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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Jun 2, 2004, 6:07 PM CDT for Craighead County, Lawrence County, Arkansas. It was in force for 38 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
- Jun 2, 2004, 6:07 PM CDT (23:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 2004, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Craighead County, AR, Lawrence 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 2, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 154 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KMEG 022307 TORMEM ARC031-075-022345- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 607 PM CDT WED JUN 2 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CRAIGHEAD COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS LAWRENCE COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS * UNTIL 645 PM CDT * AT 607 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 2 MILES NORTH OF ALICIA...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO THROUGH 645 PM CDT INCLUDE... MINTURN... EGYPT... CASH... BONO...SEDGWICK... .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 3603 9116 3586 9120 3574 9075 3599 9068 $$ 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, 5:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Mississippi | 42 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, 6:30 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.