITY AROUND 1135 PM CDT HOMESTOWN...HAYTI HEIGHTS AROUND 1140 PM CDT HAYTI...PORTAGEVILLE AROUND 1145 PM CDT CARUTHERSVILLE AROUND 1150 PM CDT .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. .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 3641 9027 3622 9028 3613 8961 3646 8961
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 11:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Greene | 25 min |
| May 6, 11:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden | 29 min |
| May 6, 11:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Cross | 28 min |
| May 6, 11:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden | 50 min |
| May 7, 12:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lawrence | 51 min |
| May 7, 12:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Poinsett | 38 min |
| May 7, 12:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Poinsett | 47 min |
| May 7, 12:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Craighead, Mississippi | 50 min |
| May 7, 1:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Craighead, Mississippi | 42 min |
| May 7, 1:55 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Craighead, Mississippi | 2 hr |
| May 7, 3:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Greene | 48 min |
| May 7, 4:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden | 40 min |
| May 7, 4:26 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Mississippi | 2 hr |
| May 7, 4:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lawrence, Randolph | 51 min |
| May 7, 1:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Dunklin | 42 min |
| May 7, 1:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Pemiscot | 45 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.