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Tornado Warning 35, NWS Memphis, TN

November 15, 2005Lee County, St. Francis County, Arkansas

NWS Memphis, TN issued this tornado warning at Nov 15, 2005, 2:05 PM CST for Lee County, St. Francis County, Arkansas. It was in force for 25 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: Nov 15, 2005, 2:05 PM CST (20:05 UTC)
Expired: Nov 15, 2005, 2:30 PM CST
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Memphis, TN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Lee County, AR, St. Francis County, AR

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:07 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.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Nov 15, 7:42 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 79 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: 699 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 594 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 313 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 346 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.0
Supercell composite: 4.7

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KMEG 152005
TORMEG
ARC077-123-152030-
/O.NEW.KMEG.TO.W.0035.051115T2005Z-051115T2030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
205 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  LEE COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS
  ST. FRANCIS COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS

* UNTIL 230 PM CST

* AT 205 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 6 MILES WEST OF HAYNES...OR ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTH OF
  PALESTINE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BRICKEYS.

.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 3495 9101 3480 9089 3483 9054 3501 9060

$$

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KMEG 152015
SVSMEG

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
215 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005

ARC077-152025-
/O.CAN.KMEG.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-051115T2030Z/
LEE AR-
215 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR LEE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 3495 9101 3490 9093 3491 9051 3501 9060

$$

ARC123-152030-
/O.CON.KMEG.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-051115T2030Z/
ST. FRANCIS AR-
215 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM CST FOR ST.
FRANCIS COUNTY...

AT 215 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO IS NOW LOCATED OVER ST. FRANCIS
COUNTY...OR ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTH OF MADISON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55
MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE
INDICATED COUNTY.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY 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 3495 9101 3490 9093 3491 9051 3501 9060

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 15, 5:00 AM CST	Wind Advisory	MEG	Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Lawrence and 6 more	13 hr
Nov 15, 11:38 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Crittenden	27 min
Nov 15, 11:46 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Mississippi	29 min
Nov 15, 12:46 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lawrence	29 min
Nov 15, 12:50 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Crittenden	25 min
Nov 15, 1:10 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Greene	35 min
Nov 15, 1:15 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Craighead	30 min
Nov 15, 1:26 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lee	26 min
Nov 15, 1:46 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Craighead, Poinsett	29 min
Nov 15, 1:48 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Greene	27 min
Nov 15, 2:26 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Lee	19 min
Nov 15, 3:09 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MEG	Phillips	36 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.