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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Memphis, TN

June 2, 2004Mississippi County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Jun 2, 2004, 5:48 PM CDT for Mississippi County, Arkansas. It was in force for 42 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jun 2, 2004, 5:48 PM CDT (22:48 UTC)
Expired: Jun 2, 2004, 6:30 PM CDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Mississippi County, AR

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 2, 5:55 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Manila, AR	TREES REPORTED DOWN

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 2, 5:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 116 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: 1922 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 537 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 23 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 1.0

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The text

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

528 
WFUS54 KMEG 022248
TORMEM
ARC093-022330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
548 PM CDT WED JUN 2 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  MISSISSIPPI COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 548 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 3 MILES NORTHEAST
  OF MANILA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

* CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO THROUGH 630 PM CDT INCLUDE...
  DELL...
  GOSNELL...BLYTHEVILLE...

.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 3584 9027 3577 9015 3576 8999 3599 8989
          3598 9026

$$

SWC

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 2, 4:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Craighead	41 min
Jun 2, 4:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Crittenden	52 min
Jun 2, 5:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lawrence	28 min
Jun 2, 5:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Craighead, Lawrence	49 min
Jun 2, 6:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Crittenden	28 min
Jun 2, 6:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Craighead, Lawrence	38 min
Jun 2, 6:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Crittenden	30 min
Jun 2, 6:59 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MEG	Crittenden	2 hr

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.