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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Memphis, TN

May 30, 2004Mississippi County, Poinsett County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at May 30, 2004, 8:41 PM CDT for Mississippi County, Poinsett County, Arkansas. It was in force for 34 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 30, 2004, 8:41 PM CDT (01:41 UTC)
Expired: May 30, 2004, 9:15 PM CDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Mississippi County, AR, Poinsett 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
May 30, 3:20 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 92 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: 3112 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 741 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 182 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 177 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 3.7
Supercell composite: 13.9

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KMEG 310141
TORMEM
ARC093-111-310215-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
840 PM CDT SUN MAY 30 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 915 PM CDT

* AT 840 PM CDT...A TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED A TORNADO 3 MILES EAST 
OF MARKED TREE...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO THROUGH 915 PM CDT INCLUDE...
  BASSETT...
  MARIE...WILSON...
  OSCEOLA...VICTORIA...

.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 3570 9031 3544 9042 3550 9006 3581 8993

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 30, 7:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Craighead, Poinsett	49 min
May 30, 7:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Clay, Greene	48 min
May 30, 7:38 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Clay	37 min
May 30, 8:05 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Cross, Poinsett	40 min
May 30, 8:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Mississippi	33 min
May 30, 8:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Lee	33 min
May 30, 8:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Crittenden	39 min
May 30, 8:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Crittenden	31 min
May 30, 9:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Phillips	25 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.