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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Memphis, TN

March 20, 2004Craighead County, Mississippi County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 20, 2004, 12:53 PM CST for Craighead County, Mississippi 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: Mar 20, 2004, 12:53 PM CST (18:53 UTC)
Expired: Mar 20, 2004, 1:45 PM CST
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Craighead County, AR, Mississippi 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
Mar 20, 11:50 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 117 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 320 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -329 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 818 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 107 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 209 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.3

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The text

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

350 
WUUS54 KMEG 201853
SVRMEM
ARC031-093-201945-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1253 PM CST SAT MAR 20 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CRAIGHEAD COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS
  MISSISSIPPI COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS

* UNTIL 145 PM CST

* AT 1253 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER
  MONETTE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  LEACHVILLE AROUND 1255 PM CST
  MANILA AROUND 105 PM CST
  DELL...VICTORIA AROUND 115 PM CST
  GOSNELL AROUND 120 PM CST
  BURDETTE...BLYTHEVILLE AROUND 125 PM CST
  LUXORA AROUND 130 PM CST

.DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY WITH
THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...MOVE INDOORS.

.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 3599 9039 3574 9043 3564 8988 3598 8974

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 20, 10:48 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Clay	27 min
Mar 20, 1:04 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Poinsett	41 min
Mar 20, 3:40 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Mississippi	50 min
Mar 20, 3:44 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Clay	46 min
Mar 20, 4:33 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Crittenden	42 min
Mar 20, 4:48 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Greene	27 min
Mar 20, 5:38 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Crittenden	2 hr
Mar 20, 5:47 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Crittenden	28 min

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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.