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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Sep 25, 2005, 1:28 AM CDT for Lee County, Phillips County, Arkansas. It was in force for 32 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
- Sep 25, 2005, 1:28 AM CDT (06:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 25, 2005, 2:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Lee County, AR, Phillips County, AR
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 24, 8:55 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 110 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
- 150 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 650 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 152 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KMEG 250628 TORMEG ARC077-107-250700- /O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0022.050925T0628Z-050925T0700Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 128 AM CDT SUN SEP 25 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... LEE COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS PHILLIPS COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS * UNTIL 200 AM CDT * AT 123 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO NEAR CRUMROD...OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ELAINE... MOVING NORTH AT 55 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WATKINS CORNER...MARVELL...RONDO AND AUBREY. .IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. .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 AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. .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 3415 9115 3412 9094 3472 9079 3475 9106 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KMEG 250635 SVSMEG SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 135 AM CDT SUN SEP 25 2005 ARC077-250645- /O.CAN.KMEG.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-050925T0700Z/ LEE AR- 135 AM CDT SUN SEP 25 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR LEE COUNTY IS CANCELLED... LAT...LON 3415 9115 3412 9094 3466 9079 3466 9107 $$ ARC107-250700- /O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-050925T0700Z/ PHILLIPS AR- 135 AM CDT SUN SEP 25 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT FOR PHILLIPS COUNTY... AT 132 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO IS NOW LOCATED 8 MILES NORTH OF CRUMROD...OR ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF ELAINE...MOVING NORTH AT 50 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WATKINS CORNER AND MARVELL. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. 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 AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3415 9115 3412 9094 3466 9079 3466 9107 $$
000 WWUS54 KMEG 250658 SVSMEG SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 157 AM CDT SUN SEP 25 2005 ARC107-250706- /O.EXP.KMEG.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-050925T0700Z/ PHILLIPS AR- 157 AM CDT SUN SEP 25 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR PHILLIPS COUNTY EXPIRES AT 200 AM CDT... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED IN THE WARNED AREA. WINDS IN THE RANGE OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE STILL POSSIBLE IN THE WESTERN PORTION OF PHILLIPS COUNTY AS A STRONG BAND OF RAIN MOVES NORTH AT 50 MPH. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 3415 9115 3412 9094 3466 9079 3466 9107 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25, 1:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Phillips | 25 min |
| Sep 25, 6:09 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Lee | 2 hr |
| Sep 25, 6:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden | 46 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.