Alert archive / Arkansas / Tornado Warnings in 2004
Tornado Warning 32, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Oct 18, 2004, 4:41 PM CDT for Clay County, Greene County, Arkansas. It was in force for 49 min. 25 reports 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
- Oct 18, 2004, 4:41 PM CDT (21:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 18, 2004, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Clay County, AR, Greene County, AR
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 5:00 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 5 W Marmaduke, AR | FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HWY 135 AND 141. |
| Oct 18, 5:00 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 5 W Marmaduke, AR | FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HWY 135 AND 141. |
| Oct 18, 5:00 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 5 W Marmaduke, AR | FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HWY 135 AND 141. |
| Oct 18, 5:00 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 5 W Marmaduke, AR | FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HWY 135 AND 141. |
| Oct 18, 5:00 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 5 W Marmaduke, AR | FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HWY 135 AND 141. |
| Oct 18, 5:00 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 5 W Marmaduke, AR | |
| Oct 18, 5:00 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 5 W Marmaduke, AR | |
| Oct 18, 5:00 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 5 W Marmaduke, AR | |
| Oct 18, 5:00 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 5 W Marmaduke, AR | |
| Oct 18, 5:00 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 5 W Marmaduke, AR | |
| Oct 18, 5:10 PM CDT | TORNADO | Lafe, AR | TORNADO REPORTED ON THE GROUND NEAR LAFE BY MEDIA. |
| Oct 18, 5:10 PM CDT | TORNADO | Lafe, AR | TORNADO REPORTED ON THE GROUND NEAR LAFE BY MEDIA. |
| Oct 18, 5:10 PM CDT | TORNADO | Lafe, AR | TORNADO REPORTED ON THE GROUND NEAR LAFE BY MEDIA. |
| Oct 18, 5:10 PM CDT | TORNADO | Lafe, AR | TORNADO REPORTED ON THE GROUND NEAR LAFE BY MEDIA. |
| Oct 18, 5:10 PM CDT | TORNADO | Lafe, AR | TORNADO REPORTED ON THE GROUND NEAR LAFE BY MEDIA. |
| Oct 18, 5:15 PM CDT | TORNADO | 4 N Marmaduke, AR | TORNADO ON THE GROUND REPORTED BY TRAINED SPOTTER |
| Oct 18, 5:15 PM CDT | TORNADO | 4 N Marmaduke, AR | TORNADO ON THE GROUND REPORTED BY TRAINED SPOTTER |
| Oct 18, 5:15 PM CDT | TORNADO | 4 N Marmaduke, AR | TORNADO ON THE GROUND REPORTED BY TRAINED SPOTTER |
| Oct 18, 5:15 PM CDT | TORNADO | 4 N Marmaduke, AR | TORNADO ON THE GROUND REPORTED BY TRAINED SPOTTER |
| Oct 18, 5:15 PM CDT | TORNADO | 4 N Marmaduke, AR | TORNADO ON THE GROUND REPORTED BY TRAINED SPOTTER |
| Oct 18, 5:32 PM CDT | TORNADO | Peach Orchard, AR | TORNADO REPORTED ON THE GROUND BY LAW ENFORCEMENT. |
| Oct 18, 5:32 PM CDT | TORNADO | Peach Orchard, AR | TORNADO REPORTED ON THE GROUND BY LAW ENFORCEMENT. |
| Oct 18, 5:32 PM CDT | TORNADO | Peach Orchard, AR | TORNADO REPORTED ON THE GROUND BY LAW ENFORCEMENT. |
| Oct 18, 5:32 PM CDT | TORNADO | Peach Orchard, AR | TORNADO REPORTED ON THE GROUND BY LAW ENFORCEMENT. |
| Oct 18, 5:32 PM CDT | TORNADO | Peach Orchard, AR | TORNADO REPORTED ON THE GROUND BY LAW ENFORCEMENT. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 4:05 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 169 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
- 1504 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 520 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 390 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 482 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.3
- Supercell composite
- 16.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KMEG 182141 TORMEM ARC021-055-182230- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 439 PM CDT MON OCT 18 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CLAY COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS GREENE COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS * UNTIL 530 PM CDT * AT 439 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 2 MILES EAST OF DELAPLAINE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM THROUGH 530 PM CDT INCLUDE... PEACH ORCHARD... CACHE LAKE... RECTOR... LAFE... KNOBEL... .IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM...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 3631 9081 3613 9077 3619 9012 3643 9017 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 11:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden | 39 min |
| Oct 18, 12:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Phillips | 43 min |
| Oct 18, 3:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lawrence, Randolph | 43 min |
| Oct 18, 4:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Randolph | 40 min |
| Oct 18, 4:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Randolph | 51 min |
| Oct 18, 5:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Clay | 46 min |
| Oct 18, 5:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Greene | 8 min |
| Oct 18, 6:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Craighead, Greene | 45 min |
| Oct 18, 6:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Clay | 18 min |
| Oct 18, 6:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lawrence | 12 min |
| Oct 18, 6:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Greene | 31 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.